Tancos
Tancos and the Tagus
Tancos and the Tagus
Tancos is located in Portugal
Tancos
Tancos
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 39°27′40″N 8°23′56″W / 39.461°N 8.399°W / 39.461; -8.399
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Médio Tejo
DistrictSantarém
MunicipalityVila Nova da Barquinha
Area
  Total2.04 km2 (0.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total243
  Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

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 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)
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)
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
  3. "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Entroncamento Municipality. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. "Constancia (17G/04UG), 1984-2021". snirh.apambiente.pt. Retrieved 10 June 2021.



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