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 is located in Argentina
Tinogasta
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 BWh (hot arid climate).[1]

Climate data for Tinogasta (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present)
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)		 41.0
(105.8)		 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) 33.8
(92.8)		 32.5
(90.5)		 31.0
(87.8)		 27.2
(81.0)		 22.6
(72.7)		 20.3
(68.5)		 20.0
(68.0)		 23.6
(74.5)		 26.5
(79.7)		 30.2
(86.4)		 32.6
(90.7)		 34.2
(93.6)		 27.9
(82.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.9
(78.6)		 24.7
(76.5)		 22.9
(73.2)		 18.8
(65.8)		 14.0
(57.2)		 11.0
(51.8)		 10.2
(50.4)		 13.7
(56.7)		 17.2
(63.0)		 21.5
(70.7)		 24.2
(75.6)		 26.2
(79.2)		 19.2
(66.6)
Average low °C (°F) 18.9
(66.0)		 17.6
(63.7)		 15.7
(60.3)		 10.5
(50.9)		 5.1
(41.2)		 1.4
(34.5)		 0.2
(32.4)		 2.7
(36.9)		 6.5
(43.7)		 11.4
(52.5)		 15.3
(59.5)		 18.0
(64.4)		 10.3
(50.5)
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) 37.4
(1.47)		 27.0
(1.06)		 17.9
(0.70)		 6.2
(0.24)		 3.1
(0.12)		 2.5
(0.10)		 2.0
(0.08)		 1.2
(0.05)		 1.5
(0.06)		 4.9
(0.19)		 8.0
(0.31)		 21.3
(0.84)		 133.0
(5.24)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 6.0 4.8 3.5 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.1 3.3 23.9
Average snowy days 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
Average relative humidity (%) 55.5 58.2 59.9 61.1 62.7 57.8 53.8 46.0 45.2 46.3 48.1 49.5 53.7
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[2][3][4][5]

References
  1. "Climate Summary for Tinogasta". Weatherbase.
  2. "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. "Estadística climatológica de la República Argentina Período 1991-2000" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Tinogasta". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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