Bom Jardim da Serra

Bom Jardim da Serra
Municipality
Snow in Bom Jardim da Serra
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Bom Jardim da Serra Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 28°20′S 49°38′W
Country	Brazil
Region	South
State	Santa Catarina
Mesoregion	Serrana
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	4,772
Time zone	UTC -3

Bom Jardim da Serra is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5] It has an area of approximately 935 km^2.

The city is one of the coldest in Brazil and sometimes there is chance of snow.

Bom Jardim da Serra city center

History

Bom Jardim da Serra was discovered in 1870, and it became municipality on 26 January 1967.

Geography

Located at 1,245 meters above sea level, Bom Jardim da Serra is a calm city, with its 4,772 inhabitants. The average temperature is 5 °C (41 °F) in the winter and 14 °C (57 °F) during the summer. On June 19, 2023, in Bom Jardim da Serra, a temperature of −10.9 °C (12.4 °F) was recorded.[6] This temperature was the lowest temperature recorded in a standardized station of Santa Catarina state, surpassing the -10 °C recorded in São Joaquim, on August 2, 1991.[7]

See also

• List of municipalities in Santa Catarina
• Snow in Brazil

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
3. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
6. "Personal Weather Station Dashboard | Weather Underground".
7. @Climaterra (31 July 2021). "FRIO DE -10,4 em SC!! 20 municípios..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.