Lake · Argentina
Aluminé Lake
Lake in Argentina
- Area
- 55.9km²
- Max depth
- 165m
- Average depth
- 19m
- Elevation
- 1,153m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 63km
- Volume
- 1.1km³
Aluminé Lake is a lake in Argentina. It covers 55.9 km². On average it is 19 m deep, and 165 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 1,153 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Aluminé Lake?
The water is warmest in February, around 18 °C at the surface, and coldest in August, around 6 °C. It rarely averages 20 °C, but it stays above 17 °C from January to February: brisk, refreshing swimming.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 20 °C on average in February and 3 °C in July. The driest month is January (28 mm of rain), the wettest June (169 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (94 readings). Shallow bays and beaches are often warmer.
From above
The whole lake from space
Month by month
The year at the lake, month by month
Not a forecast: these are averages over many years. Water is the 2013–2021 average; air, rain, sun and wind are the 1991–2020 average.
Water: 2013–2021 averageClimate: 1991–2020 average
| Month | Water°C | Water high°C | Air high°C | Air low°C | Rainmm | Rainy daysdays | Sunh/day | Windkm/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 12.6 | 12 |
| February | 18 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 11.7 | 12 |
| March | 16 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 42 | 7 | 9.9 | 12 |
| April | 13 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 67 | 11 | 7.3 | 12 |
| May | 11 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 120 | 15 | 4.9 | 12 |
| June | 8 | 9 | 4 | -3 | 169 | 19 | 3.2 | 14 |
| July | 6 | 7 | 3 | -4 | 144 | 17 | 3.9 | 14 |
| August | 6 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 124 | 16 | 4.5 | 14 |
| September | 6 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 79 | 12 | 6.5 | 13 |
| October | 8 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 75 | 12 | 8.0 | 13 |
| November | 11 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 53 | 9 | 10.2 | 13 |
| December | 15 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 11.8 | 13 |
Water: LakeTEMP (Landsat 8, 2013–2021). Air, rain, sun and wind: NASA POWER, 1991–2020 averages. A rainy day has at least 1 mm of rain. Sunshine hours are derived from measured solar radiation.
Size & depth
How big, how deep
- On average, water stays in the lake for about 17 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 885 km² of land.
- About 24 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Aluminé Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 22beaches and swimming spots
Playa La Escondida, Playa Radal-Có, Playa Bahía Radal and 19 more
- 8campsites
Complejo Don Cirilo, Camping Mario, Camping Municipal, Complejo Lagrimitas, Camping Economico and 3 more
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
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- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 10viewpoints
Playa, Mirador El Ciprés, Vista Panoramica, Mirador de la Reserva Natural Urbana, Bahía del Eco and 5 more
- 67hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Cabañas Don Cirilo, Cabañas Antu & Cuyen, Posada La Leyenda, La Serena, Cabañas Y Posada El Solar del Mahuida and 62 more
- —fishing spots
- 17restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Aviador C. Campos Airport (CPC), 128 km in a straight line.
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Recent years
How each month compared
Afternoon high on the shore. The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years below show the difference from it: warmer in orange, cooler in blue.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–2020 average | 19.6 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 11.9 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 8.1 | 11.1 | 14.2 | 17.0 |
| 2020 | +2.0 | +0.8 | +3.7 | +2.3 | +1.1 | −1.6 | −2.3 | −1.4 | +0.7 | +1.1 | +2.7 | +0.8 |
| 2021 | +1.1 | +2.4 | +3.5 | +3.0 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +2.6 | +1.5 | +1.5 | +1.9 | +2.1 | +4.6 |
| 2022 | +1.3 | +0.8 | −1.1 | −1.8 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −0.3 | +1.5 | +2.4 | +1.4 | +6.1 | +4.5 |
| 2023 | +4.5 | +3.9 | +2.5 | +2.6 | +2.6 | +2.1 | +0.4 | +1.0 | −1.5 | +0.6 | −1.3 | +1.9 |
| 2024 | +4.7 | +4.5 | +0.3 | −2.2 | −4.7 | −0.6 | +0.5 | +1.1 | −1.2 | +3.8 | −0.3 | +2.2 |
| 2025 | +4.4 | +2.3 | −0.2 | −0.3 | −0.1 | −0.2 | +3.0 | +2.6 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +3.0 | +1.9 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More lakes nearby
ChileAbout these numbers
| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
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| Water temperature and ice | LakeTEMP v1 (Korver et al. 2024), Landsat 8 2013–2021 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Air, rain, sun, wind | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · public domain |
| Names and description | Wikidata (Q2421330) · CC0 |
| Around the shore | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
