San Rafael, Mendoza
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San Rafael is a city in the southern region of the Mendoza Province, Argentina. With more than 118,000 inhabitants (2010 census [INDEC]), it is the largest city in and the seat of San Rafael Department.
The city is located 240 km from
History
Spanish expeditions led by
San Rafael remained relatively isolated from the rest of the country, long after independence in 1816. The area's agricultural potential and strategic location were eventually brought to the federal government's attention. In 1871, civil engineer Julio Balloffet was commissioned to oversee the development of San Rafael. His efforts were centered around needed public works, among which were civic buildings, schools, plazas, a hospital, cathedral and irrigation works. The irrigation canals were accompanied by an agricultural laboratory and a panel of agronomists and, by 1900, the San Rafael area fruit orchards had attracted a sizable contingent of Italian and French immigrants.
This sudden prosperity led to San Rafael's formal designation as department seat in 1903 and, that November, the expanding
Geography
Distances to other parts of the country
- Federal Capital 990 km
- Cordoba (Capital) 705 km
- Neuquén (Capital) 605 km
- Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires) 1205 km
- Mendoza (Capital) 236 km
- Rosario (Santa Fe) 860 km
- San Luis (Capital) 273 km
- Tucumán (Capital) 1290 km
- Bariloche (Rio Negro) 1060 km
Climate
| Climate data for San Rafael Airport, Mendoza (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) | 43.3 (109.9) |
40.7 (105.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.7 (92.7) |
32.0 (89.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.5 (97.7) |
39.8 (103.6) |
41.5 (106.7) |
43.3 (109.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.8 (89.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.4 (52.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 54.2 (2.13) |
50.6 (1.99) |
40.2 (1.58) |
26.6 (1.05) |
21.3 (0.84) |
7.2 (0.28) |
11.1 (0.44) |
14.5 (0.57) |
21.5 (0.85) |
38.3 (1.51) |
36.2 (1.43) |
41.2 (1.62) |
362.9 (14.29) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 55.4 |
| Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
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50.0 | 56.1 | 61.3 | 65.7 | 68.6 | 63.2 | 60.4 | 53.8 | 52.6 | 51.3 | 48.2 | 46.6 | 56.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 275.9 | 243.0 | 226.3 | 198.0 | 170.5 | 159.0 | 186.0 | 204.6 | 198.0 | 241.8 | 261.0 | 263.5 | 2,627.6 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 7.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 73 | 73 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 51 | 52 | 61 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 63 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[3][4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: UNLP (percent sun 1971–1980)[7] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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San Rafael's Downtown -
San Rafael's Cathedral -
Atuel's River on Valle Grande -
Plaza San Martin
See also
- Mendoza wine
- TC 2000
- Condor agate
References
- ^ "Pampa Energía". Pampa energia.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015.
- ^ www.losandes.com.ar Archived 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine Los Andes
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 3 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 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por San Rafael Aero". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas". Atlas Bioclimáticos (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Diario San Rafael (in Spanish)
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