# Tomaj

Tomaj (pronounced or; Italian: Tomadio) is a village in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia, near the border with Italy.

## Name

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.

## Churches

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.

## Climate

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.
Climate data for Tomaj :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 33.0 (91.4) | 35.5 (95.9) | 37.5 (99.5) | 37.0 (98.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 37.5 (99.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 8.2 (46.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.0 (69.8) | 24.4 (75.9) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 16.8 (62.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) | −1.9 (28.6) | 0.8 (33.4) | 4.8 (40.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 14.7 (58.5) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.1 (44.8) | 2.3 (36.1) | −1.2 (29.8) | 6.0 (42.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.7 (3.7) | −15.5 (4.1) | −12.7 (9.1) | −6.5 (20.3) | −0.8 (30.6) | 4.5 (40.1) | 6.0 (42.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 3.5 (38.3) | −5.6 (21.9) | −10 (14) | −12.5 (9.5) | −15.7 (3.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 87 (3.4) | 76 (3.0) | 90 (3.5) | 99 (3.9) | 115 (4.5) | 126 (5.0) | 82 (3.2) | 117 (4.6) | 140 (5.5) | 154 (6.1) | 157 (6.2) | 134 (5.3) | 1,377 (54.2) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 105 |
| Average snowy days | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 119 | 139 | 166 | 182 | 235 | 256 | 304 | 283 | 207 | 156 | 106 | 100 | 2,253 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 42 | 48 | 45 | 45 | 51 | 54 | 64 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 39 | 37 | 49 |
| Source: Slovenian environmental agency http://www.meteo.si/uploads/probase/www/climate/table/en/by_location/tomaj/climate-normals_81-10_Tomaj_eng.pdf ||||||||||||||

## Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Tomaj include:
* Anton Černe (1813–1891), politician
* 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