Maxcanú

<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2>
<p>The town is located on <a href="/facts/Federal_Highway_180/E2odLaE0">Federal Highway 180</a>, approximately 62 km (39 mi) south of <a href="/facts/M%C3%A9rida_(Yucat%C3%A1n)/AssK4Ktt">Mérida</a>.
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<h3>Climate</h3>

<table><tbody><tr><th colspan="14">Climate data for Maxcanú</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Month</th><th scope="col">Jan</th><th scope="col">Feb</th><th scope="col">Mar</th><th scope="col">Apr</th><th scope="col">May</th><th scope="col">Jun</th><th scope="col">Jul</th><th scope="col">Aug</th><th scope="col">Sep</th><th scope="col">Oct</th><th scope="col">Nov</th><th scope="col">Dec</th><th scope="col">Year</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily maximum °C (°F)</th><td>29.7(85.5)</td><td>31.4(88.5)</td><td>34.1(93.4)</td><td>35.9(96.6)</td><td>36.7(98.1)</td><td>35.5(95.9)</td><td>35(95)</td><td>34.6(94.3)</td><td>33.8(92.8)</td><td>32(90)</td><td>31.0(87.8)</td><td>29.6(85.3)</td><td>33.3(91.9)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily minimum °C (°F)</th><td>16.2(61.2)</td><td>17.3(63.1)</td><td>19.1(66.4)</td><td>21.0(69.8)</td><td>22.4(72.3)</td><td>22.7(72.9)</td><td>22.4(72.3)</td><td>22.0(71.6)</td><td>22.0(71.6)</td><td>20.9(69.6)</td><td>18.8(65.8)</td><td>17.3(63.1)</td><td>20.2(68.4)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Precipitation/uq3nGQc8">precipitation</a> mm (inches)</th><td>28(1.1)</td><td>28(1.1)</td><td>18(0.7)</td><td>25(1)</td><td>110(4.5)</td><td>170(6.7)</td><td>160(6.4)</td><td>170(6.7)</td><td>190(7.6)</td><td>120(4.7)</td><td>48(1.9)</td><td>41(1.6)</td><td>1,120(43.9)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14">Source: Weatherbase <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2>
<p>Maxcanú is the birthplace of <a href="/facts/Alfredo_Barrera_V%C3%A1squez/cGB7heow">Alfredo Barrera Vásquez</a>, the noted Mexican anthropologist and <a href="/facts/Mayanist/BdkE3RUI">Mayanist</a> scholar who was the principal editor behind the <i>Diccionario Maya Cordemex </i> [es], the influential Mayan-Spanish dictionary and orthography.
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Maxcanú, Yucatán". Weatherbase. 2011.
Retrieved on November 24, 2011. <a href="http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=931018&refer=wikipedia" target="_blank">http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=931018&refer=wikipedia</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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