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I think the line in Italy between subtropical and temperate is around Rome? Not sure though. I know northern Italy can get quite cold (below 15 F at times).
As far as the dry season in Italy, places like Naples (though southern Italy) do seem to get more rain in winter than summer, and summers average half the rainfall of winter I think.
TO be fair, the article said that it's only in the Po Valley and Adige Valley, not in the mountains of course. Do the cities south of the mountains in the northern lowlands get that cold?
The coast of Liguria in northwestern Italy is subtropical (at least if you read the tourist brochures it certainly is). Genoa passes the subtropical test for me: only three months below 10C and then not by much, three frosts a year, never any ice days, and a record low of -6.8C. Not bad for 44N:
Nice. This place is colder than Boston yet still falls under subtropical. Someone needs to change the continental description of Boston to subtropical on the Wikipedia's article. I wonder if the subtropics zone on the East coast extends as far north as Maine and Labrador.
Yes... this looks like Koppen's handiwork alright. This climate already has a cooler daily maximum temp by the first month of Autumn, than where I live, yet somehow qualifies as a subtropical climate. Not to mention the -29C (-19 F) low temp.
TO be fair, the article said that it's only in the Po Valley and Adige Valley, not in the mountains of course. Do the cities south of the mountains in the northern lowlands get that cold?
Of course, according to this site, here are the record lows for a few northern cities:
Bologna -2°F
Florence -10°F
Milan 1°F
Turin -7°F
Venice 8°F
Yes... this looks like Koppen's handiwork alright. This climate already has a cooler daily maximum temp by the first month of Autumn, than where I live, yet somehow qualifies as a subtropical climate. Not to mention the -29C (-19 F) low temp.
For sure, I can't see how this is a subtropical climate though. It has warm, but not hot summers, colder spring/autumns than here, and frigid winters in comparison.
It wouldn't look even remotely subtropical with those sort of winters.
Last edited by Joe90; 10-27-2012 at 06:33 PM..
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). Genoa passes the subtropical test for me: only three months below 10C and then not by much, three frosts a year, never any ice days, and a record low of -6.8C. Not bad for 44N: