LAS TEMPERATURAS EN EL CAMPO DE CARTAGENA (1940-1981)

Abstract

In the research about the temperatures in the Country of Cartagena we have analysed not only the annual average, bu! also their monthly distribution, the absolute highest and lowest temperatures as well as thermic oscillations, freezings, thermic contrasts and determining factors which are involved in them, etc. It is clear from this survey that there is a tendency to a continentalization of the inland temperatures whereas they soften on the coast because of the Mediterranean thermoregulator action and because of the caloric capacity difference between lands and seas. Statistics show the existence of cold and hot periods of time (the rising and lowering of the temperature has a parallelims with the sunspots), warm nights range between 20 and 50 and warm days betweem 120 and 150. The Country of Cartagena is hardly ever affected by cold waves; the freezing average is 2,025 per year in the period of time surveyed, so heating necessities are globally small; however the continental tropical wind invasions coming from The Sahara cause real heat waves between May an October. It is remarkable the fair weather conditions of the area, which last for about five months.