Valencia

	Spain
	39.48 ° N 0.47 ° W
	203 ft
	Subtropical thorn woodland

Csa

Hot-summer Mediterranean climate

Csal

Subtropical climate with dry summer with hot summer with mild winter

Traditional Koppen classification: Csa (Hot-summer Mediterranean climate)

Official definition:

C – temperature of warmest month greater than or equal to 10 °C and temperature of coldest month less than 18 °C, but higher than -3 °C
s – precipitation in the driest month during the summer half year is less than 30 mm and less than one third of the precipitation in the month with highest precipitation in the winter half year.
a - temperature of the warmest month is higher than 22 °C

Cs climate type is characterized by a dry summer and wet winter. In the case of the Csa subtype, the summer tends to be very warm. The average temperature of the warmest month is above 22 °C. The wettest month in the winter usually has three times as much precipitation than the driest month in the summer, which usually has less than 30 mm of rainfall. Summers are therefore quite dry, with relatively little cloudiness and often longer periods with no rain at all. Winters on the other hand are wet and very rarely it snows as well.

Temperatures in the summer reach very high values between 30 and 40 °C. In the winter it is very unusual for the temperatures to fall below freezing point.

The continental Mediterranean climate (Csa) is sometimes also referred to as hot Mediterranean climate. The higher temperatures are the result of the fact that the places are usually deeper inland. The Csa subtype is more common than the other Cs climates and usually represents what most people imagine under the term “Mediterranean climate”.

It can be found for example around the Mediterranean sea in Europe, in Southwest Australia, Southwestern part of South Africa, some parts in Central Asia and in Northern California. Other places also include some microregions such as the Spanish capital Madrid, Italian Rome, American Los Angeles or Perth in Australia.

Modern Trewartha classification: Csal (Subtropical climate with dry summer with hot summer with mild winter)

Subtropical in the Koppen and Trewartha classification is defined as a region, where at least eight months has an average temperature of more than 10 °C, but the coldest month has an average temperature of less than 18 °C. The individual subtypes then differ in their annual precipitation distribution. In Trewartha classification there is a condition of maximum annual precipitation of 900 mm.

In general the subtropical climate is usually found in areas polewards from the tropical zones. It can also be found inside tropical zones at places with higher altitude. Typical are for example citrus trees or palm trees.

The Cs subtype in the Trewartha classification represents a subtropical climate with dry summer, sometimes referred to as the Mediterranean climate. It is characterized by hot and dry summers and mild winters, during which most of the precipitation is observed. High pressure is the dominating factor in the summer, when precipitation is very small and if there is some, it is usually in the form of very short, but intense thunderstorms. In the winter it can sometimes snow, especially at higher altitudes, but in general the winters are mild.

This climate type is most common in western coasts of continents in the middle latitudes, for example it includes areas on the West coast of the U.S. such as California, Southern Europe or Southwest tip of Australia.

hot summer: warmest month with average temperature between 23 and 28 °C
mild winter: coldest month with average temperature between 10 and 18 °C

Summary

62 °F
54 / 71

18.9 in
64 days

59 %

6 h 56 min/day

Temperature

	Month												Average
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Average
Min Temperature(°F)	43.0	43.0	46.0	50.0	55.0	63.0	68.0	68.0	64.0	55.0	50.0	45.0	54.0
Avg Temperature(°F)	50.0	52.0	55.0	58.0	64.0	71.0	76.0	77.0	73.0	65.0	56.0	51.0	62.0
Max Temperature (°F)	59.0	61.0	64.0	68.0	73.0	79.0	84.0	84.0	81.0	73.0	66.0	61.0	71.0
Range	16.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	17.0	18.0	16.0	16.0	17.0

	Max month	Min month	Annual range
Min Temperature	Jul, Aug	Jan, Feb	25.0°F
Avg Temperature	Aug	Jan	27.0°F
Max Temperature	Jul, Aug	Jan	25.0°F
Temperature range	Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct	Jan, Jun, Jul, Aug, Nov, Dec	41.0°F

													Average
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Average
Min Temperature(°F)
Avg Temperature(°F)
Max Temperature(°F)

	Mar, Apr, May				Jun, Jul, Aug				Sep, Oct, Nov				Dec, Jan, Feb
	Max	Min	Average	Range	Max	Min	Average	Range	Max	Min	Average	Range	Max	Min	Average	Range
Min Temperature	55.0	46.0	50.33	9.0	68.0	63.0	66.33	5.0	64.0	50.0	56.33	14.0	45.0	43.0	43.67	2.0
Avg Temperature	64.0	55.0	59.00	9.0	77.0	71.0	74.67	6.0	73.0	56.0	64.67	17.0	52.0	50.0	51.00	2.0
Max Temperature	73.0	64.0	68.33	9.0	84.0	79.0	82.33	5.0	81.0	66.0	73.33	15.0	61.0	59.0	60.33	2.0

Temperature

	Month												Average
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Average
Avg Temperature (°F)	50.0	52.0	55.0	58.0	64.0	71.0	76.0	77.0	73.0	65.0	56.0	51.0	62.0

	Max month	Min month	Annual range
Avg Temperature	Aug	Jan	27.0°F

	Month												Average
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Average
Avg Temperature (°F)

	Mar, Apr, May				Jun, Jul, Aug				Sep, Oct, Nov				Dec, Jan, Feb
	Max	Min	Average	Range	Max	Min	Average	Range	Max	Min	Average	Range	Max	Min	Average	Range
Avg Temperature	64.0	55.0	59.00	9.0	77.0	71.0	74.67	6.0	73.0	56.0	64.67	17.0	52.0	50.0	51.00	2.0

Humidity

	Month												Average
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Average
Avg Humidity (%)	58.0	55.0	55.0	55.0	59.0	59.0	62.0	63.0	63.0	60.0	58.0	58.0	62.0

	Max month	Min month	Annual range
Avg Humidity	Aug, Sep	Feb, Mar, Apr	8.0%

	Month												Average
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Average
Avg Humidity (%)

	Mar, Apr, May				Jun, Jul, Aug				Sep, Oct, Nov				Dec, Jan, Feb
	Max	Min	Average	Range	Max	Min	Average	Range	Max	Min	Average	Range	Max	Min	Average	Range
Avg Humidity	59.0	55.0	56.33	4.0	63.0	59.0	61.33	4.0	63.0	58.0	60.33	5.0	58.0	55.0	57.00	3.0

Precipitation

	Month												Monthly average	Annual total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Monthly average	Annual total
Average monthly precipitation (in)	1.4	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.8	1.9	3.4	2.4	1.6	1.6	18.9
Wetdays	5	5	6	7	7	5	2	3	6	7	6	5	5	64
Wetdays ratio (%)	16.1 5,26	17.9 5,23	19.4 6,25	23.3 7,23	22.6 7,24	16.7 5,25	6.5 2,29	9.7 3,28	20.0 6,24	22.6 7,24	20.0 6,24	16.1 5,26	17.5 17.5342,82.4658

	Max month	Min month	Max Season	Min Season	Annual range
Average monthly precipitation	Oct	Jul	Autumn	Summer	2.8in
Wetdays	Apr, May, Oct	Jul	Autumn	Summer	5

	Month
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Average monthly precipitation (in)
Wetdays / month

	Mar, Apr, May				Jun, Jul, Aug				Sep, Oct, Nov				Dec, Jan, Feb
	Max	Min	Range	Total	Max	Min	Range	Total	Max	Min	Range	Total	Max	Min	Range	Total
Average monthly precipitation (in)	1.6	1.3	0.3	4.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	2.3	3.4	1.9	1.5	7.8	1.6	1.3	0.3	4.4
Wetdays	7	6	1	20	5	2	3	10	65	6	59	127	5	5	0	15

Precipitation

	Month												Monthly average	Annual total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Monthly average	Annual total
Average monthly precipitation (in)	1.4	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.8	1.9	3.4	2.4	1.6	1.6	18.9

	Max month	Min month	Max Season	Min Season	Annual range
Average monthly precipitation	Oct	Jul	Autumn	Summer	2.8in

	Month
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Average monthly precipitation (in)

	Mar, Apr, May				Jun, Jul, Aug				Sep, Oct, Nov				Dec, Jan, Feb
	Max	Min	Range	Total	Max	Min	Range	Total	Max	Min	Range	Total	Max	Min	Range	Total
Average monthly precipitation (in)	1.6	1.3	0.3	4.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	2.3	3.4	1.9	1.5	7.8	1.6	1.3	0.3	4.4

Sunlight / Day length

			Max day length	Min day length	Sunlight/Day length
Jan	298 min 4 h 58 min	584 min 9 h 44 min 584,856	609 min 10 h 9 min (31.1.) 609,831	565 min 9 h 25 min (1.1.) 565,875	51.1 % 298,286
Feb	341 min 5 h 41 min	643 min 10 h 43 min 643,797	677 min 11 h 17 min (29.2.) 677,763	611 min 10 h 11 min (1.2.) 611,829	53.1 % 341,302
Mar	356 min 5 h 56 min	718 min 11 h 58 min 718,722	757 min 12 h 37 min (31.3.) 757,683	680 min 11 h 20 min (1.3.) 680,760	49.6 % 356,362
Apr	436 min 7 h 16 min	796 min 13 h 16 min 796,644	830 min 13 h 50 min (30.4.) 830,610	760 min 12 h 40 min (1.4.) 760,680	54.8 % 436,360
May	499 min 8 h 19 min	861 min 14 h 21 min 861,579	885 min 14 h 45 min (31.5.) 885,555	833 min 13 h 53 min (1.5.) 833,607	57.9 % 499,362
Jun	540 min 9 h 0 min	894 min 14 h 54 min 894,546	897 min 14 h 57 min (20.6.) 897,543	886 min 14 h 46 min (1.6.) 886,554	60.4 % 540,354
Jul	600 min 10 h 0 min	877 min 14 h 37 min 877,563	893 min 14 h 53 min (1.7.) 893,547	853 min 14 h 13 min (31.7.) 853,587	68.4 % 600,277
Aug	547 min 9 h 7 min	819 min 13 h 39 min 819,621	852 min 14 h 12 min (1.8.) 852,588	784 min 13 h 4 min (31.8.) 784,656	66.8 % 547,272
Sep	448 min 7 h 28 min	745 min 12 h 25 min 745,695	781 min 13 h 1 min (1.9.) 781,659	708 min 11 h 48 min (30.9.) 708,732	60.2 % 448,297
Oct	356 min 5 h 56 min	667 min 11 h 7 min 667,773	705 min 11 h 45 min (1.10.) 705,735	631 min 10 h 31 min (31.10.) 631,809	53.3 % 356,311
Nov	298 min 4 h 58 min	600 min 9 h 60 min 600,840	629 min 10 h 29 min (1.11.) 629,811	576 min 9 h 36 min (30.11.) 576,864	49.7 % 298,302
Dec	276 min 4 h 36 min	565 min 9 h 25 min 565,875	574 min 9 h 34 min (1.12.) 574,866	562 min 9 h 22 min (21.12.) 562,878	48.8 % 276,289
Year	451 min 7 h 31 min	731 min 12 h 11 min 731,709	897 min 14 h 57 min (19. 6.) 897,543	562 min 9 h 22 min (20. 12.) 562,878	61.7 % 451,280

	Mar, Apr, May				Jun, Jul, Aug				Sep, Oct, Nov				Dec, Jan, Feb
	Max	Min	Average	Sunlight/day	Max	Min	Average	Sunlight/day	Max	Min	Average	Sunlight/day	Max	Min	Average	Sunlight/day
(min/day)	499	356	430	54.3% 430,361	600	540	562	65.2% 562,300	448	298	367	54.8% 367,303	341	276	305	51.2% 305,291
Day length	885	680	792	54.3% 430,361	897	784	863	65.2% 562,300	781	576	671	54.8% 367,303	677	562	596	51.2% 305,291

Day length

		Max day length	Min day length
Jan	584 min 9 h 44 min 584,856	609 min 10 h 9 min (Array.1.) 609,831	565 min 9 h 25 min (1.1.) 565,875
Feb	643 min 10 h 43 min 643,797	677 min 11 h 17 min (Array.2.) 677,763	611 min 10 h 11 min (1.2.) 611,829
Mar	718 min 11 h 58 min 718,722	757 min 12 h 37 min (Array.3.) 757,683	680 min 11 h 20 min (1.3.) 680,760
Apr	796 min 13 h 16 min 796,644	830 min 13 h 50 min (Array.4.) 830,610	760 min 12 h 40 min (1.4.) 760,680
May	861 min 14 h 21 min 861,579	885 min 14 h 45 min (Array.5.) 885,555	833 min 13 h 53 min (1.5.) 833,607
Jun	894 min 14 h 54 min 894,546	897 min 14 h 57 min (Array.6.) 897,543	886 min 14 h 46 min (1.6.) 886,554
Jul	877 min 14 h 37 min 877,563	893 min 14 h 53 min (Array.7.) 893,547	853 min 14 h 13 min (31.7.) 853,587
Aug	819 min 13 h 39 min 819,621	852 min 14 h 12 min (Array.8.) 852,588	784 min 13 h 4 min (31.8.) 784,656
Sep	745 min 12 h 25 min 745,695	781 min 13 h 1 min (Array.9.) 781,659	708 min 11 h 48 min (30.9.) 708,732
Oct	667 min 11 h 7 min 667,773	705 min 11 h 45 min (Array.10.) 705,735	631 min 10 h 31 min (31.10.) 631,809
Nov	600 min 9 h 60 min 600,840	629 min 10 h 29 min (Array.11.) 629,811	576 min 9 h 36 min (30.11.) 576,864
Dec	565 min 9 h 25 min 565,875	574 min 9 h 34 min (Array.12.) 574,866	562 min 9 h 22 min (21.12.) 562,878
Year	731 min 12 h 11 min 731,709	897 min 14 h 57 min (21. 6.) 897,543	562 min 9 h 22 min (22. 12.) 562,878

	Mar, Apr, May			Jun, Jul, Aug			Sep, Oct, Nov			Dec, Jan, Feb
	Max	Min	Average	Max	Min	Average	Max	Min	Average	Max	Min	Average
Day length	885	680	792	897	784	863	781	576	671	677	562	596

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