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"Most extreme" means "Less precipitation during summer"
So... Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Santiago are the most extreme Mediterranean climates I've seen yet. Jerusalem is the most extreme.
While climates like Naples, Rome, Cape Town, Perth, Nice, Portland (Oregon), Athens and others are less extreme.
What is the most extreme Mediterranean Climate ever? Is it Jerusalem?
Latakia is not it. Jerusalem has 3 consecutive months without any precipitation and the next month has 0.3 mm. That's extreme! Not Latakia... so, is Jerusalem the most extreme ever?
Latakia is not it. Jerusalem has 3 consecutive months without any precipitation and the next month has 0.3 mm. That's extreme! Not Latakia... so, is Jerusalem the most extreme ever?
Baalbek is impressive! But... it's not a reliable source, so maybe there's some precipitation in September, like Jerusalem. But now I think I know the zone where the harshest Mediterranean Climates are found it's the Eastern Mediterranean! Right?
Portland doesn't have a Mediterranean climate. The only climates in Oregon that come close to Mediterranean are between Medford-Roseburg.
Dry summers/wet winters does not make a climate "Mediterranean". Portland's dry season isn't even that long.
I know this is an old argument, but I can't see how Portland isn't Mediterranean. It's a temperate climate with a semi permanent blocking high during summer, which fits the basic description of a Mediterranean. climate.
It's summer rainfall is similar to some places in the western Mediterranean.
I know this is an old argument, but I can't see how Portland isn't Mediterranean. It's a temperate climate with a semi permanent blocking high during summer, which fits the basic description of a Mediterranean. climate.
It's summer rainfall is similar to some places in the western Mediterranean.
Its definition is controversial. Some define it as an "oceanic climate" and others as a "Mediterranean climate". Personally, I think the latter fits better.
Its definition is controversial. Some define it as an "oceanic climate" and others as a "Mediterranean climate". Personally, I think the latter fits better.
Yep, I agree. Much easier to think of it as a cool Mediterranean climate, than as a Oceanic climate with a very pronounced dry season. Dry season Oceanic, is just too much of a contradiction.
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it's the Eastern Mediterranean! Right? 
