Huejutla de Reyes

Huejutla de Reyes is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico.

Huejutla de Reyes
Municipality and town
Huejutla de Reyes
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°08′N 98°25′W
Country Mexico
StateHidalgo
Municipal seatHuejutla de Reyes
Area
 • Total377.8 km2 (145.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total115,786

The municipality covers an area of 377.8 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 115,786.[1] but only 36,305 live in the metropolitan area, whereas the remaining population live in various small communities. Around 73,200 people speak indigenous language, primarily Huasteca Nahuatl.[2]

It is considered as "the Heart of La Huasteca".

Climate

Huejutla de Reyes has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) featuring short, but extremely hot springs and also short, warm winters with cool mornings. The average high temperature in June is 34.4 °C (93.9 °F), with an average minimum temperature in June of 21.5 °C (70.7 °F). The average high temperature in January is 24.5 °C (76.1 °F), with ana average minimum temperature in January of 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Huejutla de Reyes is 50.0 °C (122 °F), recorded on April 26, 2017.[3] A low temperature of -3.0 °C (26.6 °F) was recorded on December 14, 1997. Annual precipitation is 1,463.7 millimetres (57.626 in); July and September being the wettest months.

Climate data for Huejutla de Reyes, Hidalgo (1981–2010, extremes (1977-present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 38.0
(100.4)		 38.0
(100.4)		 41.0
(105.8)		 50.0
(122.0)		 49.0
(120.2)		 47.0
(116.6)		 42.0
(107.6)		 39.0
(102.2)		 40.0
(104.0)		 38.0
(100.4)		 38.0
(100.4)		 34.0
(93.2)		 50.0
(122.0)
Average high °C (°F) 24.5
(76.1)		 26.3
(79.3)		 29.0
(84.2)		 32.0
(89.6)		 34.0
(93.2)		 34.4
(93.9)		 33.1
(91.6)		 33.5
(92.3)		 32.0
(89.6)		 30.3
(86.5)		 27.4
(81.3)		 25.1
(77.2)		 30.1
(86.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.0
(64.4)		 19.3
(66.7)		 21.8
(71.2)		 24.9
(76.8)		 27.1
(80.8)		 27.9
(82.2)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.1
(80.8)		 26.2
(79.2)		 24.2
(75.6)		 21.2
(70.2)		 18.8
(65.8)		 23.6
(74.5)
Average low °C (°F) 11.5
(52.7)		 12.2
(54.0)		 14.6
(58.3)		 17.8
(64.0)		 20.3
(68.5)		 21.5
(70.7)		 20.9
(69.6)		 20.8
(69.4)		 20.3
(68.5)		 18.2
(64.8)		 14.9
(58.8)		 12.4
(54.3)		 17.1
(62.8)
Record low °C (°F) −1.0
(30.2)		 2.0
(35.6)		 2.0
(35.6)		 6.0
(42.8)		 10.5
(50.9)		 12.0
(53.6)		 10.0
(50.0)		 11.5
(52.7)		 8.0
(46.4)		 7.0
(44.6)		 3.0
(37.4)		 −3.0
(26.6)		 −3.0
(26.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 48.8
(1.92)		 48.7
(1.92)		 51.3
(2.02)		 65.0
(2.56)		 92.5
(3.64)		 177.3
(6.98)		 225.5
(8.88)		 190.3
(7.49)		 278.6
(10.97)		 167.7
(6.60)		 67.9
(2.67)		 50.1
(1.97)		 1,463.7
(57.63)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 8.0 6.9 5.5 5.6 5.1 8.5 12.3 9.8 12.3 8.6 6.9 6.9 96.4
Source: Servicio Metereológico Nacional (Average temperatures, 1981-2010 - Extreme temperatures, 1977-2014)[4]

Sister cities

References

  1. "Huejutla de Reyes". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
  2. Báez Cubero, Lourdes; Garret Ríos, Gabriela; Pérez González, David; Moreno Alcántara, Beatriz; Fierro Alonso, Ulises Julio; Hernández García, Milton Gabriel (2012). Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ed.). Los pueblos indígenas de Hidalgo: Atlas etnográfico (PDF) (Primera ed.). México, D.F; México. pp. 32–35. ISBN 978-607-484-357-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  3. "CONAGUA 50 Grados en Huejutla (Spanish)". Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. "Normales Climatológicas para Huejutla (1981-2010)". Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 27 April 2017.


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