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Las Costas | |
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Municipality and village | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province | Salta Province |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
Las Costas is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina. [1]
| Climate data for Las Costas | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.8 (96.4) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.3 (93.7) | 31.1 (88.0) | 34.3 (93.7) | 31.3 (88.3) | 37.3 (99.1) | 34.3 (93.7) | 36.3 (97.3) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 37.7 (99.9) | 38.5 (101.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.6 (76.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 23.2 (73.8) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.6 (81.7) | 23.8 (74.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.1 (66.4) | 16.1 (61.0) | 13.2 (55.8) | 10.4 (50.7) | 10.5 (50.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 16.5 (61.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 14.1 (57.4) | 10.4 (50.7) | 5.8 (42.4) | 1.5 (34.7) | 0.4 (32.7) | 1.9 (35.4) | 4.7 (40.5) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 14.2 (57.6) | 8.7 (47.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) | 7.6 (45.7) | 5.3 (41.5) | −0.3 (31.5) | −3.1 (26.4) | −6.6 (20.1) | −6.4 (20.5) | −5.9 (21.4) | −3.6 (25.5) | −0.9 (30.4) | 1.7 (35.1) | 6.1 (43.0) | −6.6 (20.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 209.6 (8.25) | 168.3 (6.63) | 133.3 (5.25) | 40.1 (1.58) | 6.8 (0.27) | 3.0 (0.12) | 4.1 (0.16) | 6.0 (0.24) | 6.2 (0.24) | 29.1 (1.15) | 68.1 (2.68) | 140.6 (5.54) | 815.1 (32.09) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 74 | 67 | 61 | 58 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.9 | 155.4 | 133.3 | 123.0 | 151.9 | 156.0 | 195.3 | 201.5 | 189.0 | 207.7 | 189.0 | 198.4 | 2,083.4 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria [2] | |||||||||||||
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