Turvo | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
![]() Interactive map of Turvo | |
| Country | |
| Region | South |
| State | Santa Catarina |
| Mesoregion | Sul Catarinense |
| Established | March 20, 1949 |
| Population (2020 ) | |
• Total | 12,990 |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| ZIP code | 88930-000 |
| Area code | 48 |
| Website | http://turvo.sc.gov.br/home/index.php? |
Turvo is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. Its main economic activity is Agriculture. Known as the "capital of agricultural mechanization and rice."
Turvo is classified as Humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa).
| Climate data for Turvo (1976–2005) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.0 (98.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
37.0 (98.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.1 (84.4) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.1 (75.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
25.5 (78.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.6 (69.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
3.0 (37.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 224.7 (8.85) |
159.3 (6.27) |
134.6 (5.30) |
73.2 (2.88) |
99.1 (3.90) |
86.9 (3.42) |
78.6 (3.09) |
66.8 (2.63) |
114.9 (4.52) |
125.5 (4.94) |
109.1 (4.30) |
174.5 (6.87) |
1,447.2 (56.97) |
| Source: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA) | |||||||||||||
Since his emancipation from the municipality of Araranguá in 1949, Turvo has successively been directed by:
(out of date)
28°55′33″S 49°40′44″W / 28.92583°S 49.67889°W