Lamas de Mouro is a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro.[1] It has a population of 148 inhabitants and a total area of 17.31 km2.[2] [3]
Lamas de Mouro | |
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Civil parish | |
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Coordinates: 42°03′04″N 8°11′58″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Norte |
Intermunic. comm. | Alto Minho |
District | Viana do Castelo |
Municipality | Melgaço |
Disbanded | 2013 |
Area | |
• Total | 17.31 km2 (6.68 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 148 |
• Density | 8.5/km2 (22/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Lamas de Mouro has a cool Mediterranean climate with significant oceanic influences. On average, it has the coldest summer nights out of any populated place in Portugal. Precipitation is high, averaging around 1,650 mm (65 in) per year.
Climate data for Lamas de Mouro, 1980-1990, altitude 880 m (2,890 ft) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
4.7 (40.5) |
6.5 (43.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
Average low °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.1 (34.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
3.3 (37.9) |
0.9 (33.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 228 (9.0) |
200 (7.9) |
161 (6.3) |
122 (4.8) |
124 (4.9) |
58 (2.3) |
26 (1.0) |
38 (1.5) |
90 (3.5) |
168 (6.6) |
204 (8.0) |
231 (9.1) |
1,650 (64.9) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 86 | 87 | 155 | 137 | 175 | 218 | 260 | 259 | 216 | 143 | 76 | 78 | 1,890 |
Source: IPMA[4] |
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