Ushuaia
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
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| + | Ushuaia was established as a penal settlement in 1883. The prison ''Presidio Nacional'' closed in 1947 and today the main reason for the city's existence is as a tourist destination and departure point for cruise ships in the Antarctic trade. | ||
===Climate and Weather=== | ===Climate and Weather=== | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 12 January 2008
Ushuaia
Photo:Frank Holden - yate Westerly Serenade
Background
Ushuaia was established as a penal settlement in 1883. The prison Presidio Nacional closed in 1947 and today the main reason for the city's existence is as a tourist destination and departure point for cruise ships in the Antarctic trade.
Climate and Weather
Despite receiving only 56 cm (22 inches) of rainfall each year, Ushuaia's climate is very wet. On average, the city experiences 160 rainy days a year, and there are many cloudy and foggy days. Because temperatures are cool throughout the year, there is little evaporation. Snowfalls are common in winter and regularly happen in spring, fall, and even summer.
It belongs to the sub-polar oceanic climate. And advancing to the southern outer islands the southwestern winds makes them wetter, achieving 1400 mm (59) inches at Isla de los Estados (Staten Island). Averages temperatures coldest month: 1°C (33°F) and hottest month: 9°C (42°F). Record low -20 °C [-4°F] (July), record high 31 °C [87.8°F] (December) and record low ever recorded in summer -6 °C [21°F] (February). Very strong winds whip the town, and that is why many of the trees growing here follow the wind direction, and therefore they are called "árboles bandera" or flag trees for the bend that they are forced to take.
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