Los Antiguos
# Los Antiguos

Los Antiguos is a town in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, located on the south shore of Lago Buenos Aires. It lies 2 km from the border with Chile, and 8 km from the Chilean town of Chile Chico. It is connected to Perito Moreno and Caleta Olivia on the Atlantic coast by a paved road.

The town is an agricultural oasis, where small farms produce fruit crops. It was founded as the Leandro Alem Agricultural Colony in 1921, and was formally designated as a municipality in 1970. The area was covered by dust from the 1991 eruption of Mount Hudson, but it has since recovered.

The name of Los Antiguos is a translation of the Tehuelche name, I-Keu-khon, meaning "Place of the Elders."

In the 2010 census the town had a population of 3,363.

## Climate

Los Antiguos has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with warm, sunny summers and cold, snowy winters.

Climate data for Los Antiguos (2000–2015) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.4 (92.1) | 32.1 (89.8) | 28.9 (84.0) | 24.6 (76.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 17.8 (64.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 26.0 (78.8) | 29.0 (84.2) | 30.6 (87.1) | 33.4 (92.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 11.7 (53.1) | 8.9 (48.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.2 (55.8) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.3 (64.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 15.4 (59.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 12.6 (54.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 6.5 (43.7) | 4.5 (40.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 4.7 (40.5) | 7.4 (45.3) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.2 (54.0) | 14.6 (58.3) | 9.7 (49.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 8.8 (47.8) | 6.5 (43.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | 1.6 (34.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | −1.1 (30.0) | −0.3 (31.5) | 1.7 (35.1) | 3.6 (38.5) | 5.9 (42.6) | 8.3 (46.9) | 4.0 (39.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | −1.9 (28.6) | −2.4 (27.7) | −4.0 (24.8) | −8.5 (16.7) | −10.8 (12.6) | −11.6 (11.1) | −7.7 (18.1) | −6.0 (21.2) | −4.2 (24.4) | −3.4 (25.9) | −2.1 (28.2) | −11.6 (11.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.4 (0.25) | 10.8 (0.43) | 10.5 (0.41) | 14.6 (0.57) | 31.2 (1.23) | 32.8 (1.29) | 24.6 (0.97) | 27.4 (1.08) | 13.4 (0.53) | 10.8 (0.43) | 7.9 (0.31) | 6.5 (0.26) | 196.9 (7.76) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 48.6 | 52.7 | 56.1 | 59.6 | 63.3 | 62.5 | 63.3 | 61.3 | 54.7 | 50.4 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 55.7 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria ||||||||||||||
