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People underestimate the ocean temperatures in how hot/cold a climate can be. Take the coast of California in summer. Eureka's July high is a chilly 64F or so! That's cooler than Anchorage, two thousand km away. Whereas a few miles inland it's closer to 80F. The Persian Gulf gets extremely hot in summer, along with the Red Sea some of the highest SST's in the world, typically 32'C+, beginning to feel like a warm bath. Ever been swimming in the tropics, maybe the Caribbean? Well imagine something hotter still, with no 'coolness' whatsoever when you get into the water. Couple that with the heat of Arabia and you'll understand Dubai's oppressive heat.
Anchorage isn't anywhere close to the ocean to have the oceanic moderation that Eurekea has. Other areas further south of the alaska's mainland may be much cooler. Adak has a high of 56F in the hottest month, and its latitude is only 2 degrees north of Vancouver.
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Anchorage isn't anywhere close to the ocean to have the oceanic moderation that Eurekea has. Other areas further south of the alaska's mainland may be much cooler. Adak has a high of 56F in the hottest month, and its latitude is only 2 degrees north of Vancouver.
Okay well even Juneau, on the coast, has warmer January highs. Warm ocean current off the Alaskan coast, cold current off the California coast.
Juneau isn't really on the coast. Like Haines and Skagway it is pretty far inland. Compare the climate of Sitka and the climate of Juneau or Haines. Sitka is frequently in the 40s in the winter.
....On e thing I cant understand is how the hell is Nicosia average 37C in summer when it's on a relatively small island at 36N?
I lived at three different places on the southern and western coasts of Cyprus (total of three years, each time on the sea shore or within a few hundred yards of it), and the weather was often brutal in each town for long periods of the summer. Finally I left Cyprus for southern Portugal.
People underestimate the ocean temperatures in how hot/cold a climate can be. Take the coast of California in summer. Eureka's July high is a chilly 64F or so! That's cooler than Anchorage, two thousand km away. Whereas a few miles inland it's closer to 80F. The Persian Gulf gets extremely hot in summer, along with the Red Sea some of the highest SST's in the world, typically 32'C+, beginning to feel like a warm bath. Ever been swimming in the tropics, maybe the Caribbean? Well imagine something hotter still, with no 'coolness' whatsoever when you get into the water. Couple that with the heat of Arabia and you'll understand Dubai's oppressive heat.
I think thats similar with the med sea in Europe there is less mixing with the open ocean, fuss less moderation and the fact High pressure is more or less dominate equals heat and humdity from the enclosed sea,
Cool current, warm currents and wind directions play a important part to the local climate.
For example if the gulf stream in the North Atlantic was a cold current from the arctic Europe would be much colder, the same with wind direction.
If the prevailing winds in East Asia was easterly it may resemble Europe or the Parcfic Northwest.
Nicosia regularly tops 40C in the summer, the record is about 46C I believe. I went to Cyprus a couple of years ago and it was about 35C, that was October too! The sea is so warm too, certainly the warmest I've experienced in the med
It's not right next to the sea. Tall mountains block airflow from the south and smaller one block airflow from the north, maybe even create a some type of foehn effect. Area is under a strong high pressure system in the summer keeping things hot, you don't have to go far from the coast of California to get hot temperatures in the summer and the sea is much cooler. Adjacent to the sea (look to the south of the map) is much cooler:
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Yes Nicosia is an interesting micro-climate, but considering Athens it's not TOO much of a stretch. It is pretty surprising how it's as hot as Cairo in summer.
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