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Tancos
Tancos is a Portuguese freguesia ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha. The population in 2011 was 243,[1] in an area of 2.04 km².[2]
Tancos | |
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Tancos and the Tagus | |
Tancos Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 39°27′40″N 8°23′56″W / 39.461°N 8.399°WCoordinates: 39°27′40″N 8°23′56″W / 39.461°N 8.399°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Médio Tejo |
| District | Santarém |
| Municipality | Vila Nova da Barquinha |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.04 km2 (0.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 243 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Tancos parish is the location of an important military area (Polígono de Tancos) that includes the Tancos Military Air Field, the Parachute Troops School and a military engineering unit.
Climate
| Climate data for Tancos (Air Base), 1951-1980, altitude: 83 m (272 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 29.4 (84.9) | 32.2 (90.0) | 34.8 (94.6) | 41.5 (106.7) | 40.6 (105.1) | 44.0 (111.2) | 41.4 (106.5) | 32.6 (90.7) | 25.3 (77.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 44.0 (111.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.7 (67.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.2 (86.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 14.1 (57.4) | 21.5 (70.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.0 (57.2) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 15.6 (60.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) | 5.3 (41.5) | 6.3 (43.3) | 8.3 (46.9) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.6 (60.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 6.9 (44.4) | 4.5 (40.1) | 9.8 (49.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) | −4.1 (24.6) | −3.5 (25.7) | −1.0 (30.2) | 2.5 (36.5) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 8.1 (46.6) | 7.3 (45.1) | 1.2 (34.2) | −5.5 (22.1) | −4.5 (23.9) | −6.5 (20.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 80.8 (3.18) | 59.3 (2.33) | 41.0 (1.61) | 59.3 (2.33) | 47.8 (1.88) | 19.5 (0.77) | 5.4 (0.21) | 8.5 (0.33) | 29.1 (1.15) | 95.1 (3.74) | 85.5 (3.37) | 84.9 (3.34) | 616.2 (24.24) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.4 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 109.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 78 | 71 | 65 | 62 | 60 | 55 | 55 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 68 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 71 | 66 | 58 | 54 | 52 | 49 | 42 | 40 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 56 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 133.2 | 142.2 | 197.4 | 228.8 | 281.5 | 284.6 | 342.9 | 337.7 | 241.6 | 214.4 | 165.8 | 146.5 | 2,716.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 45 | 48 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 63 | 76 | 80 | 65 | 59 | 55 | 51 | 60 |
| Source 1: Instituto de Meteorologia[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Portuguese Environment Agency (precipitation)[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
- ^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
- ^ "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Entroncamento Municipality. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Constancia (17G/04UG), 1984-2021". snirh.apambiente.pt. Retrieved 10 June 2021.