Comune in Sardinia, Italy
Elmas (Sardinian : Su Masu ) is a comune Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region of Sardinia , located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of Cagliari .
Until 1989 Elmas was a district of Cagliari . It is best known locally as the location for the airport which serves Cagliari , some 7 kilometres (4 mi) to the east to the town. According to 2011 census, it has 8,949 inhabitants.
Climate
Elmas has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen : Csa ) with summers being very hot and dry and winter mild and humid, associated with high subtropical pressure . The snow turns out to be a rare phenomenon, unlike mountains not so distant.[ 4] semi-arid conditions.[ 5] [ 6]
Climate data for Elmas-Cagliari (Elmas Airport ), elevation: 5 m or 16 ft, 1981–2010 normals and extremes
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
21.0
22.4
26.2
29.0
34.6
39.0
43.6
41.4
35.4
31.8
26.4
23.4
43.6
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
14.4
15.0
17.1
19.5
23.8
28.2
31.4
31.7
27.9
23.7
18.8
15.5
22.3
Daily mean °C (°F)
9.9
10.2
12.1
14.5
18.4
22.5
25.6
25.9
22.7
18.9
14.3
11.1
17.2
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
5.4
5.5
7.2
9.4
13.1
16.8
19.7
20.2
17.5
14.1
9.9
6.8
12.2
Record low °C (°F)
−4.8
−3.0
−2.2
−0.4
4.8
8.8
11.8
12.6
9.0
5.0
−2.0
−3.4
−4.8
Average precipitation mm (inches)
40.7
40.4
33.6
42.2
20.7
10.0
3.1
7.5
35.7
49.1
62.7
49.6
395.3
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
7
6
6
7
4
2
1
1
5
6
8
8
61
Average relative humidity (%)
79
77
75
73
71
67
65
65
71
77
79
80
73
Mean monthly sunshine hours
150
163
209
218
270
311
342
321
243
209
150
127
2,726
Source: Meteo Climat,[ 7] Servizio Meteorologico [ 5] [ 8]
Climate data for Elmas-Cagliari (Elmas Airport ), elevation: 5 m or 16 ft, 1971-2000 normals[ a]
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
14.3
14.8
16.5
18.6
22.9
27.3
30.4
30.8
27.4
23.1
18.3
15.4
21.7
Daily mean °C (°F)
9.9
10.3
11.8
13.8
17.7
21.8
24.7
25.2
22.3
18.4
13.8
11.0
16.7
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
5.5
5.8
7.1
8.9
12.4
16.2
18.9
19.6
17.1
13.7
9.3
6.6
11.8
Average precipitation mm (inches)
49.7
53.3
40.4
39.7
26.1
11.9
4.1
7.5
34.9
52.6
58.4
48.9
428
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
6.8
6.8
6.8
7.0
4.4
2.1
0.8
1.3
4.3
6.5
7.4
7.4
61.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours
136.4
139.2
186.0
213.0
269.7
288.0
334.8
310.0
246.0
198.4
147.0
127.1
2,596
Source: Servizio Meteorologico [ 10] Hong Kong Observatory (sunshine hours)[ 9]
Notes
^ Except sunshine hours [ 9]
References
^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" . Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019 .^ Data from Istat
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018" . Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019 .^ "Cagliari/Elmas Airport - SKYbrary Aviation Safety" . www.skybrary.aero . Retrieved 2019-05-28 .^ a b "Climatologia - Ricerca Dati" . Servizio Meteorologico dell'Aeronautica Militare . Retrieved 2019-05-28 .^ Wickens, Gerald E. (1998), "Arid and Semi-arid Environments of the World", in Wickens, Gerald E. (ed.), Ecophysiology of Economic Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands , Adaptations of Desert Organisms, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 5–15, doi :10.1007/978-3-662-03700-3_2 , ISBN 9783662037003 ^ "moyennes 1981/2010" .^ "Cagliari, Italy Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)" . Weatherbase . Retrieved 2019-05-28 .^ a b "Climatological Normals of Cagliari" . Weather.gov.hk. 2012-12-20. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-05-03 .^ "Tabelle climatiche 1971-2000 della stazione meteorologica di Cagliari-Elmas Ponente dall'Atlante Climatico 1971-2000" (PDF) . Servizio Meteorologico dell'Aeronautica Militare. Retrieved 2015-05-03 .
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