Minatitlán, Colima
City in Colima, Mexico
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Minatitlán is a town in the Mexican state of Colima. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding Minatitlán Municipality.[3]
Minatitlán | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
  Minatitlán Location within Colima  Minatitlán Location within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 19°23′N 104°3′W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Colima |
| Municipality | Minatitlán |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Héctor Bautista Vázquez[1] (PRI[2]) |
| Population (1995) | |
• Total | 4,009 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Website | (in Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Minatitlán, Colima |
| Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México | |
Economy
Minatitlán has a significant agricultural economy. The main crops grown include coffee beans, corn, mangos, green tomatoes, rice, jalapeños, oranges, sugar cane, mamey sapote, and other fruit trees. There's also a large iron mine located at the Astilla mount, named "Peña Colorada".[citation needed]
Climate
| Climate data for Minatitlán (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.0 (98.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.5 (103.1) |
40.0 (104.0) |
48.0 (118.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
40.0 (104.0) |
43.0 (109.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
48.0 (118.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.2 (84.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.9 (0.51) |
34.7 (1.37) |
12.4 (0.49) |
0.9 (0.04) |
8.3 (0.33) |
156.4 (6.16) |
284.0 (11.18) |
318.8 (12.55) |
355.8 (14.01) |
172.5 (6.79) |
26.1 (1.03) |
12.7 (0.50) |
1,395.5 (54.94) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 8.0 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 7.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 65.1 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[4][5] | |||||||||||||
