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I am currently in Beirut for two months before coming back to Germany.
Beirut has dry summers and rainy winters, mild year round. Summers are surprisingly not really hot compared to the region and the Mediterranean basin in general (32C on average in July and August). Turkey, Greece and Spain are for instance much hotter in summer.
I suppose yes, given that it's hardy to zones 7-8, but not in the UK as it needs heat. I'm not a palm buff so I can't say if I've seen one in the Med area. Maybe mar89 from Rimini can answer more precisely.
*Sunshine hours not too different (higher or lower) from month to month. Sunshine seems pretty steady all year round, maybe with the exception of June.
*Can get long running days of overcast weather or days with sunny weather (both which can get boring)
*If one month is bone dry, the next one will be overly wet. This pattern seems to go on.
*Foggy May/June mornings
*Windy and sunny springs
*Of course, no snow; mild winters
*Extremely hot summer days (maybe that's more suited for Melbourne, but it applies for Sydney too IMO)
My area is known for it's settled, pleasant weather although will lose it's sunshine title to a bogus North Island town and their cheap and nasty new sunshine recorder (Fakertane)
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I suppose yes, given that it's hardy to zones 7-8, but not in the UK as it needs heat. I'm not a palm buff so I can't say if I've seen one in the Med area. Maybe mar89 from Rimini can answer more precisely.
The problem with Sabals in the UK, would be the shoulder seasons are too cold. They grow here with similar summers and are still able to make slow growth for much of spring/autumn, which I don't think would be the case in the UK. I haven't seen any on UK gardening forums.
I suppose yes, given that it's hardy to zones 7-8, but not in the UK as it needs heat. I'm not a palm buff so I can't say if I've seen one in the Med area. Maybe mar89 from Rimini can answer more precisely.
I've never seen sabals in Italy, certainly they're not common palms.
What a pity, because I think they're beautiful. I want a sabal in my city!
They seem quite hardy too. We could probably grow them from my city towards south, and maybe also in the urban areas of the inner Po Plain.
More like mild, sunny weather. L.A. isn't particularly known for being hot.
Tallahassee within the state is known for cold winter nights and hot summer days. Nation and worldwide probably known for hot, humid and stagnant summers (no "sea breeze" although the sea breeze is overblown by a lot of Floridiots, knocking the temp down from 92 F with 50% humidity to 88 F with 70% humidity doesn't constitute as a sea breeze. ) when there's a breeze on a summer day in coastal FL it doesn't feel refreshing, it feels like a giant ass fart blowing.
LA is not only coast, LA includes inland urban areas (Central/east LA) that average 80F a year (daily max), and Valleys that are 100F in summer and 80F average a year. Inland Empire and inland OC is also hot.
but other than that you are right the coast is mild, but coast makes up only a small part of LA.
Our weather is famous for various things depending where you are. By virtue of being in Canada, we are famous for ice, snow, and igloos from an American perspective. From most of the rest of Canada we are famous for being hot, dry, and sunny in the summer, and mild and dry in the winter. This allows for the growing of many soft fruits including grapes, peaches, and apricots. The truth of the matter is that despite our reputation as a sunny location, our actual hours of sunshine is below the Canada average (though we are one of the sunniest spots in the country in the warmest 6 months of the year).
In the U.S., NYC isn't really famous for anything, except maybe coastal storms such as nor'easters and tropical cyclones (now), but these things aren't exclusive to NYC.
In other parts of the world, NYC's heat, humidity, cold, snow, etc. might be more famous than it is in America.
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I want a sabal in my city! 
) when there's a breeze on a summer day in coastal FL it doesn't feel refreshing, it feels like a giant ass fart blowing.
