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
City
Castelar
Coordinates: 34°40′S 58°40′W
Country Argentina
Province Buenos Aires
Partido Morón
Declared city1971
Elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
 • Total104,019
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
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)		 29.1
(84.4)		 26.2
(79.2)		 22.6
(72.7)		 19.3
(66.7)		 15.4
(59.7)		 15.4
(59.7)		 16.8
(62.2)		 19.0
(66.2)		 21.3
(70.3)		 25.0
(77.0)		 28.1
(82.6)		 22.3
(72.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 23.5
(74.3)		 22.8
(73.0)		 20.1
(68.2)		 16.5
(61.7)		 13.4
(56.1)		 10.0
(50.0)		 10.2
(50.4)		 11.2
(52.2)		 13.5
(56.3)		 15.9
(60.6)		 19.5
(67.1)		 21.9
(71.4)		 16.5
(61.7)
Average low °C (°F) 16.9
(62.4)		 16.8
(62.2)		 14.5
(58.1)		 11.1
(52.0)		 8.3
(46.9)		 5.9
(42.6)		 5.9
(42.6)		 5.9
(42.6)		 8.0
(46.4)		 10.5
(50.9)		 13.7
(56.7)		 15.7
(60.3)		 11.1
(52.0)
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) 86
(3.4)		 84
(3.3)		 135
(5.3)		 99
(3.9)		 66
(2.6)		 49
(1.9)		 49
(1.9)		 67
(2.6)		 51
(2.0)		 109
(4.3)		 86
(3.4)		 114
(4.5)		 995
(39.2)
Average relative humidity (%) 62 65 71 77 79 81 80 74 71 71 69 65 72
Mean monthly sunshine hours 310.0 265.6 248.0 216.0 189.1 135.0 151.9 186.0 204.0 229.4 273.0 291.4 2,699.4
Percent possible sunshine 70 71 66 64 59 46 48 55 58 57 64 65 60
Source 1: UNLP[1][2]
Source 2: Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario (record highs and lows)[3]

See also
  • 2013 Castelar train crash

References
  1. "Resumen datos bioclimáticos–Castelar" (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  2. "Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas". Atlas Bioclimáticos (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  3. "Castelar, Buenos Aires". Estadísticas meteorológicas decadiales (in Spanish). Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario. Retrieved June 15, 2015.


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