Molina de Aragón
Molina de Aragón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 3,671 inhabitants. It held the record (−28.2 °C) for the lowest temperature measured by a meteorological station in Spain, and now it's on the third place.[2]
It was the seat of the taifa of Molina, a Moorish independent state, before it was reconquered by the Christians of Alfonso I of Aragon in 1129. On 21 April 1154 Manrique Pérez de Lara issued a sweeping fuero to the town of Molina, which he was building into a semi-independent fief.[3] He and his descendants claimed to rule Molina Dei gratia ("by the grace of God"). Molina is also the type location of the carbonate mineral aragonite.
Main sights
- Medieval alcazar (10th–11th centuries), the largest in the province
- Roman bridge (Puente Viejo)
- Convent of St. Francis
- Giraldo (St. Francis Church Bell Tower)
- Church of Santa Clara
- Church of Santa María de San Gil
- Molina-Alto Tajo Geopark, Molina de Aragon is within this Geopark.
List of settlements in the municipality
Climate
Molina de Aragón has an atypical variety of the oceanic climate with semi-arid influences. Due to its irregular precipitation patterns the location does not fall into the clear mediterranean zones to the south-west or the semi-arid that is common in the region, with significant precipitation in the summer and very low in the winter.
Climate data for Molina de Aragón 1062m (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 28.7 (83.7) | 33.2 (91.8) | 36.0 (96.8) | 38.2 (100.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 36.4 (97.5) | 30.0 (86.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 38.2 (100.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) | 10.6 (51.1) | 14.4 (57.9) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.0 (68.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.2 (84.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 12.0 (53.6) | 8.7 (47.7) | 18.1 (64.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.9 (67.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.9 (51.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | 3.1 (37.6) | 10.6 (51.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) | −3.2 (26.2) | −1.2 (29.8) | 1.3 (34.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.6 (47.5) | 10.6 (51.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 7.3 (45.1) | 3.9 (39.0) | −0.2 (31.6) | −2.4 (27.7) | 3.1 (37.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −28.2 (−18.8) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −15.6 (3.9) | −8.6 (16.5) | −5.2 (22.6) | −1.8 (28.8) | 1.0 (33.8) | 0.0 (32.0) | −3.6 (25.5) | −6.4 (20.5) | −15.6 (3.9) | −28.0 (−18.4) | −28.2 (−18.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27 (1.1) | 27 (1.1) | 28 (1.1) | 50 (2.0) | 66 (2.6) | 48 (1.9) | 22 (0.9) | 26 (1.0) | 47 (1.9) | 50 (2.0) | 39 (1.5) | 36 (1.4) | 466 (18.5) |
Average precipitation days | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 74 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 135 | 154 | 202 | 195 | 222 | 271 | 327 | 304 | 231 | 174 | 128 | 112 | 2,440 |
Source 1: [4] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: [5] |
Gallery
- A typical inn (built 1826) at Molina de Aragón, Spain.
- Old bridge over the Gallo river, 13th century, in the background the Medieval alcazar of Molina de Aragón, Spain.
- Giraldo on top of St. Francis Church bell Tower.
- Posada de los Comuneros.
- Tower of Aragon.
Notes
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Temperaturas históricas en España". El Tiempo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 265.
- ^ "Molina de Aragón Climate Normals 1981-2010". Aemet.es. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "Molina de Aragón Climate Extremes". Aemet.es. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
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