Altamira, Tamaulipas
Place in Tamaulipas, Mexico
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Altamira is a port city on the Gulf of Mexico and is located near the southeastern tip of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is the second-largest city in the municipality of Altamira. To the south is Tampico, also in this state.
Cd Altamira | |
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Plaza of Altamira | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location Altamira within Tamaulipas | |
 Location of Tamaulipas within mexico | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Tamaulipas |
| Municipality | Altamira |
| Settled | May 2, 1949 |
| Government | |
| • Presidente Municipal | Alma Laura Amparan (PAN) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• City | 79,824 |
| • Metro | 859,419 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Codigo Postal | 89600 |
| Area code | 833 |
| Website | Municipio de Altamira |
The city is part of the Tampico Metropolitan Area. Its port business is mostly containerized cargo for ocean-going ships. According to the INEGI 2010 census, the city has a population of 59,536, the tenth-largest in the state.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Altamira (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.0 (98.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
46.0 (114.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
44.0 (111.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
42.0 (107.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
46.0 (114.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.6 (94.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
20.6 (69.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41.3 (1.63) |
16.4 (0.65) |
30.6 (1.20) |
23.1 (0.91) |
29.8 (1.17) |
151.5 (5.96) |
136.9 (5.39) |
115.6 (4.55) |
238.8 (9.40) |
137.7 (5.42) |
46.2 (1.82) |
18.2 (0.72) |
986.1 (38.82) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 13.4 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 83.3 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[2][3] | |||||||||||||
