Monte Caseros, Corrientes
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.
Monte Caseros | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Monte Caseros Location of Monte Caseros in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 30°15′S 57°39′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 |
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 (1981–2010, 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) |
40.0 (104.0) |
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) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.8 (103.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
41.7 (107.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.6 (90.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9.5 (49.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
| 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) | 154.1 (6.07) |
144.7 (5.70) |
154.3 (6.07) |
189.7 (7.47) |
110.9 (4.37) |
88.4 (3.48) |
64.1 (2.52) |
57.5 (2.26) |
107.3 (4.22) |
146.5 (5.77) |
154.0 (6.06) |
134.1 (5.28) |
1,505.6 (59.28) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 96.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66.9 | 72.9 | 74.7 | 79.0 | 80.4 | 81.9 | 78.9 | 74.5 | 73.1 | 71.9 | 69.1 | 65.8 | 74.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 282.1 | 232.4 | 235.6 | 210.0 | 195.3 | 156.0 | 167.4 | 179.8 | 189.0 | 241.8 | 261.0 | 288.3 | 2,638.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 66 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 59 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[1][2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun 1961–1990)[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
- "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 4 October 2017.
- "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 digitla 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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