La Rambla, Córdoba Explained
| Official Name: | La Rambla |
| Settlement Type: | city |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andalusia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Córdoba |
| Area Total Km2: | 138 |
| Elevation M: | 358 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Website: | www.larambla.es |
La Rambla is a municipality in the province of Córdoba, Spain.
Climate
La Rambla has a hot summer mediterranean climate with very hot, dry summers and mild to cool wet winters. Due to its location on the guadalquivir valley, summers are some of the hottest in Europe, with average mean maximum temperature exceeding 37C, despite having relatively cool nightly temperatures.[1]
The lowest temperature ever recorded was -6.4C on 10 February 2012 and 13 February 2012. On August 14, 2021 La Rambla recorded 47.6C, setting a new national-wide record for temperature high in Spain and the highest ever recorded in Continental Europe during the 21st century.[2]
Notable people
- Alfonso Cabello, a paralympic cyclist, was born here in 1993.[3]
- Alejandro Lerroux (4 March 1864 – Madrid, 25 June 1949) was a Spanish politician who was the leader of the Radical Republican Party during the Second Spanish Republic.
References
37.6°N -48°W
Notes and References
- Web site: ¿Por qué el valle del Guadalquivir es uno de los lugares habitados más calurosos del planeta? . eldiario.es. 15 August 2024. es.
- AEMET . AEMET . AEMET_Esp . 1554367953348485120 . 2 August 2022 . Tras un minucioso análisis de la información obtenida y un riguroso proceso de validación, estamos en condiciones de afirmar que el récord de temperatura más alta medida en España corresponde a los 47,6 °C de La Rambla (Córdoba), registrados el 14 de agosto de 2021. https://t.co/V9L4Lu3bro . After a meticulous analysis of the information obtained and a rigorous validation process, we are able to affirm that the record for the highest temperature measured in Spain corresponds to 47.6 °C at La Rambla (Córdoba), registered on August 14, 2021. . es . 5 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220902185552/https://twitter.com/AEMET_Esp/status/1554367953348485120 . 2 September 2022 . live.
- http://www.abc.es/cordoba/20131027/sevp-barreras-estan-cabeza-20131027.html Barriers in the head
