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Colonia Santa Rosa | |
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Municipality and town | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province | Salta Province |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
Colonia Santa Rosa is a town and municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina. [1]
| Climate data for Colonia Santa Rosa | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39.0 (102.2) | 41.5 (106.7) | 39.6 (103.3) | 33.5 (92.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.6 (87.1) | 34.2 (93.6) | 37.4 (99.3) | 40.5 (104.9) | 41.4 (106.5) | 43.0 (109.4) | 43.2 (109.8) | 43.2 (109.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 29.2 (84.6) | 25.9 (78.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 27.6 (81.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 23.8 (74.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.7 (76.5) | 25.9 (78.6) | 21.1 (70.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.5 (67.1) | 16.9 (62.4) | 13.4 (56.1) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.6 (45.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.0 (53.6) | 16.3 (61.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 15.4 (59.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13.2 (55.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 11.1 (52.0) | 7.7 (45.9) | 0.2 (32.4) | −2.4 (27.7) | −5.2 (22.6) | −4.4 (24.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | −5.2 (22.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 196.7 (7.74) | 165.6 (6.52) | 152.3 (6.00) | 89.9 (3.54) | 13.4 (0.53) | 6.2 (0.24) | 6.3 (0.25) | 7.3 (0.29) | 10.1 (0.40) | 37.8 (1.49) | 102.9 (4.05) | 161.9 (6.37) | 966.5 (38.05) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 80 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 81 | 77 | 70 | 64 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 207.7 | 175.2 | 161.2 | 120.0 | 130.2 | 120.0 | 167.4 | 179.8 | 168.0 | 186.0 | 174.0 | 201.5 | 1,991 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria [2] | |||||||||||||
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