Paso de los Libres | |
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) San José Church, Paso de los Libres | |
)  Paso de los Libres Location of Paso de los Libres in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 29°43′S 57°5′W / 29.717°S 57.083°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Corrientes |
| Department | Paso de los Libres |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eduardo A. Vischi (Unión Cívica Radical) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Total | 43,251 |
| Demonym(s) | libreño/a |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| CPA base | W3320 |
| Dialing code | +54 3772 |
Paso de los Libres is a city in the east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 44,000 inhabitants at the 2010 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the department of the same name.
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Monument to General Joaquín Madariaga and the 108 Valiants.
The city lies on the right-hand (western) shore of the Uruguay River, opposite the city of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to which it is joined by a road and railway bridge (Paso de los Libres-Uruguaiana International Bridge). The area is served by Paso de los Libres Airport.
Climate
| Climate data for Paso de los Libres (1981–2010, 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) | 42.1 (107.8) | 40.4 (104.7) | 39.5 (103.1) | 36.7 (98.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.4 (97.5) | 38.3 (100.9) | 41.6 (106.9) | 42.0 (107.6) | 42.1 (107.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.6 (90.7) | 31.0 (87.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 25.6 (78.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.1 (66.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.2 (88.2) | 25.7 (78.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.3 (61.3) | 13.9 (57.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 15.3 (59.5) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.1 (68.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 19.8 (67.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 15.2 (59.4) | 11.7 (53.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | 9.0 (48.2) | 10.3 (50.5) | 11.7 (53.1) | 14.7 (58.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) | 8.7 (47.7) | 5.8 (42.4) | 3.2 (37.8) | −0.3 (31.5) | −4.0 (24.8) | −3.5 (25.7) | −3.0 (26.6) | 0.2 (32.4) | 2.8 (37.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | 8.1 (46.6) | −4.0 (24.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 128.0 (5.04) | 154.3 (6.07) | 166.8 (6.57) | 205.0 (8.07) | 129.8 (5.11) | 101.4 (3.99) | 73.7 (2.90) | 56.8 (2.24) | 108.7 (4.28) | 152.6 (6.01) | 149.9 (5.90) | 120.6 (4.75) | 1,547.6 (60.93) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.1 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 91.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67.0 | 72.5 | 74.4 | 78.1 | 80.4 | 82.3 | 79.6 | 75.0 | 73.8 | 72.2 | 68.7 | 65.7 | 74.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 238.7 | 206.2 | 179.8 | 174.0 | 176.7 | 132.0 | 130.2 | 151.9 | 120.0 | 192.2 | 216.0 | 220.1 | 2,137.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 56 | 56 | 47 | 51 | 54 | 43 | 40 | 45 | 34 | 48 | 52 | 50 | 48 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[1][2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: UNLP (sun only)[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Paso de los Libres Aero". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas". Atlas Bioclimáticos (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)