Navacerrada

Navacerrada is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. It lies at an elevation of 1,203 metres (3,947 ft) on the Reservoir Navacerrada and the entry of "Valle de la Barranca" in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Navacerrada
Municipality
Winter in Navacerrada
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Nickname(s): 
Nava
Navacerrada
Location in Spain
Navacerrada
Navacerrada (Spain)
Coordinates: 40°43′48″N 4°00′55″W
Country Spain
Autonomous community Community of Madrid
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total2,911
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ClimateCsb

Located 52 kilometres (32 mi) from Madrid, it has only 2,500 permanent residences, but winter visitors increase the population.

Climate

Although relatively close to Madrid, Navacerrada has a Mediterranean climate with cool/warm summers due to elevation (Köppen: Csb) or dry-summer continental climate (Dsb) by 0 °C isoterm, winter is also usually on average a few degrees cooler than the Spanish capital. The city has a clearly dry summer, but the high rainfall can be between spring and fall, being lower only in late winter, rather than gradually decreasing in transitional seasons.

The next graphic shows the averages and record temperatures at the Navacerrada mountain pass, which is located at an elevation 600 meters above the village of Navacerrada.[2][3]

Climate data for Navacerrada (1981-2010) (altitude: 1894 m, satellite view)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.2
(61.2)		 16.8
(62.2)		 18.6
(65.5)		 22.6
(72.7)		 25.4
(77.7)		 32.0
(89.6)		 30.8
(87.4)		 31.8
(89.2)		 30.8
(87.4)		 23.4
(74.1)		 20.0
(68.0)		 17.0
(62.6)		 32.0
(89.6)
Average high °C (°F) 2.3
(36.1)		 3.0
(37.4)		 5.8
(42.4)		 7.0
(44.6)		 11.5
(52.7)		 18.0
(64.4)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.2
(72.0)		 17.2
(63.0)		 10.6
(51.1)		 5.6
(42.1)		 3.3
(37.9)		 10.7
(51.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.4
(31.3)		 0.1
(32.2)		 2.3
(36.1)		 3.4
(38.1)		 7.4
(45.3)		 13.2
(55.8)		 17.0
(62.6)		 16.8
(62.2)		 12.7
(54.9)		 7.3
(45.1)		 2.8
(37.0)		 0.7
(33.3)		 6.9
(44.4)
Average low °C (°F) −3.2
(26.2)		 −2.9
(26.8)		 −1.1
(30.0)		 −0.3
(31.5)		 3.2
(37.8)		 8.3
(46.9)		 11.5
(52.7)		 11.5
(52.7)		 8.2
(46.8)		 3.9
(39.0)		 0.1
(32.2)		 −2.0
(28.4)		 3.1
(37.6)
Record low °C (°F) −18.2
(−0.8)		 −18.6
(−1.5)		 −14.7
(5.5)		 −11
(12)		 −8
(18)		 −3.4
(25.9)		 0.0
(32.0)		 0.2
(32.4)		 −3
(27)		 −7.6
(18.3)		 −11.8
(10.8)		 −20.3
(−4.5)		 −20.3
(−4.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 124
(4.9)		 96
(3.8)		 84
(3.3)		 127
(5.0)		 124
(4.9)		 64
(2.5)		 23
(0.9)		 26
(1.0)		 60
(2.4)		 156
(6.1)		 176
(6.9)		 163
(6.4)		 1,223
(48.1)
Average precipitation days 12 10 9 12 12 7 3 4 7 12 12 13 111
Average snowy days 12 12 9 11 5 1 0 0 0 3 8 11 71
Average relative humidity (%) 80 79 74 77 72 59 47 49 63 79 83 81 70
Mean monthly sunshine hours 109 114 162 166 215 289 348 321 211 146 103 92 2,268
Source 1: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología[4]
Source 2: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (record values)[5]
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References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Solargis :: iMaps". solargis.info. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  3. "Clima Navacerrada: Temperatura, Climograma y Tabla climática para Navacerrada - Climate-Data.org". es.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  4. "Valores climatológicos normales. Puerto de Navacerrada". Agencia Estatal de Meteorología. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  5. "Valores extremos. Puerto de Navacerrada". Agencia Estatal de Meteorología. Retrieved 25 July 2012.


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