Cosío Municipality

Cosío
Municipality

Coat of arms

Municipality location in Aguascalientes
Cosío

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 22°22′N 102°18′W / 22.367°N 102.300°W / 22.367; -102.300Coordinates: 22°22′N 102°18′W / 22.367°N 102.300°W / 22.367; -102.300
Country  Mexico
State Aguascalientes
Municipal seat Cosío
Area
  Total 129.21 km2 (49.89 sq mi)
Population (2015)
  Total 15,577
  Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)

Cosío Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. It stands at 22°22′N 102°18′W / 22.367°N 102.300°W / 22.367; -102.300.

The municipal seat is the town of Cosío.

Demographics

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 15,042,[1]

As of 2010, the town of Cosío had a population of 4,898.[1] Other than the town of Cosío, the municipality had 85 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: La Punta (2,416), El Refugio de Providencia (Providencia) (1,377), El Salero (1,229), and Santa María de la Paz (1,026), classified as rural.[1]

Climate

Climate data for Cosío (1951–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 28.0
(82.4)
32.0
(89.6)
32.0
(89.6)
34.0
(93.2)
36.0
(96.8)
36.0
(96.8)
34.0
(93.2)
32.0
(89.6)
31.5
(88.7)
32.0
(89.6)
31.0
(87.8)
28.0
(82.4)
36.0
(96.8)
Average high °C (°F) 21.0
(69.8)
22.8
(73)
25.6
(78.1)
27.6
(81.7)
29.4
(84.9)
28.7
(83.7)
26.8
(80.2)
26.4
(79.5)
25.8
(78.4)
25.1
(77.2)
23.6
(74.5)
21.5
(70.7)
25.4
(77.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 12.5
(54.5)
13.9
(57)
16.4
(61.5)
18.8
(65.8)
20.8
(69.4)
21.0
(69.8)
19.9
(67.8)
19.6
(67.3)
19.1
(66.4)
17.5
(63.5)
14.9
(58.8)
13.1
(55.6)
17.3
(63.1)
Average low °C (°F) 4.0
(39.2)
5.1
(41.2)
7.1
(44.8)
10.1
(50.2)
12.3
(54.1)
13.4
(56.1)
13.1
(55.6)
12.7
(54.9)
12.4
(54.3)
10.0
(50)
6.3
(43.3)
4.7
(40.5)
9.3
(48.7)
Record low °C (°F) −5.0
(23)
−4.0
(24.8)
−0.5
(31.1)
1.0
(33.8)
3.0
(37.4)
7.0
(44.6)
8.5
(47.3)
8.0
(46.4)
3.5
(38.3)
1.0
(33.8)
−2.5
(27.5)
−7.0
(19.4)
−7.0
(19.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 22.8
(0.898)
9.5
(0.374)
2.8
(0.11)
8.1
(0.319)
20.6
(0.811)
60.0
(2.362)
99.5
(3.917)
82.6
(3.252)
66.5
(2.618)
30.2
(1.189)
7.7
(0.303)
11.2
(0.441)
421.5
(16.594)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.6 1.5 1.0 2.0 4.0 7.9 11.2 10.0 8.8 4.7 1.8 2.5 58.0
Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cosío". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Estado de Aguascalientes-Estacion: Cosio". Normales Climatologicas 1951–2010 (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorologico Nacional. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. "Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Cosio 1978–2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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