Tinogasta

Tinogasta (Spanish pronunciation: [tinoˈɣasta]) is a city in the west of the province of Catamarca, Argentina, on the right-hand shore of the Abaucán River, about 280 km from the provincial capital San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It had about 11,500 inhabitants at the 2010 census [INDEC]. It is the head town of the department of the same name. The name of the city comes from the Kakana words tino ("meeting") and gasta ("town").

Tinogasta
City
Tinogasta
Location of Tinogasta in Argentina
Coordinates: 28°4′S 67°34′W
Country Argentina
Province Catamarca
DepartmentTinogasta
Government
 • MayorHugo Ávila (Justicialist Party)
Elevation
1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • Total11,485
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
CPA base
K5340
Dialing code+54 3837

Tinogasta is a tourist site. It has access to the mountains for adventure tourism, hot springs, and archaeological museums. The basis of the local economy is agriculture, focused on vine.

Climate

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "BSk". (Tropical and Subtropical Steppe Climate).[1]

Climate data for Tinogasta (1981–2010, extremes 1961–2016)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 44.0
(111.2)		 44.8
(112.6)		 40.5
(104.9)		 39.2
(102.6)		 37.6
(99.7)		 40.0
(104.0)		 39.2
(102.6)		 38.4
(101.1)		 40.0
(104.0)		 41.5
(106.7)		 42.5
(108.5)		 43.5
(110.3)		 44.8
(112.6)
Average high °C (°F) 33.5
(92.3)		 32.4
(90.3)		 30.9
(87.6)		 26.9
(80.4)		 22.6
(72.7)		 19.9
(67.8)		 19.8
(67.6)		 23.1
(73.6)		 25.7
(78.3)		 30.2
(86.4)		 32.5
(90.5)		 33.9
(93.0)		 27.6
(81.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.6
(78.1)		 24.4
(75.9)		 22.9
(73.2)		 18.3
(64.9)		 13.5
(56.3)		 10.3
(50.5)		 10.0
(50.0)		 13.2
(55.8)		 16.2
(61.2)		 21.3
(70.3)		 23.9
(75.0)		 25.9
(78.6)		 18.8
(65.8)
Average low °C (°F) 18.7
(65.7)		 17.3
(63.1)		 16.0
(60.8)		 10.1
(50.2)		 4.5
(40.1)		 0.8
(33.4)		 0.2
(32.4)		 2.5
(36.5)		 5.9
(42.6)		 11.2
(52.2)		 15.1
(59.2)		 17.9
(64.2)		 10.0
(50.0)
Record low °C (°F) 6.1
(43.0)		 4.4
(39.9)		 2.2
(36.0)		 −2.6
(27.3)		 −6.5
(20.3)		 −9.7
(14.5)		 −10.6
(12.9)		 −9.9
(14.2)		 −6.3
(20.7)		 0.0
(32.0)		 2.4
(36.3)		 5.3
(41.5)		 −10.6
(12.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 63
(2.5)		 46
(1.8)		 21
(0.8)		 13
(0.5)		 1
(0.0)		 1
(0.0)		 2
(0.1)		 2
(0.1)		 1
(0.0)		 4
(0.2)		 5
(0.2)		 24
(0.9)		 183
(7.2)
Average precipitation days 9 6 5 2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.9 0.8 1 2 5 33.2
Average relative humidity (%) 56.9 58.3 60.8 61.6 63.2 60.0 55.4 47.7 47.3 46.5 48.6 51.6 54.8
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (precipitation 1971–1980)[2][3][4]
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References
  1. Climate Summary for Tinogasta
  2. "Datos Estadísticos (Período 1971-1980)" (in Spanish). National Meteorological Service of Argentina. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  3. "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  4. "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Tinogasta". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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