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In the words of one of mom's favorite musicians, that climate would be "no sweet dream..." F.
However, I'm not giving it an F- because at least it has mild winters and isn't a low-sun climate at any time of year, even with the cloudy winters (which, mind you, I still wouldn't like).
I give it a C. It's not the best, but it's a long way from the really awful climates for me. The worst of those would be the extremely cold climates and after them the extremely arid climates.
As far as Mediterranean climates go, it's too hot in summer and winter is too cold with nasty freezing records. The extreme highs are brutal. On the other hand although the winters are very cloudy and rainy, they are better than the winters here near Bristol as they are warmer and with longer days. Despite the slightly lower sunshine hours I would expect that they would be brighter given the lower latitude.
Not a big fan of Feb being the coldest month as I'd prefer Jan or even Dec to be the coldest in a northern hemisphere climate this seasonal, or July or even June in the southern hemisphere.
Did you see average highs and lows in summer months? It's brutal, because dewpoint can be 26°C with sun, which increases heating. And I did this horrendous seasonal lag, because I don't like seasonal lag and prefer June to be warmer than August, May - September, ... and February - December. And it's located in 31 latitude. And extremely arid climates usually better than medits if they haven't got brutal summer because of dry winter. Do you know short winter days means also long summer days?
Did you see average highs and lows in summer months? It's brutal, because dewpoint can be 26°C with sun, which increases heating. And I did this horrendous seasonal lag, because I don't like seasonal lag and prefer June to be warmer than August, May - September, ... and February - December. And it's located in 31 latitude. And extremely arid climates usually better than medits if they haven't got brutal summer because of dry winter. Do you know short winter days means also long summer days?
No, to be honest I only noticed the summer highs and not the lows. The 32 C average low in August is nasty, it's hotter than Dallol!
I do know that short winter days mean long summer days, but the long summer days don't compensate for the short winter days for me, and I also don't like the very rapid shortening of day length in autumn that you get here. I find it quite disorientating.
That UV Index is too much for me. The summers look like skin cancer waiting to happen, and the winters aren't much better. That alone makes this climate an E already, which it typically takes more than one aspect for that, but yeah. Furthermore, it lacks snow, cold, and it also is way too humid as well for how dry the summers are. Yeah this is awful. This is an F.
I rate it as D.
This place is not very comfortable for six months (July-August, December-March) but it's summers are cooler and less humid than mine and it's winters are wetter. April and May are the best months because of temperature and precipitation.
I prefer moderate summers and mild winters...and low humidity! Still have yet to live there. From my research I'm looking at possibly southwest u.s.
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