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Ónavas
Ónavas is a small town surrounded by Onavas Municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.
Name edit
The name Ónavas comes from the Cahita language and means salty water.[citation needed]
Geography edit
Climate edit
| Climate data for Ónavas, Sonora (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.5 (97.7) | 40.0 (104.0) | 41.5 (106.7) | 45.0 (113.0) | 47.5 (117.5) | 49.0 (120.2) | 46.5 (115.7) | 45.5 (113.9) | 47.5 (117.5) | 43.5 (110.3) | 40.0 (104.0) | 39.5 (103.1) | 49.0 (120.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 30.8 (87.4) | 34.2 (93.6) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.9 (105.6) | 37.9 (100.2) | 36.4 (97.5) | 36.6 (97.9) | 34.8 (94.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 33.3 (91.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.6 (74.5) | 27.5 (81.5) | 32.1 (89.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 24.1 (75.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 7.2 (45.0) | 9.3 (48.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 23.4 (74.1) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.0 (71.6) | 16.6 (61.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 6.2 (43.2) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) | −9.5 (14.9) | −9.0 (15.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 5.0 (41.0) | 13.0 (55.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 0.0 (32.0) | −11.5 (11.3) | −11.5 (11.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27.8 (1.09) | 24.2 (0.95) | 10.7 (0.42) | 5.6 (0.22) | 4.8 (0.19) | 28.9 (1.14) | 170.1 (6.70) | 156.8 (6.17) | 82.6 (3.25) | 35.1 (1.38) | 22.0 (0.87) | 40.1 (1.58) | 608.7 (23.96) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 12.1 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 45.7 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico National[1] | |||||||||||||
It was founded in 1622 by two Jesuit missionaries: Diego Vandersipe and Blas Paredes.
Economic activity edit
Agriculture covered 2,227 hectares (2000), most of which were not irrigated. Main crops are alfalfa, beans, corn and the production of fodder for the cattle industry. Sonora Turismo
Cattle raising was carried out by sixty percent of the work force (2000) and there were 6,614 head of cattle. Sonora Turismo
References edit
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- INEGI
- Notes
- ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981-2010". Servicio Meteorológico National. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
External links edit
- Pueblos de Sonora article on Onavas
- Gobierno de Sonora