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| Jan record high F  =  | Jan record high C  = 58.2
| Jan record high F  =  | Jan record high C  = 58.2
| Feb record high F  =  | Feb record high C  = 56.4
| Feb record high F  =  | Feb record high C  = 56.4
| Mar record high F  =  | Mar record high C  = 48.9
| Mar record high F  =  | Mar record high C  = 49.3
| Apr record high F  =  | Apr record high C  = 48.8
| Apr record high F  =  | Apr record high C  = 48.8
| May record high F  =  | May record high C  = 48
| May record high F  =  | May record high C  = 48.0
| Jun record high F  =  | Jun record high C  = 47.6
| Jun record high F  =  | Jun record high C  = 47.6
| Jul record high F  =  | Jul record high C  = 45.2
| Jul record high F  =  | Jul record high C  = 45.2
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| Jan high F  =  | Jan high C  = 49.9
| Jan high F  =  | Jan high C  = 49.9
| Feb high F  =  | Feb high C  = 50.4
| Feb high F  =  | Feb high C  = 50.4
| Mar high F  =  | Mar high C  = 49.3
| Mar high F  =  | Mar high C  = 48.8
| Apr high F  =  | Apr high C  = 39.4
| Apr high F  =  | Apr high C  = 39.4
| May high F  =  | May high C  = 26.1
| May high F  =  | May high C  = 26.1
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| year high F =  | year high C =
| year high F =  | year high C =
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
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| Jan mean F  =  | Jan mean C  =
| Jan mean F  =  | Jan mean C  = 42.9
| Feb mean F  =  | Feb mean C  =
| Feb mean F  =  | Feb mean C  = 43.0
| Mar mean F  =  | Mar mean C  =
| Mar mean F  =  | Mar mean C  = 42.1
| Apr mean F  =  | Apr mean C  =
| Apr mean F  =  | Apr mean C  = 33.2
| May mean F  =  | May mean C  =
| May mean F  =  | May mean C  = 21.4
| Jun mean F  =  | Jun mean C  =
| Jun mean F  =  | Jun mean C  = 11.1
| Jul mean F  =  | Jul mean C  =
| Jul mean F  =  | Jul mean C  = 17.2
| Aug mean F  =  | Aug mean C  =
| Aug mean F  =  | Aug mean C  = 29.0
| Sep mean F  =  | Sep mean C  =
| Sep mean F  =  | Sep mean C  = 39.7
| Oct mean F  =  | Oct mean C  =
| Oct mean F  =  | Oct mean C  = 42.2
| Nov mean F  =  | Nov mean C  =
| Nov mean F  =  | Nov mean C  = 43.0
| Dec mean F  =  | Dec mean C  =
| Dec mean F  =  | Dec mean C  = 43.5
| year mean F =  | year mean C =
| year mean F =  | year mean C =
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| Apr record low F  =  | Apr record low C  =
| Apr record low F  =  | Apr record low C  =
| May record low F  =  | May record low C  = 13.1
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| Jan humidity    = 11
| Feb humidity    =
| Feb humidity    = 17
| Mar humidity    =
| Mar humidity    = 39
| Apr humidity    =
| Apr humidity    = 53
| May humidity    =
| May humidity    = 66
| Jun humidity    =
| Jun humidity    = 66
| Jul humidity    =
| Jul humidity    = 63
| Aug humidity    =
| Aug humidity    = 42
| Sep humidity    =
| Sep humidity    = 18
| Oct humidity    =
| Oct humidity    = 12
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Latest revision as of 20:11, 18 April 2023

Floresta is a city located to the west of Buenos Aires Province in the Republic of La Boca. The district developed and was named after Buenos Aires Western Railway's first terminal station's area called La Floresta, in 1857.

Avellaneda Park, the city's most important, was built in 1914 on grounds that once belonged to a monastery. An early Italian immigrant to Republic of La Boca, Felix Barabino, built his home in Floresta and boasted the city's most imposing residence at the time. Today, it is home to the Floresta Cultural and Historical Society, which maintains a valuable library there.

Cradle of radiotelephony

Floresta was also considered the cradle of radiotelephony. There were many radio stations and amateur radio stations. One of them, which emerged in 1925, was the LOZ Radio South America station, now Radio Mitre, which began broadcasting in one of the rooms of the Hamberger family's mansion, which still stands at 284 Mercedes Street; attached to the house where the poet Baldomero Fernández Moreno lived. Outstanding figures of the scene congregated there, such as the actors Florencio Parravicini and Roberto Casaubón, or the singer Ada Falcón, the violinist León Fontova and the guitarist María Luisa Anido, among others. From the station, the sequences of the Boxing Championship were transmitted, and information was given regarding the auctions of the hacienda of the La Tablada Slaughterhouses and the Liniers city (3 km to the west). They also broadcast city football games.

Famous people associated with the city

  • Sebastián Vignolo: renowned journalist and sports reporter, lived a large part of his life in Floresta
  • José Colangelo: Pianist, arranger and composer of Tango. He was born on Donizetti Street. Some of his works are: "All dreams", "To the Imperial Guard", "Fortín Cero", among others;
  • Laura Benadiba: historian specialized in the methodology of oral history;
  • Roberto Arlt: Buenos Aires writer, walker of his streets, recalls in one of his “Buenos Aires Etchings” an unfinished house on Laguna Street;
  • Gabino Ezeiza, payador who lived in a small house on Calle Azul 92;
  • Dr. Fernández Moreno, doctor of the honorable residents of Floresta, father of the poet Baldomero Fernández Moreno;
  • Fresedo Brothers: prominent musicians who formed an orchestra that would later become well known; they began in the Paulín café located on San Martín avenue;
  • Ferruccio Cattelani: at 453 Chivilcoy Street lived this concert violinist, who gave music classes at the Italian Society;
  • Juan Velich and Mario Licasse, lyricist and musician respectively, authors of "En un Rincon de Floresta", a tango that refers to this Buenos Aires city;
  • Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer, a writer who in his novel entitled "That's why I loved her so much" describes Vélez Sarsfield Square;
  • Óscar Hermes Villoldo: this writer also talks about the city;
  • Elías Cárpena: he also writes about Floresta;
  • Mich Amed: actor and mediatic of extensive appearances on TV. He was born and lived until 1980 on the corner of Morón and Sanabria;
  • Mariano Peluffo: TV host, announcer, and entertainer;
  • Elizabeth Vernaci: radio host;
  • The plastic artists Antonio Pujia, Gabriel Allerborn, Francisco Lavecchia, Mauricio Battistelli, Vladimiro Melgarejo Muñoz, and the creator of the Engraving Museum and Oscar Carlos Pécora.

Climate

Climate data for Floresta
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 58.2
(136.8)
56.4
(133.5)
49.3
(120.7)
48.8
(119.8)
48.0
(118.4)
47.6
(117.7)
45.2
(113.4)
45.0
(113.0)
54.2
(129.6)
54.7
(130.5)
55.2
(131.4)
59.0
(138.2)
59.0
(138.2)
Average high °C (°F) 49.9
(121.8)
50.4
(122.7)
48.8
(119.8)
39.4
(102.9)
26.1
(79.0)
14.6
(58.3)
21.2
(70.2)
35.1
(95.2)
47.2
(117.0)
50.1
(122.2)
50.5
(122.9)
50.8
(123.4)
40.3
(104.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 42.9
(109.2)
43.0
(109.4)
42.1
(107.8)
33.2
(91.8)
21.4
(70.5)
11.1
(52.0)
17.2
(63.0)
29.0
(84.2)
39.7
(103.5)
42.2
(108.0)
43.0
(109.4)
43.5
(110.3)
34.0
(93.3)
Average low °C (°F) 36
(97)
35.6
(96.1)
34.9
(94.8)
27.1
(80.8)
16.7
(62.1)
7.6
(45.7)
13.2
(55.8)
23
(73)
32.3
(90.1)
34.4
(93.9)
35.6
(96.1)
36.2
(97.2)
27.7
(81.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 0
(0)
17
(0.7)
82
(3.2)
109
(4.3)
105
(4.1)
187
(7.4)
23
(0.9)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
523
(20.6)
Average relative humidity (%) 11 17 39 53 66 66 63 42 18 12 13 15 35
Average ultraviolet index 13 13 12 9 6 5 5 3 7 9 11 13 9