Climate
The city is known as much for its hot temperatures in summer, when the heat index sometimes exceeds 40°C (104°F, in the months of October through February (from spring to summer). However, cold weather prevails in winter, as -1.8°C was recorded in 1975 and 0°C in 2000.
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