Trenque Lauquen
The name of the city means "Round Lagoon" in the Mapuche language. It was founded on 12 April 1876 by the advancing troops of Colonel Conrado Excelso Villegas, under orders from the Minister of War Adolfo Alsina, as the center of operations of the North Division of the Border Commandancy, during the Conquest of the Desert (the campaign to subject the territories originally occupied by aboriginal tribes to the government of Buenos Aires). The partido was officially created on 28 July 1886.
The city is served by Ñanco Lauquen Airport.
Climate
Similar to the rest of the Pampas, Trenque Lauquen has a temperate climate. Under the Köppen climate classification system, Trenque Lauquen has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters.
| Climate data for Trenque Lauquen (1941–1950) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42.0 (107.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
34.4 (93.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
34.0 (93.2) |
38.7 (101.7) |
41.3 (106.3) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.8 (65.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.7 (49.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
5.6 (42.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 60 (2.4) |
80 (3.1) |
130 (5.1) |
51 (2.0) |
45 (1.8) |
34 (1.3) |
30 (1.2) |
27 (1.1) |
44 (1.7) |
81 (3.2) |
80 (3.1) |
82 (3.2) |
744 (29.3) |
| Source: Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Peel, M. C. and Finlayson, B. L. and McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Trenque Lauquen (Argentina)" (PDF). Centro de Investigaciones Fitosociológicas. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- Official website and portal Archived 23 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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