Climate battle: Barcelona vs Canberra

[Rozenn]

Originally Posted by Ethereal

I know about the Med Sea, but I thought the magnitude of the Sahara would make the sea's effect insignificant.

The effect of the sea is highly local. Similarly, the coasts of the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of California are humid despite being next to bone dry deserts.

You can tell that the Sahara isn't far because every time a southerly flow brings rain, the droplets are full of dust.

[flamingGalah!]

Yes certain wind directions here give us drier heat (SW) but it is still fairly humid, we get very few days where it doesn't feel humid at all & on those days it is usually very hot anyway so feels like you are in an oven rather than a sauna