Data collected from the Portuguese meteorological office has shown 2010 to be the wettest year of the past decade, with precipitation levels 20% higher than the average.
More than 1,000 millimetres of rain fell during 2010, with March being the wettest month of the entire year with so much rain that it entered the record books as the third wettest month in the past 30 years.
The 2010 weather report shows that it was also a warmer year than average, with minimum temperatures being 0.14°C higher and maximum temperatures registering an average of 0.33°C higher than normal.
January, February, March, October, November and December were the coldest months of the year while the period between April and September was considered to be the warmest and reflected similar findings from records dated between 1971 and 2000.
Meanwhile, another review of 2010 by the meteorological office revealed the level of earthquakes in Portugal during the year.
In total there were 2,341 registered in Portugal, a number similar to that of 2009 but only 1,821 were detectable.
In terms of macro seismic activity, there were nine earthquakes in Portugal during 2010, with none causing significant damage.
The majority had an epicentre in the Alentejo region.
