San José de Jáchal
San José de Jáchal (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xoˈse ðe ˈxatʃal], often shortened to Jáchal) is a city in the northeast of the province of San Juan, Argentina, located on National Route 40, south of the Jáchal River. It has 21,018 inhabitants per the 2001 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the Jáchal Department.
San José de Jáchal | |
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  San José de Jáchal Location of San José de Jáchal in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 30°14′S 68°45′W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  San Juan |
| Department | Jáchal |
| Population (2001 census) | |
| • Total | 21,018 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| CPA base | J5460 |
| Dialing code | +54 2647 |
Climate
| Climate data for San José de Jáchal (1971–1980, extremes 1961–2016) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42.7 (108.9) |
41.5 (106.7) |
39.6 (103.3) |
38.3 (100.9) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.5 (97.7) |
39.1 (102.4) |
39.9 (103.8) |
43.0 (109.4) |
45.3 (113.5) |
45.3 (113.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.5 (76.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
8.2 (46.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
1.1 (34.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45 (1.8) |
27 (1.1) |
20 (0.8) |
12 (0.5) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
6 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
4 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
17 (0.7) |
142 (5.6) |
| Average precipitation days | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
| Average snowy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 54 | 53 | 50 | 46 | 45 | 48 | 54 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 285.2 | 257.1 | 238.7 | 228.0 | 201.5 | 162.0 | 195.3 | 232.5 | 222.0 | 269.7 | 270.0 | 282.1 | 2,844.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 69 | 69 | 63 | 67 | 61 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 65 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[1][2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: UNLP (sun and snowfall)[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Datos Estadísticos (Período 1971–1980)" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Jáchal". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- "Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas". Atlas Bioclimáticos (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
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