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Not sure. It goes from having two feet some years to nothing at all some other years. But even during the super mild 2013/2014 we managed to get like half a foot in late january. This year we really have no precipitation whatsoever, so all the cold can not do much. I am quite concerned about drought actually. I don't remember seeing any rain since I came back from christmas vacation three weeks ago.
I like Mediteranean climates but I do have problems with them. One is that summers are too hot, another is that summers don't have enough humidity. And finally I find most Mediteranean climates too dry. They could use more rain all seasons, I like wet wet wet climates.
I like Mediteranean climates but I do have problems with them. One is that summers are too hot, another is that summers don't have enough humidity. And finally I find most Mediteranean climates too dry. They could use more rain all seasons, I like wet wet wet climates.
Not all Mediterranean climates have low humidity, coastal areas & Islands get high humidity. In Malta during the summer & first part of autumn is it very humid & oppressive with dewpoints here at the coast reaching the mid to high 20'sC/mid 70's to low 80'sF...
Not all Med climates have hot summers either, the main defining point is the dry summers...
Not all Mediterranean climates have low humidity, coastal areas & Islands get high humidity. In Malta during the summer & first part of autumn is it very humid & oppressive with dewpoints here at the coast reaching the mid to high 20'sC/mid 70's to low 80'sF...
Not all Med climates have hot summers either, the main defining point is the dry summers...
I'm aware of that. The problem with Malta is that while I like how humid summers are, they are too hot. I do wonder if there's such a Meditterean climate which has cooler but humid summers.
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I'm aware of that. The problem with Malta is that while I like how humid summers are, they are too hot. I do wonder if there's such a Meditterean climate which has cooler but humid summers.
Yeah, coastal California. Avg daytime humidity in San Diego in August is around 60% (high temp 77°/dewpoint 61°)
I prefer this most times rather than the Oceanic monotony.
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I think monotony is a feature of geography as much as climate. My oceanic area has a variety of looks -dense subtropical bush, semi arid, rainforest. grasslands and alpine zones, all within two hours.
yeah, and we're expected to come back to the classic 2/6c days next week with fog, the usual december crap. I'm really tired for all this potential for cold and no precipitation at all. This climate is so frustrating sometime.
At least all this dry weather is comfortable, today was 4c but it felt quite mild.
Those pictures of Spain look badass. I really want to visit arid places like these, they are fascinating.
And the lush areas of northern Spain above look a bit like New Zealand. Well, I guess.
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I think monotony is a feature of geography as much as climate. My oceanic area has a variety of looks -dense subtropical bush, semi arid, rainforest. grasslands and alpine zones, all within two hours.
I was talking about Oceanic Europe. NZ is another life.
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I'm aware of that. The problem with Malta is that while I like how humid summers are, they are too hot. I do wonder if there's such a Meditterean climate which has cooler but humid summers.
I totally love the Med climates, but if I can't get that, I'll gladly take our Sunshine Coast climate (even though it's listed at Humid Subtropical) It' great, a tad warmer in winter than Med but that's fine by me. My only "gripe" is it's on the wetter side
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