El Salto, Durango
El Salto is a town and seat of the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo in the southwestern part of the Mexican state of Durango. As of 2015, the town had a total population of 24,241,[1] Situated on a pine-forested plateau about 2,580 meters (8,464 feet) above sea level in the Sierra Madre mountain range, the town is home to a large lumber industry. It also has a military base. The surrounding municipality has a population of 50,417 and an area of 6,178.3 km² (2,385.45 sq mi).[2]
El Salto | |
|---|---|
Municipal Seat and City | |
  El Salto Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 23°46′56.424″N 105°21′30.5958″W | |
| Country |  |
| State | Durango |
| Municipality | Pueblo Nuevo |
| Elevation | 2,580 m (8,464 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 24,241 |
Climate
El Salto is one of Mexico's few large towns to have a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb) thanks to its drastic diurnal temperature ranges, prominent seasonal changes, and well-received precipitation; enough for it to avoid the semi-arid (Köppen: BSk) classification. Owing to its relatively exposed location and astounding altitude, its climate is borderline alpine as well, given that its characteristics are very much bounded to its plateau-based geography. Because of that, the town experiences a solid four-season cycle, having the summers being mild and rainy (accompanied by the rainy season that lasts from June to September), and its winters being dry and chilly with cold nights.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
37.0 (98.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55.7 (2.19) |
20.9 (0.82) |
16.7 (0.66) |
12.4 (0.49) |
27.5 (1.08) |
130.8 (5.15) |
195.5 (7.70) |
183.3 (7.22) |
150.3 (5.92) |
65.5 (2.58) |
24.4 (0.96) |
64.8 (2.55) |
947.8 (37.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 11.6 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 79.7 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico National[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Pueblo Nuevo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/monografias/informacion/dur/poblacion/default.aspx?tema=me&e=10
- "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951-2010". Servicio Meteorológico National. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Durango Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
