Ceres is a municipality

San Cristóbal Department The San Cristóbal Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento San Cristóbal'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-northwest of the province, limiting with the depar ...

, in

Santa Fe Province The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes, Entre R� ...

, Argentina. The town of Ceres is northwest of the provincial capital Santa Fe and has a population of 16,054 The town is situated from the border with

Santiago del Estero Province Santiago del Estero (), also known simply as Santiago, is a province in the north of Argentina. Neighboring provinces, clockwise from the north, are Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán. History The indigenous inhabita ...

, receiving a strong cultural, social and commercial influence from them. Ceres sits on National Route 34 and Provincial Route 17. It has a railway connection on FCA (ex-Mitre) with frequent general cargo, mining, cereals, and passenger trains, taking a good portion of the products from the Argentine Northwest to the port of Rosario.

Climate

Ceres has a humid subtropical climate (

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''Cwa'') with mild, and dry winters and hot, humid summers. Winters are mild and windier, with a July high of although nighttime temperatures are cool, with a July low of . During the summer, temperatures can be hot during the day, averaging in January but nighttime temperatures are more pleasant and cooler, averaging below . Spring and fall are transition seasons featuring warm weather during the day and cool weather at nighttime. The first and last dates of frost are June 18 and August 14 respectively. The average annual precipitation is , most of it being concentrated in the warmer months. On average, Ceres averages 2,650 hours of sunshine a year (or 59% of possible sunshine hours), ranging from a low of 49% in June to a high of 65% in February. The highest recorded temperature was on January 4, 1963 while the lowest recorded temperature was on July 13, 2000.

References

External links

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Provincial website
{{Authority control Jewish Argentine settlements Populated places in Santa Fe Province Populated places established in 1892