33°44′S 65°23′W / 33.733°S 65.383°W
Villa Reynolds is a town of the General Pedernera department on the San Luis Province, Argentina.
It has an airport that served the city and is also a military airbase home of the V Air Brigade of Argentine Air Force. In March 1973 two Skylark sounding rockets were launched.[1]
Climate
[edit]Villa Reynolds has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with long, hot summers and short, cool winters.
Climate data for Villa Reynolds (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 42.2 (108.0) |
42.6 (108.7) |
38.8 (101.8) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.4 (93.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
36.0 (96.8) |
37.8 (100.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
43.0 (109.4) |
41.0 (105.8) |
44.1 (111.4) |
44.1 (111.4) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.2 (88.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 102.8 (4.05) |
89.8 (3.54) |
96.2 (3.79) |
68.9 (2.71) |
31.7 (1.25) |
9.8 (0.39) |
10.5 (0.41) |
15.6 (0.61) |
35.4 (1.39) |
65.8 (2.59) |
92.4 (3.64) |
105.4 (4.15) |
724.3 (28.52) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 79.3 |
Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 66.9 | 72.1 | 75.1 | 75.9 | 77.4 | 75.0 | 70.8 | 63.3 | 60.9 | 63.0 | 62.0 | 62.1 | 68.7 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 279.0 | 237.3 | 229.4 | 183.0 | 164.3 | 156.0 | 179.8 | 195.0 | 210.0 | 229.4 | 261.0 | 285.2 | 2,609.4 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 9.0 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 7.2 |
Percent possible sunshine | 67 | 68 | 59 | 60 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 60 |
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[2][3][4][5] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: NOAA (percent sun 1961–1990)[6] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Villa Reynolds". Archived from the original on October 31, 2003.
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Estadística climatológica de la República Argentina Período 1991-2000" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Villa Reynolds". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Villa Reynolds Aero Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 14, 2016.