Montemorelos

Coordinates: 25°11′13.99″N 99°49′36.01″W / 25.1872194°N 99.8266694°W / 25.1872194; -99.8266694
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Montemorelos
Municipality
UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code826
Website[1]

Montemorelos is a city and surrounding municipality of 67,428 inhabitants located in the Northern Mexican state of Nuevo León, in the valley of the Pilon River. It was named after José María Morelos.

History

In 1637,

St Matthew. The elevation of this parochial church in 1665 marks the foundation of modern-day Montemorelos.[2]

Geography

The municipality of Montemorelos is located in the central region of Nuevo León, near the city of

Ramos
, Pilón, Blanquillo, and Potosí rivers.

Climate

Montemorelos is in the temperate climate zone, according to classification of Wladimir Köppen in 1936, and the semi-warm climate sub-group of the subhumid type. It is warm and dry during the summertime, humid and cold in the winter. The average high temperature varies between 22 and 24 °C in the months of March, April, October and November. During the summer temperatures around 40 °C are common. Sporadic rains generally occur during September and October and also in March and April.

Climate data for Montemorelos (309 m)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 35.5
(95.9) 		38.0
(100.4) 		41.5
(106.7) 		43.5
(110.3) 		43.5
(110.3) 		43.5
(110.3) 		43.5
(110.3) 		45.0
(113.0) 		45.5
(113.9) 		37.0
(98.6) 		38.5
(101.3) 		38.5
(101.3) 		45.5
(113.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 20.9
(69.6) 		23.1
(73.6) 		26.8
(80.2) 		30.7
(87.3) 		32.1
(89.8) 		34.4
(93.9) 		35.8
(96.4) 		35.5
(95.9) 		31.9
(89.4) 		28.1
(82.6) 		23.8
(74.8) 		21.2
(70.2) 		28.7
(83.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.5
(56.3) 		15.4
(59.7) 		19.3
(66.7) 		23.5
(74.3) 		25.7
(78.3) 		27.9
(82.2) 		28.8
(83.8) 		28.6
(83.5) 		25.9
(78.6) 		22.1
(71.8) 		17.4
(63.3) 		14.3
(57.7) 		21.9
(71.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 6.2
(43.2) 		7.8
(46.0) 		11.8
(53.2) 		16.4
(61.5) 		19.4
(66.9) 		21.5
(70.7) 		21.8
(71.2) 		21.7
(71.1) 		20.0
(68.0) 		16.1
(61.0) 		11.1
(52.0) 		7.4
(45.3) 		15.1
(59.2)
Record low °C (°F) −10.0
(14.0) 		−10.0
(14.0) 		0.0
(32.0) 		5.0
(41.0) 		8.5
(47.3) 		10.0
(50.0) 		15.0
(59.0) 		11.5
(52.7) 		10.0
(50.0) 		6.0
(42.8) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		−10.0
(14.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 16.5
(0.65) 		24.1
(0.95) 		30.7
(1.21) 		54.5
(2.15) 		94.5
(3.72) 		104.2
(4.10) 		56.5
(2.22) 		119.7
(4.71) 		191.1
(7.52) 		116.7
(4.59) 		37.7
(1.48) 		18.3
(0.72) 		864.5
(34.04)
Average rainy days 4.53 4.96 4.1 5.5 6.64 5.1 3.86 6.1 8.46 6.48 5.33 4.46 65.32
Average snowy days 0.16 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.19
Source: Colegio de Postgraduados: Normales climatológicas para el Estado de Nuevo León (in Spanish)

Demographics

According to the INEGI 2005 Census[3] the city of Montemorelos has 52,741 residents, of which 26,286 were male and 26,455 are female. Out of its population only 84 or 0.18% of its inhabitants are of Native Indian origin. 38,669 inhabitants belong to the Catholic Church, and 8,070 belonged to other religions. There are 14,327 households in the Montemorelos municipality of which 13,637 were owner occupied.

Economy

Agricultural