Mina La Casualidad

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Mina La Casualidad
Municipality and village
Country Argentina
Province Salta
DepartmentLos Andes
Elevation
13,000 ft (4,000 m)

Mina La Casualidad is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina.[1]

Climate[]

Mina La Casualidad has a Tundra climate (Köppen ET). It is possibly the Argentine settlement with the lowest annual precipitation.

Climate data for Mina La Casualidad (1956–1976)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 25.0
(77.0)
23.0
(73.4)
21.5
(70.7)
20.5
(68.9)
16.0
(60.8)
13.0
(55.4)
13.5
(56.3)
17.0
(62.6)
19.0
(66.2)
19.9
(67.8)
20.5
(68.9)
25.0
(77.0)
25.0
(77.0)
Average high °C (°F) 18.3
(64.9)
18.6
(65.5)
16.4
(61.5)
12.9
(55.2)
9.5
(49.1)
6.3
(43.3)
5.7
(42.3)
8.7
(47.7)
12.8
(55.0)
14.3
(57.7)
15.9
(60.6)
18.1
(64.6)
13.1
(55.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 9.7
(49.5)
9.5
(49.1)
7.4
(45.3)
4.1
(39.4)
1.3
(34.3)
−1.5
(29.3)
−2.1
(28.2)
0.2
(32.4)
3.7
(38.7)
5.6
(42.1)
7.5
(45.5)
9.1
(48.4)
4.5
(40.1)
Average low °C (°F) 1.0
(33.8)
0.4
(32.7)
−1.6
(29.1)
−4.8
(23.4)
−6.9
(19.6)
−9.3
(15.3)
−9.9
(14.2)
−8.3
(17.1)
−5.4
(22.3)
−3.0
(26.6)
−0.9
(30.4)
0.2
(32.4)
−4.0
(24.8)
Record low °C (°F) −4.8
(23.4)
−4.0
(24.8)
−10.0
(14.0)
−19.0
(−2.2)
−22.0
(−7.6)
−20.0
(−4.0)
−21.0
(−5.8)
−24.0
(−11.2)
−18.3
(−0.9)
−12.0
(10.4)
−8.0
(17.6)
−6.0
(21.2)
−24.0
(−11.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 8.4
(0.33)
4.7
(0.19)
1.3
(0.05)
0.6
(0.02)
2.8
(0.11)
3.3
(0.13)
3.9
(0.15)
3.0
(0.12)
4.3
(0.17)
0.1
(0.00)
0.6
(0.02)
4.8
(0.19)
37.9
(1.49)
Average relative humidity (%) 28 27 29 33 36 41 45 39 36 31 27 27 33
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[2]
Source 2: Secretaria de Mineria (humidity)[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Clima de Mina La Casualidad (4200msnm) y Mina Julia (5200msnm)" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "Provincia de Salta - Clima Y Meteorologia: Datos Meteorologicos Y Pluviometicos" (in Spanish). Secretaria de Mineria de la Nacion (Argentina). Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

Coordinates: 25°04′S 68°14′W / 25.067°S 68.233°W / -25.067; -68.233

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