Puerto Santa Cruz

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Puerto Santa Cruz
Puerto Santa Cruz
Puerto Santa Cruz
Municipality and town
Coordinates: 50°01′00″S 68°31′00″W / 50.01667°S 68.51667°W / -50.01667; -68.51667
Country Argentina
Province Santa Cruz
DepartmentCorpen Aike Department
Population
 (2001)
 • Total3,397
ClimateBSk

Puerto Santa Cruz is a town and municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina.[1]

Climate[]

hideClimate data for Puerto Santa Cruz (1901–1960, extremes 1901–present[a])
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 36.5
(97.7)
37.0
(98.6)
32.6
(90.7)
27.7
(81.9)
24.4
(75.9)
17.3
(63.1)
17.0
(62.6)
20.0
(68.0)
26.7
(80.1)
31.8
(89.2)
32.4
(90.3)
34.9
(94.8)
37.0
(98.6)
Average high °C (°F) 21.1
(70.0)
21.0
(69.8)
18.6
(65.5)
14.4
(57.9)
9.1
(48.4)
5.9
(42.6)
5.9
(42.6)
8.1
(46.6)
11.8
(53.2)
16.1
(61.0)
18.4
(65.1)
20.9
(69.6)
14.3
(57.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 14.3
(57.7)
14.1
(57.4)
12.0
(53.6)
8.7
(47.7)
4.7
(40.5)
2.0
(35.6)
2.2
(36.0)
3.4
(38.1)
6.1
(43.0)
9.2
(48.6)
11.4
(52.5)
13.1
(55.6)
8.4
(47.1)
Average low °C (°F) 8.8
(47.8)
8.3
(46.9)
7.1
(44.8)
3.6
(38.5)
0.8
(33.4)
−1.8
(28.8)
−1.5
(29.3)
−0.4
(31.3)
1.2
(34.2)
3.7
(38.7)
6.9
(44.4)
7.9
(46.2)
3.7
(38.7)
Record low °C (°F) −0.5
(31.1)
−3.8
(25.2)
−4.0
(24.8)
−8.0
(17.6)
−12.1
(10.2)
−17.0
(1.4)
−17.9
(−0.2)
−17.0
(1.4)
−7.4
(18.7)
−6.6
(20.1)
−3.4
(25.9)
−1.8
(28.8)
−17.9
(−0.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 21.1
(0.83)
12.7
(0.50)
18.8
(0.74)
12.5
(0.49)
21.3
(0.84)
14.7
(0.58)
14.2
(0.56)
14.0
(0.55)
12.7
(0.50)
10.2
(0.40)
13.0
(0.51)
16.6
(0.65)
181.8
(7.16)
Average relative humidity (%) 53.0 55.0 57.3 64.3 71.7 75.7 76.3 69.7 64.0 55.3 52.0 50.7 62.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours 250 215 191 148 116 99 112 148 158 208 220 232 2,095
Percent possible sunshine 51 54 50 47 42 41 42 48 45 49 48 46 47
Source 1: Secretaria de Mineria,[2] Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (extremes 1961–present)[3][4]
Source 2: FAO (sun only)[5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The record highs and lows are based on the Secretaria de Mineria link for the period 1901–1960 while records beyond 1961 come from the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional link since it only covers from 1961–present. When these 2 sources are used together, the record highs and lows are from the period 1901–present

References[]

  1. ^ Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Provincia de Santa Cruz - Clima Y Meteorologia: Datos Meteorologicos Y Pluviometicos" (in Spanish). Secretaria de Mineria de la Nacion (Argentina). Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por localidades". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Fin de febrero: lo destacado del mes" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Cuadro 13: Sumas Mensuales y Anuales de las Horas de Sol Efectivas y Porcentaje de los Totales de Horas de Sol" (PDF). Estudio Sobre la Rehabilitacion de Tierras en el Valle de Viedma: Informed Final–Volumen II (in Spanish). Food and Agriculture Organization. p. 97. Retrieved July 13, 2015.

Coordinates: 50°1′9″S 68°31′18″W / 50.01917°S 68.52167°W / -50.01917; -68.52167


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