Ónavas is a small town surrounded by Onavas Municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.
History
The name Ónavas comes from the Cahita language and means salty water.
Climate
| Climate data for Ónavas, Sonora (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.5 (97.7) | 40.0 (104.0) | 41.5 (106.7) | 45.0 (113.0) | 47.5 (117.5) | 49.0 (120.2) | 46.5 (115.7) | 45.5 (113.9) | 47.5 (117.5) | 43.5 (110.3) | 40.0 (104.0) | 39.5 (103.1) | 49.0 (120.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 30.8 (87.4) | 34.2 (93.6) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.9 (105.6) | 37.9 (100.2) | 36.4 (97.5) | 36.6 (97.9) | 34.8 (94.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 33.3 (91.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.6 (74.5) | 27.5 (81.5) | 32.1 (89.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 24.1 (75.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 7.2 (45.0) | 9.3 (48.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 23.4 (74.1) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.0 (71.6) | 16.6 (61.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 6.2 (43.2) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) | −9.5 (14.9) | −9.0 (15.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 5.0 (41.0) | 13.0 (55.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 0.0 (32.0) | −11.5 (11.3) | −11.5 (11.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27.8 (1.09) | 24.2 (0.95) | 10.7 (0.42) | 5.6 (0.22) | 4.8 (0.19) | 28.9 (1.14) | 170.1 (6.70) | 156.8 (6.17) | 82.6 (3.25) | 35.1 (1.38) | 22.0 (0.87) | 40.1 (1.58) | 608.7 (23.96) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 12.1 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 45.7 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico National[1] | |||||||||||||
It was founded in 1622 by two Jesuit missionaries: Diego Vandersipe and Blas Paredes.
Economic activity
Agriculture covered 2,227 hectares (2000), most of which were not irrigated. Main crops are alfalfa, beans, corn and the production of fodder for the cattle industry. Sonora Turismo
Cattle raising was carried out by sixty percent of the work force (2000) and there were 6,614 head of cattle. Sonora Turismo
References
- Notes
- ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981-2010". Servicio Meteorológico National. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
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