Laguna, Santa Catarina
The city was founded in 1676 by rural people of the capitania of São Vicente. In 1714, the locality was recognized as a municipality, and in 1847 it received the status of city. It was the capital of the short-lived Juliana Republic in 1839. The city's flag is a tricolor with yellow, white and green, and has a coat of arms in the middle.
A pod of bottlenose dolphins resident in the sea off Laguna drive fish towards fishermen who stand at the beach in shallow waters. Then one dolphin rolls over, which the fishermen take as sign to throw out their nets. The dolphins feed on the escaping fish. The dolphins were not trained for this behavior; the collaboration has been going on at least since 1847. Southern right whales also can be seen from shores during winter to spring seasons.
People
- Anita Garibaldi, wife of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi
Climate
| Climate data for Laguna (1976–2005) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.9 (98.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
37.1 (98.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.7 (96.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
35.1 (95.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
23.2 (73.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 107.5 (4.23) |
109.0 (4.29) |
140.7 (5.54) |
96.1 (3.78) |
107.3 (4.22) |
104.7 (4.12) |
101.5 (4.00) |
129.3 (5.09) |
144.7 (5.70) |
119.9 (4.72) |
122.5 (4.82) |
90.1 (3.55) |
1,373.3 (54.06) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 208 | 172 | 193 | 179 | 181 | 156 | 174 | 166 | 144 | 168 | 200 | 221 | 2,162 |
| Source: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA) | |||||||||||||