Winter temperatures in Madeira reached 27º C this week, many Madeirans took advantage of the heat to take off their coats and take a dip in the pool or beach

 

Funchal, Madeira, temperatures have been summer. thermometers have reached 27 ° C, making December 5, 2018 the warmest this month in the last 150 years, according to the Meteorological Observatory of Funchal.

The average annual air temperature on the island of Madeira is higher on the south coast than on the north coast and decreases inland according to altitude. Thus, the average annual temperature is 19.4 ºC in Lugar de Baixo (15 m), 18.8 ºC in Funchal (58 m), 17.8 in Ponta Delgada (136 m), 15.2 ºC in Santana ( 380 m), decreasing to 9.7 ºC in the Areeiro (1610 m). In the other islands, small and without high altitudes, it can be said that the average values are more uniform, being 18.7 ºC in Porto Santo. 
The average monthly temperature varies little during the year, being higher in summer (22.2 ºC in August in Funchal) and lower in winter (15.9 º C in February in Funchal).


The daily thermal amplitudes are small, with monthly average values of 4.8ºC to 5.6ºC in Funchal, from 4.6ºC to 7.9ºC in Arieiro and from 4.0ºC to 5.3ºC in Funchal. Porto Santo. 


Seawater temperature


The average monthly seawater temperature is relatively high and varies regularly throughout the year from about 17ºC in March to about 22ºC in August and September. 
Observed seawater temperature values in the region rarely drop below 15 ° C and rarely exceed 25 ° C.

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