Babno Polje
Babno Polje (pronounced [ˈbaːbnɔ ˈpoːljɛ]; in older sources also Babino Polje,[2] German: Babenfeld,[2] Italian: Babinapoglia[3][4]) is a village in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, on the border with Croatia.[5]
Name
Babno Polje was attested in historical sources as Pabenfeld in 1402 and Pobenueld in 1449.[6]
Church
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese.[7] It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526.[8]
Climate
Statistically, Babno Polje is the coldest inhabited settlement in Slovenia.[9] It currently holds the record for the lowest officially verified temperature in Slovenia, of −34.5 °C (−30.1 °F), recorded on two separate occasions, 13 Jan 1968 and 15-16 Feb 1956.[10]
Babno Polje has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).
Climate data for Babno Polje (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1950–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.6 (94.3) | 35.2 (95.4) | 30.5 (86.9) | 24.4 (75.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 35.2 (95.4) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 18.6 (65.5) | 13.5 (56.3) | 7.8 (46.0) | 2.8 (37.0) | 13.3 (55.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) | −1.7 (28.9) | 1.8 (35.2) | 6.3 (43.3) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 16.9 (62.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.4 (45.3) | 3.1 (37.6) | −1.8 (28.8) | 7.0 (44.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) | −7.0 (19.4) | −3.6 (25.5) | 0.1 (32.2) | 4.4 (39.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 9.4 (48.9) | 5.9 (42.6) | 2.7 (36.9) | −0.8 (30.6) | −6.1 (21.0) | 1.3 (34.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −34.6 (−30.3) | −34.4 (−29.9) | −31.1 (−24.0) | −19.1 (−2.4) | −12.2 (10.0) | −5.6 (21.9) | −1.2 (29.8) | −2.0 (28.4) | −7.8 (18.0) | −16.4 (2.5) | −27.0 (−16.6) | −29.7 (−21.5) | −34.6 (−30.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 101 (4.0) | 115 (4.5) | 107 (4.2) | 115 (4.5) | 124 (4.9) | 129 (5.1) | 106 (4.2) | 123 (4.8) | 173 (6.8) | 200 (7.9) | 209 (8.2) | 155 (6.1) | 1,656 (65.2) |
Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) | 17 (6.7) | 24 (9.4) | 16 (6.3) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.2) | 10 (3.9) | 6 (2.4) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 140 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0 cm) | 21.8 | 20.6 | 17.1 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 18.4 | 91.3 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 14:00) | 75.5 | 71.7 | 65.7 | 62.1 | 61.9 | 63.6 | 59.5 | 61.9 | 64.7 | 67.8 | 74.5 | 78.9 | 67.4 |
Source: Slovenian Environment Agency (snow depth 1981–2010, humidity and snow days 1961–1990)[11][12][13] |
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 130.
- ^ Ballarini, Amleto; Sobolevski, Mihael (2002). Le vittime di nazionalità italiana a Fiume e dintorni (1939–1947) / Zrtve talijanske nacionalnosti u Rijeci i okolici (1939.–1947.) (PDF). Rome: Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali. p. 26. ISBN 88-7125-239-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ Memorie della Società geografica italiana, vol. 15. Rome: Società geografica italiana. 1916. p. 158.
- ^ Loška Dolina municipal site
- ^ "Babno Polje". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
- ^ "Local cultural heritage on the Loška Dolina municipal site" (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ "Najhladnejši naseljeni kraj v Sloveniji Babno Polje - Kam.si".
- ^ "Slovenski vremenski rekordi" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Slovenian Environment Agency. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Babno Polje Podnebne statistike 1950-2020" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Environmental Agency. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Babno Polje Climate Normals 1981-2010" (PDF). Slovenian Environmental Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Babno Polje referenčno obdobje: 1961-1990" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Environmental Agency. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
External links
- Media related to Babno Polje at Wikimedia Commons
- Babno Polje on Geopedia
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