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Yeah also I usually don't like high maximums but this case is an exception due to low humidity and cool nights.
I remember it felt slightly oven like. The main problem was that it felt like it sucked water out of you. You could go through a liter in half a day just doing leisurely walks.
B. I am normally against mild winters because they either don't get snow or the snow they get completely melts, but there is so much snow here, that all of the snow they get doesn't melt. The only thing I don't like is the heat in July and August, but the really cool nights are a positive.
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Continental Mediterranean climates are very underrated. Summer heat is tempered by cool mornings and low humidity. Winters are close to perfect (as long as sunshine % is greater than 55%). I guess more precipitation during summer months would make it better.
Mediterranean climates aren't known as continental climates. They occur within several hundred miles of the coast. The moderating effect of the ocean is one of the primary characteristics behind the milder winters in areas with a Mediterranean climate.
Mediterranean climates aren't known as continental climates. They occur within several hundred miles of the coast. The moderating effect of the ocean is one of the primary characteristics behind the milder winters in areas with a Mediterranean climate.
Still, Mediterranean climates come in different flavors. The are coastal ones -like coastal LA, San Fran and the areas in between. And then there are continental ones like Sacramento, Riverside, Fresno, and Yosemite (thought the latter also adds the highland element). In Europe this would be Madrid, inland Sicily, and inland parts of Turkey.
Still, Mediterranean climates come in different flavors. The are coastal ones -like coastal LA, San Fran and the areas in between. And then there are continental ones like Sacramento, Riverside, Fresno, and Yosemite (thought the latter also adds the highland element). In Europe this would be Madrid, inland Sicily, and inland parts of Turkey.
And again, it isn't a continental climate type.
There are two Mediterranean climate types. Csa (warm summer) and Csb (cool summer)
Csa - Sacramento, Walnut Creek, Redding, Medford, Perth, Los Angeles, Madrid.
Csb - San Francisco, Monterrey, Portland (Csa/Cfb),
Adelaide, San Jose, Santiago are right between Csa and Csb.
Most of Turkey has a steppe climate. Mediterranean climates occur as micro climates near water. What you see is a transition between climates. Portland, OR is a good example. It has a winter maximum, summer minimum precipitation pattern. It appears to be a cool summer Mediterranean climate but is shows some characteristics of a West Coast Marine (Cfb) climate. Another example is Fresno's steppe climate (Bsh), which is very close to the adjacent Csa climate. You aren't going to think about it much while driving through or spending a weekend there. But if you spend some time living in Stockton (Csa) and Fresno you are going to find some very memorable differences in the climate. Like the perpetual 24/7 summer heat in Fresno. And if you go down to Bakerfield you are very close to a hot dessert climate (BWh). That area of the San Joaquin Valley probably has some true dessert micro-climates west of Bakersfield.
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I am aware of the differences between the Mediterranean climates. I didn't mean to imply that those places were in a different, continental climate. They are all Mediterranean climates. But some feature a much larger difference in temperatures between summer and winter, particularly as you move away from the coast or into highland areas. It is these inland (since you don't like the word continental) Mediterranean climates are the ones I favor (or view as underrated, at any rate). Hope this clears the confusion.
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