Is this fictional climate mediterranean, oceanic, humid subtropical or humid continental? (sunny, wettest)
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While your climate is oceanic, going by rain days it seems to be closer to Mediterranean. I could be wrong but not many oceanic climates have 110 days of 0.2mm of rain yet receive over a 1000mm.
I think of it as firmly Oceanic - cold fronts and subtropical lows are still a feature of the warm season.
Grapes and olives are part of the economy, so I guess it has a bit of a Mediterranean vibe.
I can't see England as having monsoonal tendencies in the winter, it's too chilly. Like London gets 110 days of rain like Motueka but it has way less rainfall.
The floods in Cumbria after a 50 mm rainy day last year begs to disagree
New Zealand from Motueka/Nelson and up is essentially a subtropical-influenced climate that happens to rain a lot even during summer.
The floods in Cumbria after a 50 mm rainy day last year begs to disagree
New Zealand from Motueka/Nelson and up is essentially a subtropical-influenced climate that happens to rain a lot even during summer.
Yes but then again the floods in Cumbria were a rare event. And also there's a thin line between monsoon tendencies and a regular rainy day. Look at Southeast Alaska. I'm sure that most rain storms there have rain heavier then London even when temperatures are close to zero.
I do agree that Motueka/Nelson have subtropical influences.
I think probably the biggest thing with regards to New Zealand is that people who don't know a lot about climate would think Auckland had a mediterranean climate if someone told them, especially if they were there in winter. It certainly is at those latitudes. Does Joe90 or anyone else know why the west coast effect doesn't apply with dry-summer climates to Northern NZ? Is it too weak a landmass for those winds to sustain?
I think probably the biggest thing with regards to New Zealand is that people who don't know a lot about climate would think Auckland had a mediterranean climate if someone told them, especially if they were there in winter. It certainly is at those latitudes. Does Joe90 or anyone else know why the west coast effect doesn't apply with dry-summer climates to Northern NZ? Is it too weak a landmass for those winds to sustain?
Overseas vistors I work with and who comment on Auckland's winter weather generally refer to it feeling subtropical. Mediterranean is usually used to describe the North Island east coast, or the top of the South Island.
High pressure isn't semipermanent during summer here, but migratory. Departing highs make room for cold fronts or subtropical lows. An unstable atmosphere in summer leads to plenty of convectional activity, which is why much of NZ doesn't see summers that are much sunnier than winters. The cloudiest month where I am is in early Summer, and the sunniest month is in Autumn.
To be fair, both Hastings and Napier have some tendencies towards the mediterranean climate with drier summers than winters, but the rain shadow during summer ain't strong enough to bring them to that level, which I also guess is the east coast effect of dragging low-pressure systems to the coastline. I've yet to spot an east-facing Med climate in the world.
Had Napier had more than 130 mm of rainfall in its wetter month, I'd labelled it wet and dry oceanic since the driest month receives 43 mm, but as it is it looks like a standard warm oceanic climate - in spite of it having warmer summers than Auckland, because of its cooler winters.
I've yet to spot an east-facing Med climate in the world.
I don't know of any. However, there is a continental-Mediterranean climate 1300km from the nearest large body of water (Caspian Sea): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dushanbe
I don't know of any. However, there is a continental-Mediterranean climate 1300km from the nearest large body of water (Caspian Sea): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dushanbe
That is entirely possible on the massive Eurasian landmass mainly because of there being no sea near it to the east, but a possibility of low-pressure systems arriving from the west during winters IMO.
To be fair, both Hastings and Napier have some tendencies towards the mediterranean climate with drier summers than winters, but the rain shadow during summer ain't strong enough to bring them to that level, which I also guess is the east coast effect of dragging low-pressure systems to the coastline. I've yet to spot an east-facing Med climate in the world.
Had Napier had more than 130 mm of rainfall in its wetter month, I'd labelled it wet and dry oceanic since the driest month receives 43 mm, but as it is it looks like a standard warm oceanic climate - in spite of it having warmer summers than Auckland, because of its cooler winters.
Napier goes from 25 days of rain during winter, to 19 days during summer, which hardly represents a fundamental shift in climate pattern. Napier also has a winter month barely drier than two of the summer months -a bit problematic when trying to talk about dry seasons.
Other places in NZ have a greater seasonal rainfall/rain day difference than Napier. Motueka has a more pronounced dry season than Napier, and with a bigger difference in rain days as well. I still wouldn't call it anything but a drying trend though.
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