Mina La Casualidad
Mina La Casualidad is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina.[1]
Mina La Casualidad | |
|---|---|
Municipality and village | |
| Country |  |
| Province |  |
| Department | Los Andes |
| Elevation | 13,000 ft (4,000 m) |
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] | |||||||||||||
References
- Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)
- "Clima de Mina La Casualidad (4200msnm) y Mina Julia (5200msnm)" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- "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.
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