Sacramento, Coahuila
Sacramento | |
|---|---|
Sacramento Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 27°0′13″N 101°43′29″W / 27.00361°N 101.72472°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Coahuila |
| Municipality | Sacramento |
| Founded | 1842 |
| Town status | 1862 |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,437[1] |
Sacramento is a city in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
Sacramento is located at 27°00′13″N 101°43′29″W / 27.00361°N 101.72472°W in the state's central region (Región Centro), some 250 km north of state capital Saltillo, and some 50 km north-west of former state capital Monclova, on Federal Highway 30.
It was founded in 1842 as Villa Nueva. It is believed to have changed its name to Sacramento ("sacrament") to honour a visit by Fr. Miguel Hidalgo during which he officiated a mass.
Climate
| Climate data for Sacramento (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 45.0 (113.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
45.0 (113.0) |
45.0 (113.0) |
48.0 (118.4) |
48.0 (118.4) |
45.0 (113.0) |
47.0 (116.6) |
45.0 (113.0) |
45.0 (113.0) |
42.0 (107.6) |
48.0 (118.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
35.2 (95.4) |
35.1 (95.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.4 (0.41) |
6.9 (0.27) |
12.5 (0.49) |
14.0 (0.55) |
24.6 (0.97) |
37.0 (1.46) |
71.9 (2.83) |
56.2 (2.21) |
76.9 (3.03) |
27.5 (1.08) |
12.9 (0.51) |
18.8 (0.74) |
369.6 (14.55) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 24.3 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "¿Cuántos habitantes tiene... - Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020". www.inegi.org.mx. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
- ^ "Estado de Coahuila-Estacion: SACRAMENTO". Normales Climatologicas 1991–2020 (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ "Extreme for Sacramento" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
External links
- Sacramento municipal webpage (in Spanish)
- Sacramento Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, INAFED