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82 A Rocha Portugal Observatory Report 2009-2010 Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Martin Corley for his help with identification of difficult species and to Esther Pawley for her contribution to this article. Bibliography Calle, J. A. (1982). Noctuidos españoles. Boletín del servicio contra plagas e inspección fitopatológica, Fuera de serie 1, 430 pp, Madrid. Corley, M. (2011). Checklist of the Portuguese Lepidoptera. Unpublished. Gardiner, A.J. (2000). Macrolepidoptera on Quinta da Rocha (@ 3.3.2000). Unpublished. Gardiner, A.J. (2000). Microlepidoptera on Quinta da Rocha (@ 18.3.2000). Unpublished. Leraut, P. (2006). Papillons de nuit d'Europe, Volume 1. NAP Editions, 387 pp. Leraut, P. (2009). Moths of Europe, Volume 2. NAP Editions, 808 pp. Manley, C. (2008). British Moths and Butterflies: A Photographic Guide. A&C Black, 352 pp, London. Waring, P. and Townsend, M. (2003). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, 432 pp, Hook.
A Rocha Portugal Observatory Report 2009-2010 83 CRUZINHA WEATHER REPORT 2009 Andrew Cole Introduction Weather data has been recorded every day at Cruzinha, A Rocha’s field study centre, since September 2002 and continued throughout 2009. The measurements are taken at 09:00 UTC and consist of: Current temperature (˚C) Maximum and minimum temperatures for the previous 24 hours (˚C) Relative humidity (%) Rainfall over previous 24 hours Wind direction and strength (compass bearing, Beaufort scale and km/h) Cloud cover Visibility Additional notes Summary of the year 2009 The maximum temperature, 40.0˚C, was recorded on 21 June. The minimum temperature, -2.5˚C, was recorded on 9 January. Total annual rainfall: 616.5mm. Maximum rainfall in 24 hours: 61.5mm. Prevailing wind direction was NW on 52 of 333 days recorded. The maximum wind strength was level 4 on the Beaufort scale which only occurred on 4 February. Air temperature and relative humidity 2009 was slightly warmer than 2008 but very similar to previous years. Average maximum temperatures in 2009 were 0.5˚C higher than in 2008 and average minimum temperatures were 0.9˚C higher. January had much lower maximum temperatures than average while March had much higher maximum and minimum temperatures; April had lower temperatures. June had higher minimum temperatures and August had higher maximum temperatures than average. October, November and December saw generally higher temperatures than average. In 2009 the relative humidity was generally lower than in previous years with the exception of January and February. In particular the summer months had very low relative humidity both compared with other months, as expected, and when compared with previous years.
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