Monte Caseros, Corrientes
Monte Caseros | |
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Coordinates: 30°15′S 57°39′W / 30.250°S 57.650°W | |
Country | Argentina |
Province | Corrientes |
Department | Monte Caseros |
Government | |
• Mayor | Eduardo Leonel Galantini (Partido Justicialista) |
Population (2010 census) | |
• Total | 23,470 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
CPA base | W3220 |
Dialing code | +54 3775 |
Monte Caseros is a city in the south-east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 37,000 inhabitants as of the 2010 census [INDEC]. It is the head town of the department of the same name, which comprises also the municipalities of Colonia Libertad, Juan Pujol and Mocoretá.
Geography
[edit]The city lies on the west bank of the Uruguay River, opposite Bella Unión, Uruguay, about 440 km east-southeast of the provincial capital (Corrientes) and 640 km north of Buenos Aires.
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Monte Caseros (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 41.7 (107.1) | 42.1 (107.8) | 40.3 (104.5) | 39.1 (102.4) | 33.7 (92.7) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.6 (88.9) | 35.8 (96.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 38.3 (100.9) | 39.8 (103.6) | 41.0 (105.8) | 42.1 (107.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.2 (88.2) | 29.6 (85.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 31.1 (88.0) | 25.8 (78.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.2 (61.2) | 13.9 (57.0) | 13.1 (55.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 19.8 (67.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.0 (68.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 9.8 (49.6) | 8.8 (47.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 11.9 (53.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.1 (66.4) | 14.8 (58.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 5.8 (42.4) | 3.2 (37.8) | −1.2 (29.8) | −4.0 (24.8) | −3.7 (25.3) | −2.2 (28.0) | −0.1 (31.8) | 3.9 (39.0) | 5.9 (42.6) | 7.3 (45.1) | −4.0 (24.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 157.4 (6.20) | 140.6 (5.54) | 136.8 (5.39) | 197.2 (7.76) | 114.7 (4.52) | 82.3 (3.24) | 61.7 (2.43) | 64.5 (2.54) | 91.9 (3.62) | 157.6 (6.20) | 149.1 (5.87) | 167.3 (6.59) | 1,521.1 (59.89) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 97.2 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 68.4 | 72.5 | 74.6 | 78.0 | 81.1 | 81.5 | 78.3 | 73.7 | 72.5 | 73.0 | 68.1 | 67.5 | 74.1 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 285.9 | 232.7 | 241.8 | 188.9 | 178.1 | 146.7 | 165.0 | 178.6 | 188.8 | 224.8 | 256.9 | 271.5 | 2,594.8 |
Percent possible sunshine | 66 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 59 |
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: World Meteorological Organization (sunshine hours 1981–2010),[4] NOAA (percent sun 1961–1990)[5] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Monte Caseros Aero". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Monte Caseros Aero Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- Municipality of Monte Caseros - Official website.
- Diario del Bicentenario, edición digital del Periódico Contexto - Noticias e Información de la ciudad de Monte Caseros.
- Guía Online Turística, Comercial, Empresarial y Cultural de la Ciudad de Monte Caseros, Corrientes
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)