military port), is sheltered on the west and southwest by the promontory of Monte Brasil, but, today, it is less important than the neighboring ports of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel and Horta on the island of Faial. Jardim Duque da Terceira Miradouro da Amoreira Miradouro do Pico das Cruzinhas Miradouro da Ponta do Queimado Miradouro do Pico Matias Simão Miradouro da Serreta Miradouro das Veredas Mata da Serreta Parque Municipal do Relvão Parque Arqueológico Subaquático da Baía de Angra do Heroísmo Parque de Campismo das Cinco Ribeiras Ecoregions/Protected areas Algar do Carvão Baía de Angra do Heroísmo Baía das Pontas Baía da Salga Baía do Refugo Baía dos Salgueiros Furna de Água Galerias da Feteira Gruta do Natal Gruta Brisa Azul Gruta das Mercês Gruta do Zé Grande Gruta das Cinco Ribeiras Gruta das Agulhas Gruta dos Ratões Ilhéus das Cabras Lagoa do Negro Monte Brasil Porto das Cinco Ribeiras Ponta do Queimado Prainha Serra do Morião Serra da Ribeirinha Serra de Santa Bárbara Zona Balnear do Negrito Zona de Protecção Especial do Ilhéu das Cabras Climate The climate of Angra do Heroísmo is borderline Mediterranean (Csa) and humid subtropical (Cfa), with the August daily mean being just above the isotherm and the July rainfall just below the 30 mm isotherm for the oceanic climate (Cfb) regime. It is also significantly tempered by the Gulf Stream and the warm North Atlantic waters surrounding the Azores, with extremely mild winter temperatures for a place so far from the equator. It is one of the outermost locations from the equator never to have recorded air frost. By contrast, temperatures above have never been recorded, with summer days reliably staying around to . Human geography Administratively, the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo is made up of several civil parishes, which were historically parochial entities administered by the Catholic Church. After the expulsion of the religious orders from Portugal, the Portuguese administration adapted these territorial units into secular institutions that became the foundation of local government. In a civil context, a parish (freguesia in Portuguese) is simply a subdivision of a municipality (concelho or município). The nineteen civil parishes of Angra do Heroísmo are: Altares Cinco Ribeiras Doze Ribeiras Feteira Nossa Senhora da Conceição Porto Judeu Posto Santo Raminho Ribeirinha Santa Bárbara Santa Luzia São Bartolomeu de Regatos São Bento São Mateus da Calheta São Pedro Sé Serreta Terra Chã