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I got inspired by this thread http://www.city-data.com/forum/weath...terranean.html which asks if Victoria B.C is a Mediterranean climate. Of course it doesn't fit the bill, but non the less it has similar qualities. So which places out there in the world that are not considered to be Mediterranean, but if a few adjustments were made, it would be. Such as being slightly to dry or wet. or is a bit to cool or hot. Also you can mention places that are defined as Mediterranean, but actually shouldn't be, or at the least don't fit the typical Mediterranean climate.
So what is the typical Mediterranean climate, well here are some typical cities in the Mediterranean region and their climates.
So it seems the typical Mediterranean climate has approximately an average high of 70F/21C and low of 60F/15.5C and 20in/508mm of rain. Also when mentioning cities please keep down to just a couple, don't just go listing all of them.
So to start it off I decided to pick one that is not to far from where I live.
Oak Harbor, WA, USA (59.5F 15C)/(43F 6.4C) (21in 546mm) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ha...gton#Geography as you can see the short coming of this climate is that it is a bit to cool. Also I don't know the sunshine hours of Oak Harbor but it probably is about as cloudy as near by Seattle which has 2169.7 hours of sunshine per year.
I don't see the temperature as that important, as long as it's still a C climate. Med climates are dry summer C climates, with very pronounced dry summers. They are divided into warm summer and cool summer, to differentiate between somewhere like Tel Aviv and somewhere like Oak Harbor.
Eureka, CA is a perfect example of a Csb climate. It has very warm wet winter, but a mild summer. However it's a bit on the wet side, however because its dry season is so clearly pronounced and has high sunshine hours I'll give it a pass. But it is definitely not Csa like those found in the Mediterranean region. Furthermore Mediterranean Climate is a type of subtropical climate, and even though Eureka has cool summers, it is still subtropical because of its warm winters, and its record lows are not that extreme either. However it is still borderline. But that's my opinion. Some might disagree.
I think I should make a thread on this or something...
What's its humidity like during the summer, because it reminds me a lot of Yalta, Crimea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta#Climate except Yalta is slightly cooler and darker. Yalta is categorized as humid subtropical Cfa. But even with Yalta I'm not sure it's an accurate description, since it is so much drier than the typical Cfa climate. I suppose Wagga Wagga and Yalta are a hybrid between Cfa and Csa.
They look Mediterranean to me. If the reason for the rainfall pattern, is the same as warmer Med climates, then is the best starting point. Other differences can be explained by latitude and altitude.
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What about Wagga Wagga? Oceanic, Semi-Arid or Med?
I think I should make a thread on this or something...
Wagga isn't even remotely Mediterranean.It's just a dryish climate, with a slight winter rainfall peak. My climate has a bigger winter/summer rain ratio.
They look Mediterranean to me. If the reason for the rainfall pattern, is the same as warmer Med climates, then is the best starting point.
Except for Walla Walla, those are D climates, and Walla Walla is a rather chilly C climate.
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Other differences can be explained by latitude and altitude.
That statement is rather circular; latitude and altitude are one of the major controls of climate. A large enough change in latitude results in a different climate.
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