Punta Eugenia
Punta Eugenia | |
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Headland | |
 An annotated Space Shuttle photo showing Punta Eugenia bottom right. | |
  Punta Eugenia  Punta Eugenia | |
| Coordinates: 27°50′49″N 115°4′54″W / 27.84694°N 115.08167°W |
Punta Eugenia is a
Bahía Tortugas by a dirt road
). Touristically, the area of Punta Eugenia is still largely unexploited. The settlement Punta Eugenia, with 19 inhabitants in 2017, is traditionally populated by native and seasonally recruited fishermen and their families. Fishing industry in the Vizcaíno region annually produces thousands of tons of various species, which are mostly exported to Asian and North American markets.
To the northwest of Punta Eugenia lie Isla Natividad, Cedros Island and the Islas San Benito. The pattern of ocean currents and eddies around Punta Eugenia has been shown to be a significant phylogeographic break in the distribution of fish species.[1]
Climate
Punta Eugenia has mild desert climate. Temperature extremes range from 36 °C (97 °F) on 11 October 1983 to 1 °C (34 °F) on 9 February 1981. On 4 December 1994, Punta Eugenia received 109 millimetres (4.3 in) of rain, the wettest day on record.
| Climate data for Punta Eugenia 1981-2010 normals (elevation 10 m) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.0 (84.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.8 (0.43) |
6.2 (0.24) |
1.1 (0.04) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.01) |
0.6 (0.02) |
1.0 (0.04) |
1.4 (0.06) |
2.5 (0.10) |
18.8 (0.74) |
42.8 (1.69) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 6.0 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- PMID 12940364. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ "Punta Eugenia 1981-2010". Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 31 January 2021.