San José del Cabo

The ceety o San José del Cabo is locatit in Baja California Sur, Mexico an is the seat o the municipality o Los Cabos at the sooth end o the Baja California Peninsulae. In the 2010 census it haed a population o 69,788. Thegether wi neebourin Cabo San Lucas it forms a major tourist destination for travelers, pairticularly frae the Unitit States. The twa ceeties are servit bi Los Cabos Internaitional Airport.

San José del Cabo
San José del Cabo is located in Mexico
San José del Cabo
San José del Cabo
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 23°03′41″N 109°42′29″W / 23.06139°N 109.70806°W / 23.06139; -109.70806
Kintra Mexico
StateBaja California Sur
MunicipalityLos Cabos
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total69,788
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)

The Mission San José del Cabo wis foondit in 1730; the nearbi Río San José wis uiseful tae the Spainyie as a source o fresh watter for galleons travelin tae an frae the Philippines.[1]

San José del Cabo is ane o twa places whaur the rare an possibly extinct rice rat Oryzomys peninsulae haes been foond.[2]

Climate eedit

San José del Cabo, like amaist aw o Baja California, haes an arid climate (Köppen BWh) although it does receive mair rainfaw than maist auries further north due tae tropical cyclones occasionally comin in frae the sooth an bringin vera hivy faws such as 340 millimetre (13.4 in) on the first o September 1998 an 316 millimetre (12.4 in) on 3 November 1993. Oweraw, housomeivver, rainfaw is some o the mist erratic onywhaur in the warld due tae this influence, an mony years pass bi athoot significant faws at aw.

Due tae the coastline being entirely exposed tae the Paceefic Ocean, the watter temperatur niver reaches the same heichs as in the state caipital La Paz. The average yearly watter temperatur is aboot 72 °F (22 °C), wi laws o 64-68 °F (18-20 °C) in winter, an heichs o 73-79 °F (23-26 °C) durin the simmer months.[3]

Average Sea Temperatur
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
66 °F

19 °C

64 °F

18 °C

68 °F

20 °C

72 °F

22 °C

73 °F

23 °C

75 °F

24 °C

77 °F

25 °C

79 °F

26 °C

77 °F

25 °C

75 °F

24 °C

72 °F

22 °C

66 °F

19 °C

Climate data for San José del Cabo
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record heich °C (°F) 33
(91)
35
(95)
34
(93)
38
(100)
39
(102)
39
(102)
39
(102)
39
(102)
39
(102)
39
(102)
40
(104)
39
(102)
40
(104)
Average heich °C (°F) 25.0
(77.0)
25.5
(77.9)
26.8
(80.2)
28.5
(83.3)
30.2
(86.4)
32.0
(89.6)
33.2
(91.8)
33.2
(91.8)
32.9
(91.2)
31.8
(89.2)
29.1
(84.4)
26.1
(79.0)
29.5
(85.2)
Average law °C (°F) 11.5
(52.7)
11.4
(52.5)
12.6
(54.7)
14.5
(58.1)
17.0
(62.6)
20.4
(68.7)
23.1
(73.6)
23.6
(74.5)
22.9
(73.2)
20.1
(68.2)
16.2
(61.2)
13.1
(55.6)
17.2
(63.0)
Record law °C (°F) 1.5
(34.7)
5.0
(41.0)
7.0
(44.6)
7.0
(44.6)
11.0
(51.8)
11.0
(51.8)
15.0
(59.0)
13.0
(55.4)
18.0
(64.4)
11.0
(51.8)
9.5
(49.1)
6.0
(42.8)
1.5
(34.7)
Average rainfaw mm (inches) 14.6
(0.57)
3.2
(0.13)
0.8
(0.03)
0.5
(0.02)
0.5
(0.02)
1.3
(0.05)
24.3
(0.96)
66.8
(2.63)
100.7
(3.96)
40.6
(1.60)
43.9
(1.73)
12.5
(0.49)
309.7
(12.19)
Average rainy days 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.7 3.8 3.9 2.0 1.1 1.0 16
Source: Servicio Meteorológico National[4]

References eedit

  1. Encyclopædia Britannica, Second edition, 1778, Edinburgh, page 1580. Scan of page can be found at http://www.hyzercreek.com/britannica.htm
  2. Carleton, M.D. and Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2009. Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Western Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331:94–127.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 9 Juin 2012. Retrieved 20 Juin 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1971-2000". Servicio Meteorológico National. 2011. Archived frae the original on 3 Mey 2012. Retrieved 20 Juin 2012. Retrieved on December 12, 2011.

Coordinates: 23°03′41″N 109°42′29″W / 23.06139°N 109.70806°W / 23.06139; -109.70806