Sierra Mojada
Sierra Mojada | |
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Municipal seat and city | |
Sierra Mojada Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 27°18′N 103°41′W / 27.300°N 103.683°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Coahuila |
| Municipality | Sierra Mojada |
Sierra Mojada is a city and seat of the municipality of Sierra Mojada, in the north-eastern Mexican state of Coahuila.[1] Local oral tradition, documented by the priest James Lienert, states that Ambrose Bierce, who disappeared without a trace in 1913, was executed by firing squad in the town cemetery.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Sierra Mojada (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.0 (84.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
40.0 (104.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.5 (101.3) |
45.0 (113.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
45.0 (113.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9.0 (0.35) |
7.4 (0.29) |
9.2 (0.36) |
9.2 (0.36) |
25.3 (1.00) |
49.1 (1.93) |
62.5 (2.46) |
62.2 (2.45) |
66.2 (2.61) |
22.6 (0.89) |
21.0 (0.83) |
11.5 (0.45) |
355.2 (13.98) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 51.9 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[3][4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on November 9, 2008
- ^ Lienert, James (2004), "Monument in the Sierra Mojada cemetery", The Ambrose Bierce Site, with inscription stating that Bierce was shot there.
- ^ "Estado de Coahuila-Estacion: SIERRA MOJADA". Normales Climatologicas 1991–2020 (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ "Extreme for Sierra Mojada" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved September 21, 2025.