Green_Manalishi
Jedi Master
Taken from the Portuguese Meteorology Institute (_http://www.meteo.pt/pt/media/noticias/newsdetail.html?f=/pt/media/noticias/textos/Balanco_Clima_Preliminar_2008.html)
During the year 2008, in continental Portugal, the mean of the mean, maximum and minimum air temperature was inferior to the mean value of 1971-2000. During the year only the January, February, April and June months were above the respective nominal values. […]
The values of precipitation where inferior to the nominal values of 1971-2000, classifying 2008 as very dry to dry year. […] The 2008 year was the 8th year with the lowest annual precipitation since 1931 (2005 was the driest).