Ónavas facts for kids
Ónavas is a small town surrounded by Onavas Municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.
Contents
Name
The name Ónavas comes from the Cahita language and means salty water.
Geography
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 | |||||||||||||
It was founded in 1622 as Mission San Ignacio de Loyola de Ónavas 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
See also
In Spanish: Ónavas para niños
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