Ascensión, Mexico

Ascensión is a city in northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Its population in the 2010 census was 13,456 inhabitants.[1] The city is the capital of Ascensión Municipality.

Ascensión
Town
Ascensión
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 31°05′34″N 107°59′47″W
Country Mexico
StateChihuahua
MunicipalityAscención
Population
 (2010)
 • Total13,456
ClimateBSk

Climate

Its geographic condition combined with high altitude gives a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk) with very hot summers even with elevation due to dryness of air and absence of cold clouds and winter for the location or sometimes even there are places to the north.[2]

Climate data for Ascensión (Downtown), elevation: 1,300 metres (4,300 ft), 1951-2010 normals, extremes 1903-1980[lower-alpha 1]
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 28.0
(82.4)		 28.0
(82.4)		 34.0
(93.2)		 36.0
(96.8)		 40.0
(104.0)		 43.0
(109.4)		 42.0
(107.6)		 40.0
(104.0)		 38.5
(101.3)		 39.0
(102.2)		 31.0
(87.8)		 29.0
(84.2)		 43.0
(109.4)
Mean maximum °C (°F) 18.3
(64.9)		 20.6
(69.1)		 26.0
(78.8)		 28.7
(83.7)		 32.1
(89.8)		 37.9
(100.2)		 36.4
(97.5)		 34.9
(94.8)		 31.9
(89.4)		 30.3
(86.5)		 22.0
(71.6)		 20.8
(69.4)		 37.9
(100.2)
Average high °C (°F) 15.1
(59.2)		 17.7
(63.9)		 20.6
(69.1)		 25.2
(77.4)		 29.0
(84.2)		 34.9
(94.8)		 34.2
(93.6)		 32.7
(90.9)		 30.1
(86.2)		 25.8
(78.4)		 19.8
(67.6)		 15.6
(60.1)		 25.1
(77.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 5.8
(42.4)		 7.9
(46.2)		 11.3
(52.3)		 15.1
(59.2)		 19.3
(66.7)		 25.1
(77.2)		 25.9
(78.6)		 24.6
(76.3)		 21.8
(71.2)		 16.4
(61.5)		 10.1
(50.2)		 6.7
(44.1)		 15.8
(60.5)
Average low °C (°F) −3.5
(25.7)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 1.8
(35.2)		 4.9
(40.8)		 9.5
(49.1)		 15.3
(59.5)		 17.7
(63.9)		 16.5
(61.7)		 13.6
(56.5)		 7.0
(44.6)		 0.2
(32.4)		 −2.3
(27.9)		 6.6
(43.8)
Mean minimum °C (°F) −7.2
(19.0)		 −8.3
(17.1)		 −0.6
(30.9)		 0.0
(32.0)		 7.0
(44.6)		 12.1
(53.8)		 14.5
(58.1)		 13.0
(55.4)		 11.5
(52.7)		 2.0
(35.6)		 −4.1
(24.6)		 −7.8
(18.0)		 −8.3
(17.1)
Record low °C (°F) −20.0
(−4.0)		 −17.0
(1.4)		 −9.0
(15.8)		 −8.5
(16.7)		 −2.5
(27.5)		 −9.0
(15.8)		 10.0
(50.0)		 3.0
(37.4)		 2.0
(35.6)		 −17.0
(1.4)		 −15.0
(5.0)		 −20.0
(−4.0)		 −20.0
(−4.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 8.7
(0.34)		 9.0
(0.35)		 5.0
(0.20)		 2.6
(0.10)		 5.5
(0.22)		 7.3
(0.29)		 66.6
(2.62)		 52.0
(2.05)		 40.6
(1.60)		 13.0
(0.51)		 4.7
(0.19)		 8.0
(0.31)		 223
(8.78)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.6 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.9 1.4 7.3 4.9 4.1 1.4 0.7 1.2 27.1
Average snowy days 0.56 0.33 0.16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.33 0.41 1.79
Source 1: SMN (averages) and SMN (extremes)
Source 2: COLPOS (snow days)

Sister City

Ascensión has one sister city.[3]:

Notes
  1. Except snow days that correspond to normal from 1951-1980 and not combined with that of 1981-2010.
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References
  1. "Ascensión". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Ascensión, Chihuahua Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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