Tarandacuao
Tarandacuao is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the lowlands of the state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 117.39 square kilometres, (0.31% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north and east by Jerécuaro, to the south by the state of Michoacán, and to the west by Acámbaro. The municipality had 11,583 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.[1][2] Outlying communities found in Tarandacuao include La Purísima, San Juan De Dios, San José de Hidalgo, San Antonio, El Tocuz, San felipe and La Virgen.
The name of the municipality is of Purépecha origin and means "Place where the water is born," a possible reference to the Lerma River,[3] which runs through the region.[4]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Tarandacuao (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1941–2018) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) |
34 (93) |
37.2 (99.0) |
40 (104) |
41 (106) |
39 (102) |
38 (100) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36 (97) |
35 (95) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
41 (106) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
5.1 (41.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.9 (16.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
4 (39) |
4 (39) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
2 (36) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−7 (19) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.1 (0.48) |
8.6 (0.34) |
8.8 (0.35) |
11.1 (0.44) |
38.4 (1.51) |
105.8 (4.17) |
158.0 (6.22) |
167.2 (6.58) |
147.9 (5.82) |
59.8 (2.35) |
14.9 (0.59) |
3.6 (0.14) |
736.2 (28.98) |
| Average rainy days | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 11.7 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 12.5 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 80.0 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[5][6] | |||||||||||||
Official website
[edit]- Tarandacuau, GTO (in Spanish)
References
[edit]- ^ "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
- ^ "Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
- ^ Guanajuato.-Tarandacuao Archived 2007-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Presidencia Municipal de Tarandacuao". Foro-Mexico. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "NORMAL CLIMATOLÓGICA 1991-2020: TARANDACUAO" (TXT) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico National. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ "VALORES EXTREMOS: TARANDACUAO" (TXT) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico National. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
20°00′N 100°32′W / 20.000°N 100.533°W
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