Esperanza Base
Climate

Esperanza Base

Section Title: Climate
Table Section Text: None

Climate data for Esperanza (1981–2010, extremes 1945–present)

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

Record high °C (°F)	14.9 (58.8)	15.5 (59.9)	17.5 (63.5)	15.9 (60.6)	17.2 (63.0)	13.3 (55.9)	14.0 (57.2)	13.0 (55.4)	11.4 (52.5)	17.0 (62.6)	14.3 (57.7)	14.6 (58.3)	17.5 (63.5)

Average high °C (°F)	4.3 (39.7)	3.7 (38.7)	1.2 (34.2)	−2.1 (28.2)	−4.0 (24.8)	−6.2 (20.8)	−6.3 (20.7)	−4.6 (23.7)	−2.3 (27.9)	−0.4 (31.3)	2.1 (35.8)	3.8 (38.8)	−0.9 (30.4)

Daily mean °C (°F)	1.4 (34.5)	0.7 (33.3)	−2.3 (27.9)	−6.1 (21.0)	−8.2 (17.2)	−10.4 (13.3)	−10.5 (13.1)	−9.0 (15.8)	−6.5 (20.3)	−4.3 (24.3)	−1.1 (30.0)	0.8 (33.4)	−4.6 (23.7)

Average low °C (°F)	−1.2 (29.8)	−2.0 (28.4)	−5.6 (21.9)	−9.7 (14.5)	−12.1 (10.2)	−14.3 (6.3)	−14.8 (5.4)	−13.2 (8.2)	−10.4 (13.3)	−8.0 (17.6)	−4.2 (24.4)	−1.9 (28.6)	−8.1 (17.4)

Record low °C (°F)	−8.5 (16.7)	−13.2 (8.2)	−20.9 (−5.6)	−26.0 (−14.8)	−29.6 (−21.3)	−30.0 (−22.0)	−38.4 (−37.1)	−32.0 (−25.6)	−32.6 (−26.7)	−23.2 (−9.8)	−18.0 (−0.4)	−9.7 (14.5)	−38.4 (−37.1)

Average precipitation mm (inches)	56.2 (2.21)	65.0 (2.56)	75.5 (2.97)	59.1 (2.33)	54.4 (2.14)	47.4 (1.87)	54.1 (2.13)	72.1 (2.84)	62.2 (2.45)	56.4 (2.22)	65.0 (2.56)	59.0 (2.32)	726.4 (28.60)

Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	14	14	17	17	14	11	13	15	15	15	16	16	177

Average snowy days	16	15	16	16	14	13	14	14	16	15	16	16	181

Average relative humidity (%)	82	80	80	80	80	79	80	80	79	80	81	80	80

Mean monthly sunshine hours	93.0	127.1	89.9	60.0	31.0	12.0	21.7	43.4	87.0	136.4	144.0	161.2	1,006.7

Mean daily sunshine hours	3.0	4.5	2.9	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.4	2.9	4.4	4.8	5.2	2.8

Source #1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (temperature 1981–2010, precipitation and snowy days 1961–1990), NOAA (precipitation 1961–1990)

Source #2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows), Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun, 1982–1990 and humidity, 1982–1995)

Sentence(s)

The highest temperature recorded was 17.5 °C (63.5 °F) in March.

final_sentence: The highest temperature recorded was 17.5 °C (63.5 °F) in March.