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Language:
Spanish
Currency: Chilean peso (CLP)
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
High | 85 | 84 | 80 | 72 | 64 | 58 | 57 | 61 | 65 | 71 | 77 | 82 |
Low | 54 | 53 | 49 | 45 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 51 |
Average | 70 | 68 | 65 | 59 | 53 | 48 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 67 |
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
High | 29 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 28 |
Low | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
Average | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
Precipitation | ||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Inches | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Centimeters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |