Villa de María del Río Seco

Villa de María del Río Seco
Town
Villa de María del Río Seco

Location of Villa de María del Río Seco in Argentina

Coordinates: 29°53′S 63°43′W / 29.883°S 63.717°W / -29.883; -63.717Coordinates: 29°53′S 63°43′W / 29.883°S 63.717°W / -29.883; -63.717
Country  Argentina
Province Córdoba
Department Río Seco
Population
 • Total 3,819
Time zone ART (UTC-3)
CPA base X5248
Dialing code +54 3522

Villa de María del Río Seco (usually shortened to Villa de María, not to be confused with Villa María) is a town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It has 3,819 inhabitants per the 2001 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the Río Seco Department. It lies in the north of the province, by National Route 9, about 27 km (17 mi) south of the provincial border with Santiago del Estero and 170 km (106 mi) north-northeast of the provincial capital Córdoba.

Villa de María was founded in 1796 or 1797 by the Marquis Rafael de Sobremonte (then to be Viceroy of the Río de la Plata), with the name of Río Seco. Its name was changed to the current one by provincial governor Roque Ferreira on 26 May 1858.

The town was the birthplace of the poet Leopoldo Lugones (1874–1938), whose childhood house is today a museum and a National Historic Monument. The area was also the stage of the assassination of the caudillo of Entre Ríos Province Francisco Ramírez, in 1821.

Climate

Villa de María currently holds the record for the highest air temperature ever recorded in South America. On 2 January 1920 air temperatures reached 49.1 °C (120.4 °F) in the shade.[1]

Climate data for Villa de María del Río Seco (1961–1990, extremes 1970–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 42.8
(109)		 43.0
(109.4)		 40.0
(104)		 36.8
(98.2)		 35.9
(96.6)		 30.6
(87.1)		 35.2
(95.4)		 38.4
(101.1)		 40.0
(104)		 42.8
(109)		 41.8
(107.2)		 43.0
(109.4)		 43.0
(109.4)
Average high °C (°F) 32.0
(89.6)		 30.5
(86.9)		 28.0
(82.4)		 24.6
(76.3)		 22.0
(71.6)		 18.8
(65.8)		 19.1
(66.4)		 21.7
(71.1)		 23.9
(75)		 27.2
(81)		 29.3
(84.7)		 31.4
(88.5)		 25.7
(78.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 24.7
(76.5)		 23.5
(74.3)		 21.2
(70.2)		 17.8
(64)		 14.8
(58.6)		 11.5
(52.7)		 11.3
(52.3)		 13.3
(55.9)		 16.0
(60.8)		 19.4
(66.9)		 22.0
(71.6)		 24.1
(75.4)		 18.3
(64.9)
Average low °C (°F) 17.4
(63.3)		 16.6
(61.9)		 14.9
(58.8)		 11.6
(52.9)		 8.4
(47.1)		 4.7
(40.5)		 4.0
(39.2)		 4.9
(40.8)		 7.3
(45.1)		 11.2
(52.2)		 14.0
(57.2)		 16.4
(61.5)		 10.9
(51.6)
Record low °C (°F) 5.2
(41.4)		 4.5
(40.1)		 0.8
(33.4)		 −2.4
(27.7)		 −6.9
(19.6)		 −8.4
(16.9)		 −10.5
(13.1)		 −9.2
(15.4)		 −6.2
(20.8)		 −2.2
(28)		 0.6
(33.1)		 3.6
(38.5)		 −10.5
(13.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 139.5
(5.492)		 134.4
(5.291)		 137.6
(5.417)		 68.1
(2.681)		 24.5
(0.965)		 18.5
(0.728)		 16.4
(0.646)		 14.7
(0.579)		 33.6
(1.323)		 56.0
(2.205)		 95.7
(3.768)		 126.8
(4.992)		 865.8
(34.087)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 11 9 10 7 5 4 3 2 4 6 9 9 79
Average relative humidity (%) 71 74 79 81 77 74 70 63 59 63 65 67 70
Source #1: NOAA,[2] Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario (record highs and lows)[3]
Source #2: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (precipitation days)[4]

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
  2. ↑ "Villa María del Río Seco Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Villa María del Río Seco, Cordoba". Estadísticas meteorológicas decadiales (in Spanish). Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Valores Medios de Temperature y Precipitación-Cordoba: Villa de Maria del rio seco" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
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