Monte Caseros | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Monte Caseros Location of Monte Caseros in Argentina | |
| 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.
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
| Climate data for Monte Caseros (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ "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)
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