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There is an indication that Terceira may have been discovered by Vicente de Lagos, Velho Cabral's pilot, on 1 January 1445: [4] the first documents after this period started appearing with a third island in the Azorean archipelago, referred to as the Ilha de Jesus Cristo (Island of Jesus Christ), and later, Ilha de Jesus Cristo da Terceira.
September 27, 1992 - Tropical Storm Charley struck Terceira Island, producing wind gusts of 82 mph (132 km/h) at Lajes Field. [1] September 30, 1992 - Just days after the previous storm, Tropical Storm Bonnie moved through the central Azores. Wind gusts reached 59 mph (95 km/h) at Lajes Field. [2] One man was killed by a rock fall on São ...
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.
As meteorological winter comes to an end, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center has issued its three-month weather outlook, revealing temperature ...
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
As stated earlier, regions with this form of a Mediterranean climate experience average monthly temperatures in excess of 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) during its warmest month and an average in the coldest month between 18 and −3 °C (64 and 27 °F) or, [3] in some applications, between 18 and 0 °C (64 and 32 °F). [4]
At least three times as much precipitation in the wettest month of winter as in the driest month of summer, and the driest month of summer receives less than 30 mm (1.2 in). Dsc = Mediterranean-influenced subarctic climate; coldest month averaging below 0 °C (32 °F) (or −3 °C (26.6 °F)) and 1–3 months averaging above 10 °C (50 °F).
Such values are however perpetuated by weather enthusiasts who are fond of extremes. The annual average rainfall in continental Portugal varies from around 3,000 mm (118.1 in) in a few mountain tops in the north at Peneda-Gerês National Park to around 450 mm (17.7 in) in inland parts of Alentejo .