Babno Polje
Babno Polje (pronounced [ˈbaːbnɔ ˈpoːljɛ]; in older sources also Babino Polje,[2] German: Babenfeld,[2] Italian: Babinapoglia[3][4]) is a village in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, on the border with Croatia.[5]
Babno Polje | |
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 Babno Polje in summer | |
  Babno Polje Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°38′40.19″N 14°32′52.88″E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Inner Carniola |
| Statistical region | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
| Municipality | Loška Dolina |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.4 km2 (6.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 761 m (2,497 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 317 |
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Name
Babno Polje was attested in historical sources as Pabenfeld in 1402 and Pobenueld in 1449.[6]
Church
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese.[7] It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526.[8]
Climate
Statistically, Babno Polje is the coldest inhabited settlement in Slovenia.[9] It currently holds the record for the lowest officially verified temperature in Slovenia, of −34.5 °C (−30.1 °F), recorded on two separate occasions, 13 Jan 1968 and 15-16 Feb 1956.[10]
| Climate data for Babno Polje (753m elev.) [1948-2022] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.4 (95.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 2.03 (35.65) |
3.47 (38.25) |
7.38 (45.28) |
12.12 (53.82) |
16.75 (62.15) |
20.76 (69.37) |
23.23 (73.81) |
22.55 (72.59) |
18.64 (65.55) |
13.56 (56.41) |
7.58 (45.64) |
3.16 (37.69) |
12.60 (54.68) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
5.78 (42.40) |
10.6 (51.1) |
14.53 (58.15) |
16.27 (61.29) |
15.2 (59.4) |
11.38 (52.48) |
7.13 (44.83) |
2.65 (36.77) |
−1.54 (29.23) |
6.52 (43.74) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −8.3 (17.1) |
−7.07 (19.27) |
−4.22 (24.40) |
−0.24 (31.57) |
3.71 (38.68) |
7.41 (45.34) |
8.54 (47.37) |
8.16 (46.69) |
5.31 (41.56) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.72 (28.90) |
−6.21 (20.82) |
0.61 (33.11) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.5 (−30.1) |
−34.5 (−30.1) |
−31.1 (−24.0) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−26.8 (−16.2) |
−29.6 (−21.3) |
−34.5 (−30.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 117.95 (4.64) |
115.49 (4.55) |
105.24 (4.14) |
122.82 (4.84) |
132.42 (5.21) |
138.44 (5.45) |
115.61 (4.55) |
126.82 (4.99) |
150.97 (5.94) |
173.54 (6.83) |
193.34 (7.61) |
145.94 (5.75) |
1,638.58 (64.5) |
| Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) | 35.36 (13.92) |
41.68 (16.41) |
36.79 (14.48) |
13.27 (5.22) |
3.33 (1.31) |
trace | 0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
2.0 (0.8) |
5.32 (2.09) |
17.76 (6.99) |
24.8 (9.8) |
41.68 (16.41) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.06 | 11.95 | 12.33 | 14.14 | 15.08 | 14.37 | 11.39 | 11.39 | 10.38 | 11.83 | 13.06 | 12.74 | 150.72 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.67 | 6.46 | 8.49 | 12.89 | 14.87 | 14.37 | 11.39 | 11.39 | 10.33 | 11.69 | 11.42 | 8.63 | 128.6 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.21 | 7.21 | 5.89 | 2.87 | 0.51 | 0.03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.02 | 0.56 | 3.27 | 6.24 | 33.81 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84.74 | 82.81 | 80.61 | 78.12 | 78.07 | 78.53 | 77.26 | 80.14 | 83.0 | 84.04 | 85.89 | 86.84 | 81.67 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 77.21 | 71.86 | 65.26 | 60.83 | 61.03 | 61.54 | 58.0 | 59.88 | 64.51 | 68.95 | 76.57 | 81.02 | 67.22 |
| Source: National Meteorological Service of Slovenia – Archive[11] | |||||||||||||
References
- Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 130.
- Ballarini, Amleto; Sobolevski, Mihael (2002). Le vittime di nazionalità italiana a Fiume e dintorni (1939–1947) / Zrtve talijanske nacionalnosti u Rijeci i okolici (1939.–1947.) (PDF). Rome: Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali. p. 26. ISBN 88-7125-239-X. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- Memorie della Società geografica italiana, vol. 15. Rome: Società geografica italiana. 1916. p. 158.
- Loška Dolina municipal site
- "Babno Polje". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
- Local cultural heritage on the Loška Dolina municipal site (in Slovene)
- "Najhladnejši naseljeni kraj v Sloveniji Babno Polje - Kam.si".
- "Slovenski vremenski rekordi" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Slovenian Environment Agency. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- "meteo.si - Uradna vremenska napoved za Slovenijo - Državna meteorološka služba RS - Državna meteorološka služba". meteo.arso.gov.si. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
External links
Media related to Babno Polje at Wikimedia Commons- Babno Polje on Geopedia
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