Huejutla de Reyes
Huejutla de Reyes | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Huejutla de Reyes Location in Hidalgo | |
| Coordinates: 21°08′N 98°25′W / 21.133°N 98.417°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Municipal seat | Huejutla de Reyes |
| Area | |
| • Total | 377.8 km2 (145.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 115,786 |
Huejutla de Reyes is a city and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The name comes from the Nahuatl huexotl ("willow") and tlan ("place"),[1] while "de Reyes" commemorates local cobbler Antonio Reyes Cabrera who died defending Huejutla from French invaders in 1866.[2]
The municipality covers an area of 377.8 km2 in the northeast of Hidalgo, in the
It has been called "the Heart of La Huasteca".[5]
Geography
Climate
Huejutla de Reyes has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) featuring short, but extremely hot springs and also short, warm winters with cool mornings. The average high temperature in June is 34.4 °C (93.9 °F), with an average minimum temperature in June of 21.5 °C (70.7 °F). The average high temperature in January is 24.5 °C (76.1 °F), with an average minimum temperature in January of 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Huejutla de Reyes is 50.0 °C (122 °F), recorded on April 26, 2017.[6] A low temperature of -3.0 °C (26.6 °F) was recorded on December 14, 1997. Annual precipitation is 1,463.7 millimetres (57.626 in); July and September being the wettest months.
| Climate data for Huejutla de Reyes, Hidalgo (1981–2010, extremes (1977–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
41.0 (105.8) |
50.0 (122.0) |
49.0 (120.2) |
47.0 (116.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
40.0 (104.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
34.0 (93.2) |
50.0 (122.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.5 (76.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48.8 (1.92) |
48.7 (1.92) |
51.3 (2.02) |
65.0 (2.56) |
92.5 (3.64) |
177.3 (6.98) |
225.5 (8.88) |
190.3 (7.49) |
278.6 (10.97) |
167.7 (6.60) |
67.9 (2.67) |
50.1 (1.97) |
1,463.7 (57.63) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.0 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 9.8 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 96.4 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Average temperatures, 1981-2010 - Extreme temperatures, 1977-2014)[7] | |||||||||||||
Sister cities
Brownsville, United States (2009)
References
- ^ "Municipio de Huejutla".
- ^ "Municipio de Huejutla".
- ^ "Huejutla de Reyes". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
- ISBN 978-607-484-357-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-05-13.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ "Huejutla, el corazón de la Huasteca hidalguense". Hidalgo Brilla (in Spanish). 4 December 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "CONAGUA 50 Grados en Huejutla (Spanish)". Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Normales Climatológicas para Huejutla (1981-2010)". Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
