La Rioja, Argentina
Climate

La Rioja, Argentina

Section Title: Climate
Table Section Text: None

Climate data for La Rioja, Argentina (Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport) 1981–2010, extremes 1931–present

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year

Record high °C (°F)	45.5 (113.9)	43.6 (110.5)	42.0 (107.6)	40.0 (104.0)	37.3 (99.1)	29.9 (85.8)	37.3 (99.1)	41.4 (106.5)	42.6 (108.7)	45.2 (113.4)	44.6 (112.3)	46.4 (115.5)	46.4 (115.5)

Average high °C (°F)	34.7 (94.5)	33.0 (91.4)	30.7 (87.3)	26.7 (80.1)	22.6 (72.7)	19.4 (66.9)	19.5 (67.1)	23.0 (73.4)	26.2 (79.2)	30.9 (87.6)	33.5 (92.3)	35.1 (95.2)	27.9 (82.2)

Daily mean °C (°F)	27.2 (81.0)	25.8 (78.4)	23.9 (75.0)	19.7 (67.5)	15.1 (59.2)	11.4 (52.5)	10.8 (51.4)	14.2 (57.6)	17.9 (64.2)	22.9 (73.2)	25.5 (77.9)	27.4 (81.3)	20.2 (68.4)

Average low °C (°F)	21.1 (70.0)	19.9 (67.8)	18.7 (65.7)	14.5 (58.1)	9.7 (49.5)	5.6 (42.1)	4.4 (39.9)	7.2 (45.0)	10.9 (51.6)	16.0 (60.8)	18.7 (65.7)	20.9 (69.6)	14.0 (57.2)

Record low °C (°F)	8.4 (47.1)	9.5 (49.1)	5.2 (41.4)	1.0 (33.8)	−3.0 (26.6)	−5.6 (21.9)	−6.9 (19.6)	−7.2 (19.0)	−2.5 (27.5)	3.5 (38.3)	5.3 (41.5)	7.7 (45.9)	−7.2 (19.0)

Average precipitation mm (inches)	96.3 (3.79)	73.6 (2.90)	65.0 (2.56)	29.3 (1.15)	9.0 (0.35)	2.9 (0.11)	3.8 (0.15)	4.2 (0.17)	9.4 (0.37)	17.6 (0.69)	35.9 (1.41)	65.0 (2.56)	412.0 (16.22)

Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	8.5	7.4	6.0	3.9	2.1	0.9	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.1	6.4	44.8

Average relative humidity (%)	61.8	64.6	68.6	69.7	69.7	69.4	62.9	52.9	48.9	48.8	51.9	55.9	60.4

Mean monthly sunshine hours	266.6	237.3	217.0	204.0	204.6	189.0	210.8	251.1	228.0	257.3	267.0	269.7	2,802.4

Percent possible sunshine	62	64	57	60	62	60	65	73	64	65	66	62	63

Source #1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

Source #2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows), Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario (record highs and July record low), UNLP (sun only)

Sentence(s)

The highest recorded temperature was 46.4 °C (115.5 °F) in December while the lowest recorded temperature was −7.2 °C (19.0 °F) in August.

final_sentence: The highest recorded temperature was 46.4 °C (115.5 °F) in December while the lowest recorded temperature was −7.2 °C (19.0 °F) in August.