Pehuajó () is a city in the Pehuajó Partido (Pehuajó district) in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The partido has about 38,400 inhabitants as per the . The name of this relatively small city is well known in Argentina because of María Elena Walsh's children song Manuelita, about an adventurous turtle (tortoise); a dilapidated concrete statue of María Elena Walsh's Manuelita lies just outside the city, beside Ruta Nacional ("National Route") 5.

Climate

Pehuajó has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). Winters are characterized with moderate temperatures during the day and cold nights with a July mean of . During this time of the year, overcast days are more common, averaging 8–10 days per month. The city is moderately windy throughout the entire year with windspeeds ranging from a low of in June to in October and November. Pehuajó receives approximately 2,720.1 hours of sunshine per year or 60% of possible sunshine per year, ranging from a low of 41% in June (only 120.0 hours of sunshine per month) to a high of 74% in March (279.7 hours of sunshine per month). The highest recorded temperature was on December 29, 1971 while the lowest recorded temperature was on June 13, 1967.

|source 2 = UNLP (percent sun only 1971–1980)

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Notes and references

  • Municipal website