Editing Panama (section)

===Climate===
{{Main|Climate of Panama}}
[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map PAN present.svg|thumb|Panama map of Köppen climate classification]]
[[File:VistaBoquete.jpg|thumb|A cooler climate is common in the Panamanian highlands.]]
Panama has a tropical climate. Temperatures are uniformly high—as is the relative humidity—and there is little seasonal variation. [[Diurnal temperature variation|Diurnal ranges]] are low; on a typical dry-season day in the capital city, the early morning minimum may be {{convert|24|°C|1}} and the afternoon maximum {{convert|30|°C|1}}. The temperature seldom exceeds {{convert|32|°C|1}} for more than a short time. Temperatures on the Pacific side of the isthmus are somewhat lower than on the Caribbean, and breezes tend to rise after dusk in most parts of the country. Temperatures are markedly cooler in the higher parts of the mountain ranges, and frosts occur in the [[Cordillera de Talamanca]] in western Panama.

Climatic regions are determined less on the basis of temperature than on [[rain]]fall, which varies regionally from less than {{convert|1300|mm|in|1|sp=us}} to more than {{convert|3000|mm|in|1|sp=us}} per year. Almost all of the rain falls during the rainy season, which is usually from April to December, but varies in length from seven to nine months. In general, rainfall is much heavier on the Caribbean than on the Pacific side of the [[continental divide]], due in part to occasional [[tropical cyclone]] activity nearby; Panama lies outside the [[Main Development Region]]. The annual average in Panama City is little more than half of that in Colón.

Panama is one of three countries in the world to be carbon-negative, meaning that it absorbs more [[carbon dioxide]] than it releases into the atmosphere. The others are [[Bhutan]] and [[Suriname]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goering |first=Laurie |date=November 3, 2021 |title=Forget net-zero: meet the small-nation, carbon-negative club |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/forget-net-zero-meet-small-nation-carbon-negative-club-2021-11-03/ |access-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215012548/https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/forget-net-zero-meet-small-nation-carbon-negative-club-2021-11-03/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PANAMA IS ONE OF THE THREE "CARBON NEGATIVE" COUNTRIES |url=https://grupoconsultorefe.com/recursos/latam-weekly/221/panama-is-one-of-the-three-carbon-negative-countries |access-date=March 8, 2022 |website=grupoconsultorefe.com |language=es |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308225635/https://grupoconsultorefe.com/recursos/latam-weekly/221/panama-is-one-of-the-three-carbon-negative-countries |url-status=live }}</ref>