The area's micro-climate offers relatively mild temperatures though winter covers it in snow. Summers are known for being sunny and pleasant, with high temperatures usually between 18°C and 25°C, but with cold nights between 2°C and 9°C. Temperatures will reach 30°C only a couple of times every year, and night frost happens occasionally during the summer as well. There are often long stretches of sunny, windy weather; however, when the weather gets locked in a stormy pattern, it can remain so for several days or weeks: temperatures will stay cold (10°C to 18°C) and summer sleet is not unprecedented. Rainfall in the summer averages 70 mm to 85 mm per month, with a very high variability from one year to another. March brings more frequent frost, but also nice stretches of sunny weather. The average high temperature is 19°C, the low is 4°C, occasionally 30°C can be reached, and temperatures may fall to -5°C. The most radical change occurs sometime during the month of April, when Villa La Angostura first gets in the path of a "train of Pacific storms": in the end, total precipitation for the month averages 168 mm. The average high is 14°C, the low is 2°C (the night time change is small due to increased cloudiness)and by late April any cloudless night will be frosty. May is known for being extremely rainy, with an average amount of 434 mm (including sleet and snow). It is also often the month of the first significant snowfall. High temperatures are usually around 9°C or 10°C, lows average 1°C, sometimes temperatures can reach -10°C. June, July and August are the core of the winter in Villa La Angostura, when the average high ranges from 5°C to 8°C and lows from 0°C to -2°C. Storms are very frequent and usually bring a mixture of rain, snow and sleet; overall precipitation averages 200 mm to 300 mm monthly for the period, falling mostly as snow in the mountains around the city. Snowstorms can sometimes be heavy (over 20 cm), and extreme cold waves
