Dolores, Buenos Aires
Dolores is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Dolores Partido.
The town settlement was officially founded by Ramón Lara on 21 August 1817.
2008 March train disaster
On March 9, 2008 an intercity bus from the company El Rápido Argentino collided with a Ferrobaires passenger train with 250 passengers on board at a level crossing on the Provincial Highway 63 on the outskirts of Dolores, killing seventeen people and injuring at least twenty-five. The bus driver disregarded the railroad crossing signals, which at the time of the accident were operating properly.
Climate
Dolores has an Oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) closely bordering on a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa).
| Climate data for Dolores, Buenos Aires (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42.0 (107.6) |
40.3 (104.5) |
38.2 (100.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
29.7 (85.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.4 (95.7) |
39.7 (103.5) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.5 (83.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
17.9 (64.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.9 (49.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
4.3 (39.7) |
3.8 (38.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 109.2 (4.30) |
94.2 (3.71) |
96.3 (3.79) |
99.4 (3.91) |
58.7 (2.31) |
62.1 (2.44) |
62.1 (2.44) |
73.2 (2.88) |
64.3 (2.53) |
93.9 (3.70) |
91.4 (3.60) |
81.8 (3.22) |
986.6 (38.84) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 91.5 |
| Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.7 | 76.5 | 79.5 | 82.0 | 84.7 | 85.2 | 84.7 | 81.8 | 79.6 | 78.0 | 74.5 | 74.1 | 79.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 213.9 | 194.9 | 164.3 | 141.0 | 127.1 | 102.0 | 114.7 | 130.2 | 120.0 | 158.1 | 183.0 | 195.3 | 1,844.5 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun 1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Train station (1880s) -
Train station (2007) -
Train station (2014) -
Old bridge -
Old bridge (Route 2)
