Bom Jesus | |
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Municipality | |
Nickname: BJ | |
Coordinates: 28°40′04″S 50°25′01″W / 28.66778°S 50.41694°W | |
Country | Brazil |
State | Rio Grande do Sul |
Mesoregion | Nordeste Rio-grandense [1] |
Microregion | Vacaria [1] |
Founded | July 16, 1913 |
Government | |
• Mayor | José Paulo de Almeida ( PMDB) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,625.681 km2 (1,013.781 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,046 m (3,432 ft) |
Population (2020
[2]) | |
• Total | 11,309 |
• Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−3 ( BRT) |
HDI | 0.75 PNUD/2000 [3] |
GDP | R$ 90,120,000 [4] |
GDP per capita | R$8,035.00 |
Bom Jesus is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its population was approximately 11,309 in 2020.
The city is one of the coldest in Brazil, and snowfall is not uncommon.
Climate data for Bom Jesus, Rio Grande do Sul, 1981-2010 normals, extremes 1961-2010 | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
29.8 (85.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.0 (89.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.8 (58.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 168.7 (6.64) |
167.1 (6.58) |
107.7 (4.24) |
112.2 (4.42) |
111.9 (4.41) |
123.8 (4.87) |
171.9 (6.77) |
132.1 (5.20) |
156.7 (6.17) |
165.1 (6.50) |
139.9 (5.51) |
147.8 (5.82) |
1,704.9 (67.13) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 128 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 80.3 | 81.5 | 81.3 | 81.5 | 82.7 | 82.0 | 80.0 | 74.6 | 77.7 | 79.3 | 77.5 | 78.0 | 79.7 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 188.9 | 163.7 | 186.6 | 161.1 | 145.0 | 114.0 | 140.0 | 155.0 | 148.8 | 162.9 | 194.1 | 194.5 | 1,954.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 45 | 45 | 49 | 48 | 44 | 37 | 44 | 45 | 42 | 41 | 48 | 45 | 45 |
Source: INMET [5] |