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As with the rest of Portugal, ocean temperatures are extremely moderate and cool year-round, only varying 5 °C (9.0 °F) between the coldest and warmest month. The coolest months are February and March (around 15–15.5 °C (59.0–59.9 °F)) while the warmest are from August through October (around 19–20 °C (66–68 °F)).
The following list presents the official temperature extremes recorded in Portugal by the Portuguese ... (11.1 °F) [21] Montalegre: 5 February 1954 −11.6 °C ...
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Lisbon was −1.2 °C (30 °F) in February 1956; although other locations in its metropolitan area can record lower temperatures, not being as affected by the urban heat island of the city centre, with Sintra and Setúbal having reached −4 °C (25 °F) and −5.1 °C (23 °F) respectively, both ...
The weather agency IPMA issued a "red" alert for Lisbon between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. time (0900-1700 GMT) due to "persistence of extremely" high temperatures. The Sunday Mass will last two hours ...
Increase of average yearly temperature (2000-2017) above the 20th century average in selected cities in Europe [21] Climate change has resulted in an increase in temperature of 2.3 °C (4.14 °F) (2022) in Europe compared to pre-industrial levels. Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world. [22]
Public holidays in Portugal. In Portugal, a public holiday (Portuguese: feriado) is a calendar date, legally recognised and defined in the Labour Code [1][2][3][4][5] as well as the Concordat of 2004, on which most businesses and non-essential services are closed. On some of these dates, public commemorative festivities are traditionally held.
The Portugal Current is a weak ocean current that flows south along the coast of Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula. [1] Some publications define this current as part of the Canary Current, [2] while others distinguish it as a separate current. [3][4] The Portugal Current system is supplied mainly by the intergyre zone in the Atlantic, a region ...
There was a three-day heatwave in the Western Mediterranean region, originating in North Africa, from 26 to 28 April. The temperature reached over 40 °C (104 °F) in parts of Morocco and Algeria. [25] Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia still reached temperatures of up to 47 °C (117 °F) on 13 July. [26] Another heat wave hit Tabarka, Tunisia, on 14 ...