Cutral Có
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Cutral Có | ||
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Dialing code +54 0299 | | |
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| Website | Official website | |
Cutral Có is a city in the Confluencia Department of Neuquén Province in Argentina. It is part of the statistical area formed with neighboring Plaza Huincul.
The settlement is located in the desert, it was founded in 1933 after the discovery of oil. The majority of the economy is based on the
Repsol-YPF and Petrobras
.
Following the 1992 privatization of YPF, thousands of people lost their jobs in the city's important industrial action.
There are plans to transport water from the
Río Neuquén
in order to introduce agriculture to the region.
The city used to have its own airport.
Climate
| Climate data for Cutral Có | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39.4 (102.9) |
38.3 (100.9) |
35.5 (95.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.3 (82.9) |
34.1 (93.4) |
36.2 (97.2) |
39.1 (102.4) |
39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
29.3 (84.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
11.7 (53.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
7.5 (45.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
0.8 (33.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9.5 (0.37) |
10.5 (0.41) |
11.5 (0.45) |
19.0 (0.75) |
14.5 (0.57) |
18.0 (0.71) |
13.0 (0.51) |
8.0 (0.31) |
16.5 (0.65) |
27.5 (1.08) |
14.5 (0.57) |
15.0 (0.59) |
177.5 (6.99) |
| Average relative humidity (%)
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31.5 | 36.5 | 42.0 | 49.5 | 59.5 | 66.0 | 64.5 | 54.5 | 49.5 | 43.5 | 37.5 | 34.0 | 47.4 |
| Source: Secretaria de Mineria[1] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Provincia de Neuquén - Clima Y Meteorologia: Datos Meteorologicos Y Pluviometicos" (in Spanish). Secretaria de Mineria de la Nacion (Argentina). Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
External links
- (in Spanish) Federal website
- (in Spanish) Municipal website
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