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50  INTRODUCING ARGENTINA

The Climate of Argentina Abra Pampa

Broadly, Argentina’s climate can be divided into four types: arid,
moderate, cold, and warm. The Andes, Antarctica, the Atlantic
Ocean, and the sheer extent of the country also play a major role San Salvador
in determining the country’s climate. In Buenos Aires, the de Jujuy
sudestadas (south easterly winds) bring torrential rains, while the
pampeano weather system, influenced by the ocean, can bring
elec tric storms from the west ern Pampas. The high plains of the
Andean Northwest are warm during the day, while Patagonia is Resistencia
subject to power ful winds that rise in the southwest and sweep
across the plains unobstruc ted. The subpolar oceanic climate of
Tierra del Fuego makes it windy and wet most of the year.

ABRA PAMPA Córdoba
Climate Zones °C
Mendoza
Arid Andean high plains: warm,
dry, rainy in the north. 19 21 20
15
Arid mountains: sunny, warm, 07
wet summers, cold winters. 02 02 Buenos
-7 Aires
Cold and wet: cold, snowy 12 13 11 11
winters, windy spring. hrs hrs hrs hrs
San Carlos
Tropical Serrano: long winters, 09 00 17 80 de Bolívar
windy, heavy storms. mm mm mm mm
Subtropical: very hot, humid month Apr Jul Oct Jan
summers, mild winters.
Mild semi-arid: mild summers, Neuquén
severe winters in parts.
Temperate Serrano: hot MENDOZA
summers, seasonal rainfall.
Arid Patagonia: cool summers,
cold winters, frequent storms. °C Bariloche
31
25
22 18
14
11 11
02
11 10 13 14
hrs hrs hrs hrs
12 07 21 30
mm mm mm mm
month Apr Jul Oct Jan
BARILOCHE

°C
21
13 13
05 08
02 01 02
11 9 10 10
hrs hrs hrs hrs
61 144 41 26
mm mm mm mm Patagonia has sunny
month Apr Jul Oct Jan summers, with long
Glaciar Perito Moreno in Parque Nacional days and cool nights.
Los Glaciares

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