Villa Hidalgo | |
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Municipal seat and city | |
  Villa Hidalgo Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates:26°16′N104°54′W / 26.267°N 104.900°W /26.267; -104.900 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Durango |
| Municipality | Hidalgo |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 614 |
Villa Hidalgo is a town in theMexican state ofDurango. It serves as the head town ofHidalgo Municipality. As of 2010, the town had a population of 614.[1]
Villa Hidalgo was originallySan Miguel de Cerrogordo a Spanish frontier settlement in 1631, following the discovery of silver atHidalgo del Parral. Later following the war with nearby Native American tribes in 1644, it became the site of the Presidio de San Miguel de Cerrogordo that operated as a guard of the province ofNueva Vizcaya and of the traffic alongEl Camino Real de Tierra Adentro from Native American attacks from 1646 to 1767.[2]: 20 Iglesia De San Miguel Arcangel in the town dates from the early 18th century.[citation needed]
| Climate data for Villa Hidalgo (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.5 (94.1) | 39.0 (102.2) | 38.5 (101.3) | 35.5 (95.9) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.0 (93.2) | 30.0 (86.0) | 32.0 (89.6) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.5 (74.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.6 (87.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 19.2 (66.6) | 24.8 (76.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.8 (67.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 18.1 (64.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.0 (53.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 15.5 (59.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6) | 1.0 (33.8) | 3.2 (37.8) | 6.5 (43.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 12.3 (54.1) | 11.9 (53.4) | 10.4 (50.7) | 6.9 (44.4) | 2.1 (35.8) | −0.6 (30.9) | 6.2 (43.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) | −10.0 (14.0) | −8.0 (17.6) | −5.0 (23.0) | 1.0 (33.8) | 5.0 (41.0) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.0 (42.8) | −1.0 (30.2) | −6.0 (21.2) | −11.0 (12.2) | −15.5 (4.1) | −15.5 (4.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 8.9 (0.35) | 4.8 (0.19) | 12.6 (0.50) | 6.4 (0.25) | 15.0 (0.59) | 53.9 (2.12) | 110.8 (4.36) | 98.6 (3.88) | 101.1 (3.98) | 27.2 (1.07) | 12.8 (0.50) | 9.3 (0.37) | 461.4 (18.17) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 7.4 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 59.4 |
| Source:Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[3][4] | |||||||||||||
26°14′55″N104°54′52″W / 26.24861°N 104.91444°W /26.24861; -104.91444
