Tomaj

Tomaj was attested in historical sources as Thomay in 1494. The name of the village is probably derived from the personal name *Tom(a) (cf. the surnames Filipaj < Filip and Jakaj < Jakob). If so, the name originally designated a place where a person named Toma or Tome lived.{{cite book |last1=Snoj |first1=Marko |title=Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen |date=2009 |publisher=Modrijan |location=Ljubljana |page=431}}

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The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and belongs to the Diocese of Koper. A second church is a small building next to the cemetery and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.[http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306055057/http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf |date=2009-03-06 }}

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Tomaj has a warm climate for Slovenia. Winters are mild with frequent rain and clouds. Snow is rare and occurs only a few times each winter. Also, sub freezing highs happen just twice a year. Lows hit freezing 68 days annually. Summer's are warm and sunny. Despite being sunny, summers have a lot of rain, with thunderstorms being quite common. There are only 17 days over 30 degrees, and 70 over 25 degrees. Fall is the wettest time of year, and late winter is the driest. Means range from 2.1 in January to 20.8 in July. Tomaj's climate is classified as Cfb or oceanic.

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|Jan record high C= 18.5

|Feb record high C= 21.5

|Mar record high C= 23.5

|Apr record high C= 27.0

|May record high C= 33.0

|Jun record high C= 35.5

|Jul record high C= 37.5

|Aug record high C= 37.0

|Sep record high C= 31.7

|Oct record high C= 27.5

|Nov record high C= 24.5

|Dec record high C= 17.8

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|Jan high C= 6.7

|Feb high C= 8.2

|Mar high C= 12.1

|Apr high C= 16.0

|May high C= 21.0

|Jun high C= 24.4

|Jul high C= 27.4

|Aug high C= 27.2

|Sep high C= 22.4

|Oct high C= 17.4

|Nov high C= 11.6

|Dec high C= 7.7

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|Jan low C= −2.1

|Feb low C= −1.9

|Mar low C= 0.8

|Apr low C= 4.8

|May low C= 9.3

|Jun low C= 12.8

|Jul low C= 14.8

|Aug low C= 14.7

|Sep low C= 10.6

|Oct low C= 7.1

|Nov low C= 2.3

|Dec low C= −1.2

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|Jan record low C= −15.7

|Feb record low C= −15.5

|Mar record low C= −12.7

|Apr record low C= −6.5

|May record low C= −0.8

|Jun record low C= 4.5

|Jul record low C= 6.0

|Aug record low C= 4.9

|Sep record low C= 3.5

|Oct record low C= −5.6

|Nov record low C= −10.0

|Dec record low C= −12.5

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|precipitation colour= green

|Jan precipitation mm= 87

|Feb precipitation mm= 76

|Mar precipitation mm= 90

|Apr precipitation mm= 99

|May precipitation mm= 115

|Jun precipitation mm= 126

|Jul precipitation mm= 82

|Aug precipitation mm= 117

|Sep precipitation mm= 140

|Oct precipitation mm= 154

|Nov precipitation mm= 157

|Dec precipitation mm= 134

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|Jan precipitation days= 8

|Feb precipitation days= 7

|Mar precipitation days= 8

|Apr precipitation days= 10

|May precipitation days= 9

|Jun precipitation days= 10

|Jul precipitation days= 7

|Aug precipitation days= 8

|Sep precipitation days= 9

|Oct precipitation days= 10

|Nov precipitation days= 10

|Dec precipitation days= 9

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|Jan snow days= 3

|Feb snow days= 2

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|Dec snow days= 1

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|Jan sun= 119

|Feb sun= 139

|Mar sun= 166

|Apr sun= 182

|May sun= 235

|Jun sun= 256

|Jul sun= 304

|Aug sun= 283

|Sep sun= 207

|Oct sun= 156

|Nov sun= 106

|Dec sun= 100

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|Feb percentsun= 48

|Mar percentsun= 45

|Apr percentsun= 45

|May percentsun= 51

|Jun percentsun= 54

|Jul percentsun= 64

|Aug percentsun= 65

|Sep percentsun= 55

|Oct percentsun= 46

|Nov percentsun= 39

|Dec percentsun= 37

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Notable people that were born or lived in Tomaj include:

• Anton Černe (1813–1891), politician{{cite book |last1=Savnik |first1=Roman |title=Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1 |date=1968 |publisher=Državna založba Slovenije |location=Ljubljana |page=339}}
• Urban Golmajer (1820–1905), priest, social care and education promoter, viticultural society founder
• Pavel Klapše (ca. 1688–1772), religious writer
• Pavel Knobl (1765–1830), poet and musician
• Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926), poet
• Matija Sila (1840–1925), regional historian
• Alojzij Šonc (1872–1958), composer
• Viktor Šonc (1878–1964), composer

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• {{commons category-inline|Tomaj}}
• [https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:4611_x1542411.6684961412_y5741904.644856143_s14_b2345 Tomaj on Geopedia]
• [https://www.visitkras.info/en/karst_and_brkini/towns_and_villages/dutovlje/436/tomaj Tomaj on Visitkras]

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Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Sežana

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