Pehuajó () is a
city
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in the
Pehuajó Partido (Pehuajó district) in the
province
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of
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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. The partido has about 38,400 inhabitants as per the . The name of this relatively small city is well known in Argentina because of
María Elena Walsh
María Elena Walsh (1 February 1930 – 10 January 2011) was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, writer and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children. Her work includes many of the most popular children's boo ...
's song ''Manuelita'', about an adventurous turtle (tortoise); a dilapidated concrete statue of María Elena Walsh's ''Manuelita'' lies just outside the city, beside Ruta Nacional ("National Route") 5.
Climate
Pehuajó has a
humid subtropical climate (
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa'').
Winters are characterized with moderate temperatures during the day and cold nights with a July mean of .
During this time of the year, overcast days are more common, averaging 8–10 days per month.
Spring and fall are transition seasons featuring warm daytime temperatures and cool nighttime temperatures and are highly variable with some days reaching and below .
Summers are hot with a January high of followed by mild nights, averaging .
The average relative humidity is 75%, with the summer months being drier than the winter months.
The average first date of frost is on May 22 while the last date of frost is on September 11.
The city is moderately windy throughout the entire year with windspeeds ranging from a low of in June to in October and November.
On average, Pehuajó receives of precipitation per year with 83 days with measureable precipitation with summer months being more wetter than the winter months, where most of the precipitation falls in the form of thunderstorms.
[
] Pehuajó receives approximately 2,720.1 hours of sunshine per year or 60% of possible sunshine per year, ranging from a low of 41% in June (only 120.0 hours of sunshine per month) to a high of 74% in March (279.7 hours of sunshine per month).
The highest recorded temperature was on December 29, 1971 while the lowest recorded temperature was on July 17, 1995.
Notes and references
External links
*
Municipal website
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Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1881
1881 establishments in Argentina