Maria da Fé

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Field	Value
name	Maria da Fé
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Maria.da.fe02.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Maria da Fé sign
image_flag	Bandeirademariadafemg.jpg
image_seal	BrasaoDeArmasMariaDaFe.jpg
image_map	MinasGerais Municip MariadaFe.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location in the State of Minas Gerais
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_name1	Southeast
subdivision_name2	Minas Gerais
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Patricia Santos de Almeida Bernardo (PSD)
established_title	Founded
established_date	June 1, 1912
area_total_km2	203.774
elevation_m	1258
population_as_of	2020
population_total	14,056
population_density_km2	75.2
coordinates
timezone	BRT
utc_offset	−3
postal_code_type	Postal Code
postal_code	37517-000
website	Maria da Fé, Minas Gerais
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Maria da Fé is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 14,056 people. The area of the municipality is 203.774 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion South/South-West of Minas Gerais and to the microregion of Itajubá.

Geography

Climate

Maria da Fé is located in the dominant mesothermic climates in the southeast and south of Brazil, associated with its altitude. The city features a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) as well as Campos do Jordão. The average temperature is 17 °C (maximum average 23.3 °C and minimum average of 10.1 °C), with warm summers but not as hot as places in valleys in the interior of the country and the winters are colds to Brazil and Minas Gerais. The total precipitation is 1738 mm. It is the only city in the state where the average temperature rise trend per decade reaches 1 °C. Being in the Mantiqueira Mountains, frost is a common event in normal winter. It can go from 10 occasions in several years.

The city is one of the coldest of Minas Gerais and Brazil. According to data from the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET), referring to the period between 1976 and 2016, the lowest temperature recorded in Maria da Fé was -8.4 °C on July 21, 1981, and the highest reached 34,4 °C on January 19, 2015. The largest accumulated rainfall in 24 hours reached 173 mm (mm) on January 3, 2000. Other large accumulations equal or greater than 100 mm were 125 mm on October 14, 1995, 103.4 mm on November 26, 2006, and 100.2 mm on February 25, 1995. The lowest relative humidity index reached 15% in the afternoon of August 20, 2005. In recent records there were years like 2013 where there were 23 nights with frost but the following year only 3 days, but varies considerably from year to year going from a few days to more than a dozen. The average of the first frost is on May 18 and the last on August 14, and may occur from early April until the end of September.{{Weather box |location = Maria da Fé (Downtown), elevation: 1276 m or 4186.4 ft, 1981-2010 normals, extremes for 1976-present |metric first = yes |width = 77% |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 34.4 |Jan record low C = 3.6 |Feb record high C = 32.6 |Feb record low C = 5.2 |Mar record high C = 31 |Mar record low C = 3 |Apr record high C = 30.6 |Apr record low C = 0.6 |May record high C = 29.6 |May record low C = -5.2 |Jun record high C = 27.6 |Jun record low C = -4.2 |Jul record high C = 27.9 |Jul record low C = -8.4 |Aug record high C = 29.7 |Aug record low C = -8 |Sep record high C = 32.4 |Sep record low C = -0.4 |Oct record high C = 34 |Oct record low C = -0.4 |Nov record high C = 32.4 |Nov record low C = 1.4 |Dec record high C = 32.6 |Dec record low C = 3 |year record high C = 34.4|year record low C = -8.4

|Jan high C = 25.9 |Jan mean C = 19.9 |Jan low C = 15.2 |Feb high C = 26.6 |Feb mean C = 19.9 |Feb low C = 14.7 |Mar high C = 25.8 |Mar mean C = 19.2 |Mar low C = 14 |Apr high C = 24.6 |Apr mean C = 17.3 |Apr low C = 11.4 |May high C = 22.1 |May mean C = 14.4 |May low C = 8.1 |Jun high C = 21.2 |Jun mean C = 12.7 |Jun low C = 6.5 |Jul high C = 21.6 |Jul mean C = 13.1 |Jul low C = 6.3 |Aug high C = 23.5 |Aug mean C = 14.1 |Aug low C = 7.1 |Sep high C = 24.3 |Sep mean C = 16.4 |Sep low C = 10.4 |Oct high C = 25 |Oct mean C = 18.1 |Oct low C = 12.6 |Nov high C = 25.5 |Nov mean C = 18.8 |Nov low C = 13.6 |Dec high C = 25.5 |Dec mean C = 19.4 |Dec low C = 14.8 |year high C = 24.3 |year mean C = 16.9 |year low C = 11.2

|precipitation colour = green |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm (0.04 in) |Jan precipitation mm = 295.3 |Jan precipitation days = 18 |Feb precipitation mm = 196.3 |Feb precipitation days = 14 |Mar precipitation mm = 175.2 |Mar precipitation days = 14 |Apr precipitation mm = 83.2 |Apr precipitation days = 7 |May precipitation mm = 76.3 |May precipitation days = 5 |Jun precipitation mm = 42 |Jun precipitation days = 4 |Jul precipitation mm = 32.5 |Jul precipitation days = 3 |Aug precipitation mm = 32.4 |Aug precipitation days = 3 |Sep precipitation mm = 93.6 |Sep precipitation days = 7 |Oct precipitation mm = 139.2 |Oct precipitation days = 11 |Nov precipitation mm = 197.7 |Nov precipitation days = 14 |Dec precipitation mm = 283.4 |Dec precipitation days = 18 |year precipitation mm = 1647.1 |year precipitation days = 118 |

|Jan humidity = 81.4 |Feb humidity = 80.5 |Mar humidity = 80.6 |Apr humidity = 80.1 |May humidity = 79.8 |Jun humidity = 78.7 |Jul humidity = 76.3 |Aug humidity = 71.6 |Sep humidity = 73 |Oct humidity = 75.5 |Nov humidity = 77.7 |Dec humidity = 80.6 |year humidity = 78

|Jan sun = 148 |Feb sun = 161 |Mar sun = 176.8 |Apr sun = 184.1 |May sun = 191.9 |Jun sun = 194.6 |Jul sun = 216.4 |Aug sun = 233.1 |Sep sun = 184.8 |Oct sun = 186.3 |Nov sun = 169.6 |Dec sun = 146.6 |year sun = 2193.2 | source = INMET

Gallery

Image:Maria.da.fe01.jpg|Maria da Fé olive oil project

Notes

References

References

1. [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/maria-da-fe/panorama IBGE 2020]
2. "Médias climatológicas de Maria da Fé - MG".
3. "ESPAÇAMENTO ENTRE PLANTAS NO DESEMPENHO DE JARDIM CLONAL DE CULTIVARES DE OLIVEIRA".
4. (2014-06-11). "Tendências de temperaturas mínimas e máximas do ar no Estado de Minas Gerais". Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira.
5. "Avaliação Da Ocorrência De Geada Na Serra Da Mantiqueira No Período Entre 2009 E 2014". Even3.
6. "As dez cidades mais frias de Minas Gerais".
7. "BDMEP - série histórica - dados diários - temperatura mínima (°C) - Maria da Fé".
8. "BDMEP - série histórica - dados diários - temperatura máxima (°C) - Maria da Fé".
9. "BDMEP - série histórica - dados diários - precipitação (mm) - Maria da Fé". Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento.
10. "BDMEP - série histórica - dados horários - umidade relativa (%) - Maria da Fé".
11. Brzezina, Jachym. "Estação Meteorológica Sítio da Laje".

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