Tuxcueca
Municipality and town in Jalisco, Mexico
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Tuxcueca is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 132.4 km2.
Country
Mexico
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Municipality and town | |
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Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality in Jalisco | |
  Tuxcueca Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 20°09′15″N 103°11′05″W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Jalisco |
| Government | |
| Area | |
• Total | 132.4 km2 (51.1 sq mi) |
| • Village | 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 6,702 |
| • Density | 50.62/km2 (131.1/sq mi) |
| • Village | 1,424 |
| • Village density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
As of 2018, the municipality had a total population of 5,765. The largest town of the municipality, San Luis Soyatlán, and the town of Tuxcueca are both located on the south shore of El Lago de Chapala.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Tuxcueca (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1946–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
31 (88) |
34 (93) |
41 (106) |
38.5 (101.3) |
37 (99) |
40 (104) |
38 (100) |
37 (99) |
33 (91) |
40 (104) |
33 (91) |
41 (106) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1 (34) |
1 (34) |
2 (36) |
7 (45) |
10 (50) |
11.5 (52.7) |
7 (45) |
7 (45) |
9 (48) |
1 (34) |
2 (36) |
0 (32) |
0 (32) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17.4 (0.69) |
13.4 (0.53) |
6.3 (0.25) |
4.0 (0.16) |
29.3 (1.15) |
142.8 (5.62) |
145.3 (5.72) |
136.2 (5.36) |
141.5 (5.57) |
53.7 (2.11) |
21.2 (0.83) |
7.3 (0.29) |
718.4 (28.28) |
| Average precipitation days | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 13.4 | 16.5 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 80.2 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[3][4] | |||||||||||||
