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Post by fairweatherfan on Oct 29, 2022 13:30:00 GMT -5
Unsurprisingly, most places around the Mediterranean Sea have a Mediterranean climate. However, not all do. Here are some of the most notable non-Mediterranean climates around the Mediterranean sea, that are not classified as Mediterranean by Koppen (Csa/Csb). I excluded climates that are borderline Mediterranean. So basically here are all the climates around the Mediterranean except for the good ones  Almeria, Spain (BSh) Venice, Italy (Cfa) Trieste, Italy (Cfa) Rijeka, Croatia (Cfa) Gaza, Palestine (BSh) Alexandria, Egypt (BWh) Tripoli, Libya (BSh) I will vote for Trieste, pretty good and well-balanced climate |
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Oct 29, 2022 13:37:00 GMT -5
Rijeka for having the wettest winters/springs of the bunch, as well as nice temps. Summers are still relatively dry. Great climate battle idea!
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Post by massiveshibe on Oct 29, 2022 13:41:00 GMT -5
Venice
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Post by tij on Oct 29, 2022 13:54:25 GMT -5
Most of these places are ~1-1.5c warmer than those stats nowadays (for 1991-2020), I'll go with Venezia myself for being the coolest.
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Post by Steelernation on Oct 29, 2022 14:43:16 GMT -5
Venice
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Post by Bear on Oct 29, 2022 14:56:21 GMT -5
Venice
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Post by lancerman on Oct 29, 2022 15:54:49 GMT -5
In my opinion, 'Mediterranean' is strictly a pattern and nothing to do with rainfall total. So a lot of these under 'BSh' etc. are Mediterranean.
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Oct 29, 2022 17:02:01 GMT -5
In my opinion, 'Mediterranean' is strictly a pattern and nothing to do with rainfall total. So a lot of these under 'BSh' etc. are Mediterranean. No, climates that are as warm as these Bsh ones would need at least 20” of annual rainfall to qualify as truly Mediterranean. Semiarid ≠ Mediterranean. Just look at natural vegetation. True Mediterranean climates along the likes of Rome and Lisbon produce much lusher environments than semiarid climates with Mediterranean patterns like LA and Tripoli. |
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Post by lancerman on Oct 29, 2022 17:40:45 GMT -5
No, climates that are as warm as these Bsh ones would need at least 20” of annual rainfall to qualify as truly Mediterranean. Semiarid ≠ Mediterranean. Just look at natural vegetation. True Mediterranean climates along the likes of Rome and Lisbon produce much lusher environments than semiarid climates with Mediterranean patterns like LA and Tripoli. Good point actually - you've changed my mind! Haven't thought about it that way. |
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Post by jetshnl on Oct 29, 2022 18:08:40 GMT -5
Garza the best of these.
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Post by Ethereal on Oct 29, 2022 20:52:02 GMT -5
Almeria for the pleasant year your round temps and fantabulous sunshine hours! Btw, Gaza and Tripoli aren't bad.
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Post by Shaheen Hassan on Oct 29, 2022 21:09:26 GMT -5
Rijeka.
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Oct 29, 2022 22:03:49 GMT -5
Rijeka
Greatest cold potential and overall decent potential for high variability all year.
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Post by greysrigging on Oct 29, 2022 22:54:30 GMT -5
Tripoli seems ok....
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Post by psychedamike24 on Oct 29, 2022 23:02:37 GMT -5
Judging from those relative (24-hr?) humidity stats, Gaza has insanely humid summers. That looks like 23-25 C dew points in Jun-Sep which is comparable to northern China or the US Gulf Coast. Rijeka seems most pleasant overall. |
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Post by cawfeefan on Oct 29, 2022 23:23:50 GMT -5
Trieste
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Post by deneb78 on Oct 30, 2022 20:19:37 GMT -5
Toss up between Gaza, Alexandria and Tripoli. I will give it to Alexandria by a hair for a bit of extra sunshine and fewer rainy days.
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Post by firebird1988 on Nov 2, 2022 6:51:07 GMT -5
Almeria
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Post by ilmc90 on Nov 13, 2022 10:19:04 GMT -5
Rijeka for all that handsome rain.
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Post by Crunch41 on Nov 16, 2022 23:22:20 GMT -5
Venice for being the coldest. But if Trieste gets much better storms, I could be convinced to pick that instead. It's only 1-2 degrees warmer.
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