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Mina La Casualidad | |
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Municipality and village | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Salta |
| Department | Los Andes |
| Elevation | 13,000 ft (4,000 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
Mina La Casualidad is an abandoned mine and ghost town in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina. [1]
Mina La Casualidad has a Tundra climate (Köppen ET). It is possibly the Argentine settlement with the lowest annual precipitation.
| Climate data for Mina La Casualidad (1956–1976) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 21.5 (70.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 16.0 (60.8) | 13.0 (55.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.9 (67.8) | 20.5 (68.9) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.0 (77.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.9 (55.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 6.3 (43.3) | 5.7 (42.3) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.1 (64.6) | 13.1 (55.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | 1.3 (34.3) | −1.5 (29.3) | −2.1 (28.2) | 0.2 (32.4) | 3.7 (38.7) | 5.6 (42.1) | 7.5 (45.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 4.5 (40.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) | 0.4 (32.7) | −1.6 (29.1) | −4.8 (23.4) | −6.9 (19.6) | −9.3 (15.3) | −9.9 (14.2) | −8.3 (17.1) | −5.4 (22.3) | −3.0 (26.6) | −0.9 (30.4) | 0.2 (32.4) | −4.0 (24.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) | −4.0 (24.8) | −10.0 (14.0) | −19.0 (−2.2) | −22.0 (−7.6) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −21.0 (−5.8) | −24.0 (−11.2) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −12.0 (10.4) | −8.0 (17.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −24.0 (−11.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 8.4 (0.33) | 4.7 (0.19) | 1.3 (0.05) | 0.6 (0.02) | 2.8 (0.11) | 3.3 (0.13) | 3.9 (0.15) | 3.0 (0.12) | 4.3 (0.17) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.6 (0.02) | 4.8 (0.19) | 37.9 (1.49) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 28 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 36 | 41 | 45 | 39 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 33 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional [2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Secretaria de Mineria (humidity) [3] | |||||||||||||
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