Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 13 h 12 min5:45 am – 6:56 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 11 h 4 min6:45 am – 5:49 pm
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ClimateWarmest month August: highs 90°F, lows 77°FColdest month January: highs 84°F, lows 71°F37 in of rain a year, on about 74 dayswettest month NovemberSnow is rare70 days above 90°F, 0 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Christiansted Ap, Vi Vq station, 3 mi away; snow from Montpellier, Vi Vq
Nearby landmarksBlue Mountainpeak · under a mileUniversity of the Virgin Islands - Albert A Sheen Campuscollege · 2.2 miMount Eaglepeak · 1.9 miSalt Riverriver · 2.3 miCane Bay Beachbeach · 2.3 miCane Baybay · 2.3 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsSalt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preservehistoric site · 2.2 mi · 238 acresEstate Adventurestate recreation area · 2.4 miChristiansted National Historic Sitehistoric site · 3.7 miManning Bay Wetlandsstate conservation land · 3.5 mi · 74 acresAltona Lagoon Beachstate park · 6.1 miRuth Caystate conservation land · 4.6 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes507 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 197036 of magnitude 4+, 3 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 6.1 on 8 Jul 197015 mi away, near Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin IslandsMost recent: magnitude 3.1 on 18 Sep 202642 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Insufficient DataVieques Municipio, PR, compared with all US countiesSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality85% of days had good air in 202598 of 115 days measured17 moderate daysMedian index 29, worst day 82main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Fajardo County, PR, 69 mi away
Elevation205 ft62 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalGovernor Juan Francisco Luis Hospital and Medical Center2.5 miPost officeKingshill Post Office1.3 miPoliceAnn Schrader Command Police Station1.6 miFire stationSaint Croix Fire Department Emile Henderson Senior Fire Station1.2 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools1 elementary, 1 middle, 2 high, 2 otherMiddleJohn H Woodson Junior High Schoolunder a mileElementaryAlfredo Andrews Elementary Schoolunder a mileSchoolGood Hope Country Day School1.4 miCollegeUniversity of the Virgin Islands - Albert A Sheen Campus2.2 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundTransit40 stops within a mileVirgin Island Transit (VITran)Sources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 00851 ZIP area.
