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Post by southathens on Feb 2, 2023 16:36:03 GMT -5
Hey guys! Under Koppen climate classification what would the climate of downtown Thessaloniki be? Is it Csa? I am a bit confused...  |
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Post by MET on Feb 2, 2023 16:38:34 GMT -5
BSk - Cold Semi-Arid Climate (Steppe Climate)
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Post by southathens on Feb 2, 2023 16:44:19 GMT -5
BSk - Cold Semi-Arid Climate (Steppe Climate) Thanks! That was my second choice! Actually the average annual T has slightly increased to 17.9C with the 2023 data so far so it is possible it would shift to BSh (Hot-Semi-Arid) soon... |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Feb 2, 2023 16:56:47 GMT -5
In reality it's a subtropical climate on the dry side.
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Post by tommyFL on Feb 2, 2023 17:29:57 GMT -5
It's classified as BBa: Boteved, boring, arid
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Post by Ariete on Feb 2, 2023 17:31:33 GMT -5
It's classified as PyD: Pay your Debt.
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Post by Cheeseman on Feb 2, 2023 20:05:50 GMT -5
Why is the cutoff between 'cold' and 'hot' arid climates an 18 C annual mean? Seems kind of arbitrary to me.
Either way, I do know one thing this climate is: quite good.
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Feb 2, 2023 20:09:47 GMT -5
It's not Mediterranean, as it is too dry for this classification and the precipitation is spread evenly throughout the year.
In my classification system, this is semiarid subtropical, in the same classification as places like Los Angeles and Mildura, AU.
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Post by Cheeseman on Feb 2, 2023 20:14:57 GMT -5
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Post by Steelernation on Feb 2, 2023 20:23:25 GMT -5
Warm semi arid
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Post by firebird1988 on Feb 2, 2023 22:03:14 GMT -5
Hey guys! Under Koppen climate classification what would the climate of downtown Thessaloniki be? Is it Csa? I am a bit confused... BSh |
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Post by southathens on Feb 4, 2023 2:52:31 GMT -5
It's not Mediterranean, as it is too dry for this classification and the precipitation is spread evenly throughout the year.
In my classification system, this is semiarid subtropical, in the same classification as places like Los Angeles and Mildura, AU.
Yeah, the spread of the precipitation throughout the year is obvious so I would say its semi-arid with strong Med influences |
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Post by southathens on Feb 4, 2023 2:53:42 GMT -5
Why is the cutoff between 'cold' and 'hot' arid climates an 18 C annual mean? Seems kind of arbitrary to me. beats me I also have no idea why they have this cutoff. |
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Post by firebird1988 on Feb 4, 2023 3:18:57 GMT -5
Why is the cutoff between 'cold' and 'hot' arid climates an 18 C annual mean? Seems kind of arbitrary to me. beats me I also have no idea why they have this cutoff. There are actually two cut offs between BWh-BWk and BSh-BSk, one is the 18°C mean, the other is whether all months have an average low above 0°C or not. The 2nd one was devised to solve the "San Diego problem", where San Diego is BSk if you use the 18°C mean, when it's obviously BSh |
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Post by southathens on Feb 4, 2023 14:15:16 GMT -5
beats me I also have no idea why they have this cutoff. There are actually two cut offs between BWh-BWk and BSh-BSk, one is the 18°C mean, the other is whether all months have an average low above 0°C or not. The 2nd one was devised to solve the "San Diego problem", where San Diego is BSk if you use the 18°C mean, when it's obviously BSh Well, in that case Thessaloniki is also BSh right? I mean using the 0C cut off |
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Post by firebird1988 on Feb 4, 2023 14:16:29 GMT -5
There are actually two cut offs between BWh-BWk and BSh-BSk, one is the 18°C mean, the other is whether all months have an average low above 0°C or not. The 2nd one was devised to solve the "San Diego problem", where San Diego is BSk if you use the 18°C mean, when it's obviously BSh Well, in that case Thessaloniki is also BSh right? I mean using the 0C cut off Yes |
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Post by massiveshibe on Feb 4, 2023 14:45:48 GMT -5
theoretically it is Csa since july has an average precipitation below 1.2 inches
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Post by AJ1013 on Feb 4, 2023 14:49:03 GMT -5
I’m surprised precip is so evenly distributed there
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Post by southathens on Feb 4, 2023 14:54:17 GMT -5
theoretically it is Csa since july has an average precipitation below 1.2 inches I think as you go further inland in Thessaloniki you see a distribution that is more csa. For example the north suburbs of Thessaloniki seem much more csa. Downtown Thessaloniki on the other hand seems to be somewhere between csa and semi-arid but more semi-arid |
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Post by firebird1988 on Feb 4, 2023 17:01:06 GMT -5
theoretically it is Csa since july has an average precipitation below 1.2 inches Doesn't qualify, as the driest high sun month doesn't have less than 1/3 the precip of the wettest low sun month |
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