# Verónica, Buenos Aires

Verónica is a town and localidad in Buenos Aires Province, in Argentina. It is the administrative centre for the county (partido) of Punta Indio.

## History

The town was created on 18 March 1915 on land donated by Martín Tornquist, and named after his wife, Verónica Bernal.
A year before, on 1 January 1914, the railroad from the city of La Plata had arrived at Verónica, and a station was built.
In 1925 the Punta Indio Naval Air Base was established, 6 km (3.7 mi) from the downtown core. It became one of the pillars for the development of the town until today.

## Demographics

From the beginning, the town showed a diversity in people's origins. Besides the traditional Spanish-Italian population, a large number of immigrants from Germany, Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine and Croatia among others) established themselves in the area. Today, a German Boarding School (Escuela Hogar de Verónica) serves as a retreat for German schools from all over the country. The town stood in for an Uruguayan town in the American film The City of Your Final Destination released in 2009.

## Economy

The main activities in the town are related to farming: agriculture, cattle and bird raising. More recently tourism started to develop around the old estancias in the area.

## Sports

There are two major sports clubs in Verónica: Club Social y Deportivo Verónica (stablished in 1919) and Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Unida(established in 1951). They compete in regional football tournaments of Liga Costera del Rio de La Plata. Starting in 1991 until 2001, a Turismo Carretera race was held at the Naval Base 6 times.

## Transportation

Although the train link has been non-operational for many years, the building of the train station is still operational, although nowadays it is used for cultural associations. A regular bus service is established between Verónica and La Plata, provided by Expreso La Plata. There are also mini-buses that connect with both La Plata and Buenos Aires. Local transport circulates within the town, and connects Verónica with Punta Indio and Pipinas.

## Climate

Climate data for Verónica, Buenos Aires (Punta Indio Naval Air Base) 1991–2020, extremes 1961–present :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 43.1 (109.6) | 39.1 (102.4) | 37.2 (99.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 28.8 (83.8) | 24.9 (76.8) | 28.3 (82.9) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 34.6 (94.3) | 36.8 (98.2) | 39.8 (103.6) | 43.1 (109.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.2 (77.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 26.6 (79.9) | 21.0 (69.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 10.8 (51.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.4 (70.5) | 16.2 (61.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) | 17.6 (63.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 12.4 (54.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 14.0 (57.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 4.0 (39.2) | 0.6 (33.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | −7.5 (18.5) | −4.6 (23.7) | −4.1 (24.6) | −2.6 (27.3) | −0.6 (30.9) | 2.0 (35.6) | 3.5 (38.3) | −7.5 (18.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 97.4 (3.83) | 116.1 (4.57) | 94.8 (3.73) | 93.8 (3.69) | 67.5 (2.66) | 69.3 (2.73) | 82.5 (3.25) | 68.9 (2.71) | 77.2 (3.04) | 95.9 (3.78) | 94.8 (3.73) | 82.3 (3.24) | 1,040.5 (40.96) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.4 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 80.5 |
| Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76.4 | 79.6 | 81.7 | 84.3 | 86.6 | 86.8 | 86.3 | 84.3 | 82.6 | 81.6 | 78.4 | 75.3 | 82.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 291.4 | 234.8 | 220.1 | 183.0 | 161.2 | 138.0 | 145.7 | 170.5 | 177.0 | 210.8 | 255.0 | 288.3 | 2,475.8 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 9.4 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 6.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 65 | 63 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 46 | 46 | 52 | 51 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 56 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (percent sun 1961–1990) ||||||||||||||

## Notable people

* Reposo, Daniel Gustavo, Argentine lawyer and politician