Rucava | |
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Village | |
 Sunset in Rucava, August 2011 | |
  Rucava Rucava's location in Latvia | |
| Coordinates: 56°9′33″N21°9′43″E / 56.15917°N 21.16194°E | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Municipality | South Kurzeme |
| Parish | Rucava |
| First time mentioned | 1253 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.7 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 495 [1] |
| Postal code | LV-3477 |
| Climate | Cfb |
Rucava (Lithuanian : Rukiava, German : Rutzau) is a village in South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia. Rucava had 495 residents as of 2021. [1]
Rucava has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) closely bordering on a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).
| Climate data for Rucava (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1923–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 15.0 (59.0) | 19.1 (66.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.1 (86.2) | 32.7 (90.9) | 33.6 (92.5) | 36.5 (97.7) | 30.9 (87.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 15.9 (60.6) | 11.2 (52.2) | 36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) | 1.2 (34.2) | 4.7 (40.5) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.6 (67.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.2 (72.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.8 (37.0) | 11.4 (52.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) | −1.5 (29.3) | 1.1 (34.0) | 6.2 (43.2) | 11.2 (52.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 8.0 (46.4) | 3.7 (38.7) | 0.6 (33.1) | 7.6 (45.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.3 (24.3) | −4.3 (24.3) | −2.5 (27.5) | 1.3 (34.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.2 (48.6) | 12.2 (54.0) | 11.9 (53.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 1.4 (34.5) | −2.2 (28.0) | 3.4 (38.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.9 (−36.2) | −33.7 (−28.7) | −29.8 (−21.6) | −13.8 (7.2) | −5.8 (21.6) | −2.9 (26.8) | 2.2 (36.0) | 0.3 (32.5) | −6.2 (20.8) | −14.9 (5.2) | −21.3 (−6.3) | −26.3 (−15.3) | −37.9 (−36.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 62.8 (2.47) | 45.1 (1.78) | 41.1 (1.62) | 32.0 (1.26) | 44.0 (1.73) | 50.7 (2.00) | 76.0 (2.99) | 90.9 (3.58) | 82.5 (3.25) | 97.1 (3.82) | 81.2 (3.20) | 74.3 (2.93) | 777.7 (30.63) |
| Source: LVĢMC [2] [3] | |||||||||||||
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