Susques
Susques | |
|---|---|
Rural municipality and village | |
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  Susques Location in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 23°24′02″S 66°22′02″W / 23.40056°S 66.36722°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province | Jujuy Province |
| Elevation | 12,782 ft (3,896 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
Susques is a rural municipality and village in Jujuy Province in Argentina.[1]
Geography
Climate
Susques has a cool arid climate (Köppen BWk) with two seasons: a mild summer with occasional thunderstorms from December to March and a cold, rainless winter covering the remaining eight months of the year.
| Climate data for Susques (1972-1996) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.3 (52.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
4.9 (40.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72 (2.8) |
51 (2.0) |
22 (0.9) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
8 (0.3) |
32 (1.3) |
188 (7.4) |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)
- ^ "Estadísticos de Precipitaciones y Balance Hídrico". Las Precipitaciones del Noroeste Argentino (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Retrieved 3 April 2016.