Castelar
Castelar is a city in Morón Partido (county), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, some 30 km west of the nation's capital, the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
Castelar | |
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City | |
![]() ![]() Castelar Location in Greater Buenos Aires | |
Coordinates: 34°40′S 58°40′W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Partido | ![]() |
Declared city | 1971 |
Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 104,019 |
CPA Base | B 1712 |
Area code(s) | +54 11 |
Castelar is the westernmost city of the Morón Partido, and borders on Ituzaingó Partido.
Climate
Climate data for Castelar (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) |
38.1 (100.6) |
38.3 (100.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
29.7 (85.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
35.2 (95.4) |
40.0 (104.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
Average high °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
Average low °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 111.6 (4.39) |
111.5 (4.39) |
119.0 (4.69) |
97.7 (3.85) |
79.7 (3.14) |
44.7 (1.76) |
47.6 (1.87) |
52.9 (2.08) |
58.4 (2.30) |
116.9 (4.60) |
102.6 (4.04) |
100.7 (3.96) |
1,043.2 (41.07) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 73.5 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 65.1 | 71.0 | 75.2 | 78.8 | 80.3 | 79.9 | 78.2 | 73.7 | 70.9 | 71.6 | 69.0 | 66.4 | 73.3 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 295.1 | 242.9 | 229.0 | 189.5 | 168.2 | 139.3 | 150.0 | 175.9 | 195.4 | 227.7 | 257.7 | 278.9 | 2,585.5 |
Percent possible sunshine | 70 | 71 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 46 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 64 | 65 | 60 |
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[1] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario (record highs and lows),[2] UNLP (percent sun)[3] |
See also
References
- "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Castelar, Buenos Aires". Estadísticas meteorológicas decadiales (in Spanish). Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- "Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas". Atlas Bioclimáticos (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castelar. |
- (in Spanish) Castelar railway station on Google Maps
- (in Spanish) Castelar Digital
- (in Spanish) Historia y actualidad de Moron, Argentina
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