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San José de Jáchal
San José de Jáchal is located in Argentina
San José de Jáchal
San José de Jáchal
Location in Argentina
Country  Argentina
Province  San Juan
Department Jáchal
Population
 (2001 census)
 • Total 21,018
Time zone UTC-3 (ART)
CPA base
J5460
Dialing code +54 2647

San José de Jáchal (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xoˈse ðe ˈxatʃal], often shortened to Jáchal) is a city in the northeast of the province of San Juan, Argentina, located on National Route 40, south of the Jáchal River. It has 21,018 inhabitants per the 2001 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the Jáchal Department.

History

San José de Jáchal was founded on 25 June 1751 by the field master Juan de Echegaray, by the order of the Board of Populations of the Kingdom of Chile. That same month, through an interesting ceremony, the Villa de San José de Jáchal, forty leagues north of San Juan de la Frontera, was born to civilian and political life.

Geography

Climate

Climate data for San José de Jáchal (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 42.7
(108.9)
41.5
(106.7)
39.6
(103.3)
38.3
(100.9)
36.2
(97.2)
35.5
(95.9)
35.5
(95.9)
36.5
(97.7)
39.1
(102.4)
39.9
(103.8)
43.0
(109.4)
45.3
(113.5)
45.3
(113.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32.9
(91.2)
31.2
(88.2)
29.0
(84.2)
24.5
(76.1)
20.5
(68.9)
18.5
(65.3)
17.6
(63.7)
20.4
(68.7)
22.8
(73.0)
26.9
(80.4)
30.3
(86.5)
32.7
(90.9)
25.6
(78.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.4
(77.7)
23.3
(73.9)
21.0
(69.8)
16.0
(60.8)
11.2
(52.2)
8.4
(47.1)
7.2
(45.0)
10.0
(50.0)
13.5
(56.3)
18.3
(64.9)
22.0
(71.6)
24.9
(76.8)
16.8
(62.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 16.6
(61.9)
15.1
(59.2)
13.0
(55.4)
7.2
(45.0)
2.6
(36.7)
−1.0
(30.2)
−2.4
(27.7)
−0.6
(30.9)
3.3
(37.9)
7.8
(46.0)
11.8
(53.2)
15.2
(59.4)
7.4
(45.3)
Record low °C (°F) 3.9
(39.0)
3.5
(38.3)
−1.2
(29.8)
−3.3
(26.1)
−8.1
(17.4)
−11.0
(12.2)
−12.4
(9.7)
−11.3
(11.7)
−7.4
(18.7)
−5.6
(21.9)
−3.8
(25.2)
0.0
(32.0)
−12.4
(9.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 18.6
(0.73)
32.3
(1.27)
16.0
(0.63)
8.2
(0.32)
5.7
(0.22)
3.2
(0.13)
3.4
(0.13)
1.8
(0.07)
5.4
(0.21)
4.8
(0.19)
5.9
(0.23)
18.1
(0.71)
123.4
(4.86)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.5 4.8 3.7 2.6 2.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.2 2.9 28.5
Average snowy days 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6
Average relative humidity (%) 53.4 58.1 62.0 64.9 66.2 63.4 61.7 56.0 54.4 50.6 48.2 49.1 57.3
Mean monthly sunshine hours 285.2 240.1 220.1 192.0 179.8 174.0 195.3 226.3 225.0 269.7 294.0 306.9 2,808.4
Mean daily sunshine hours 9.2 8.5 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.8 6.3 7.3 7.5 8.7 9.8 9.9 7.7
Percent possible sunshine 69 69 63 67 61 53 61 68 63 68 66 66 65
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
Source 2: UNLP (percent sun 1971–1980)

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