I General Conditions I Biological Conditions I

Climate

Slope, top and hill lands of a mountain surely have a different climate from a sea level one.
An area tht is higher than a sea level has a lower temperature. The temperature of TN-BTS area ranges between 3 to 22 C. Its lowest temperature take place at dawn of the top of dry season ranging between 3 - 5 C. or even on some places often get lower to below 0 C ( minus). And its maximum temperature ranges between 20 - 22 C.

Based on a classification of climate types by Schmidt and Ferguson (1951), the climate of TN-BTS area is belong to climate type A including Southeast Semeru area, climate B with a Q value of 14.36% and an average rain 6604.4 mm/year (southern slope, peak, and eastern slope),type C including M. Argowulan area, Penanjakan,Keciri,Argosari Block, Ranu Kumbolo to Jambangan, and at Sand sea, Ngadas, Ranu Pane,Watu Pecah Block to Poncokusumo having climate type D with Q value = 43.86% with average rainfall 166mm/month.
Air humidity around Sand sea is high enough with its maximum 90-97/e and is minimum 42-45% at an atmospheric pressure 1007-1015.7 mm Hg.