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I live in California and we have quite a Meditteranean climate. In my part the summers are 70-75. Fall is mid 60s. Spring is mid 60s-70 and there might be some rain. The winter is rainy and cool. With highs in the 50s, lows in the 49s and occasional showers mixed in with some sun. It rarely rains for more than a couple days straight. I think it is great, you can spend most days in most seasons walking around outside.
SoCal is warmer than that by about 10 degrees. We have more of a Mediterranean climate. NorCal is more influenced by the colder ocean waters up there, almost more oceanic than Mediterranean in terms of climate.
SoCal is warmer than that by about 10 degrees. We have more of a Mediterranean climate. NorCal is more influenced by the colder ocean waters up there, almost more oceanic than Mediterranean in terms of climate.
Southern California is warmer and drier than most Mediterranean climates, it's borderline semi-arid. I'd say Northern California is more of a Mediterranean climate, though it does have unusually cool summer nights. For example, Wikipedia classifies Oceanside as semi-arid:
Southern California is warmer and drier than most Mediterranean climates, it's borderline semi-arid. I'd say Northern California is more of a Mediterranean climate, though it does have unusually cool summer nights. For example, Wikipedia classifies Oceanside as semi-arid:
European mediterranean climates can't hardly be classified as subtropical, nor even some northern African places as northern coastline of Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia...
Maybe Lybian, Egyptian or Israeli coastal areas can be classified both mediterranean and subtropical...
Malta has a sub-tropical Mediterranean climate & I'm sure there are other areas too, such as Gibraltar...
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European mediterranean climates can't hardly be classified as subtropical, nor even some northern African places as northern coastline of Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia...
Maybe Lybian, Egyptian or Israeli coastal areas can be classified both mediterranean and subtropical...
All mediterranean climates are classified as 'subtropical'. This term is somehow musleading but doesn't mean that a subtropical climate is a sort of tropical climate... They are not, subtropical climates (mediterranean and humid subtropical climates are part of the temperate climates, not tropical ones at all. Even Milan, Lyon or New York City are classified as 'subtropical'... They are all clearly not tropical at all.
Med climates are pretty universally bad because of the summer dry season. Hot temperatures + no precipitation for weeks = the climate can't recover. The ones were it doesn't get hot are even worse because they have little temperature variation between seasons.
Med climates are pretty universally bad because of the summer dry season. Hot temperatures + no precipitation for weeks = the climate can't recover. The ones were it doesn't get hot are even worse because they have little temperature variation between seasons.
What do you mean by climate can't recover? Or just you don't like the combination?
What do you mean by climate can't recover? Or just you don't like the combination?
Med climates normally have several months per year of warm to hot temperatures and little precipitation. That's a significant chunk of the year. Dry seasons are the quickest way to trash a climate's grade. How can a climate be good when weeks can go by without precipitation? One month with less than an inch of precipitation - as in a marginal Med climate - is tolerable. But "traditional" Med climates have dry spells lasting for weeks and half of the year is parched. Desert climates, by definition, are awful. Periods of the year that resemble a desert climate can only hurt how pleasant it is.
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