Mediterranean Climate

 

Characterized by mild wet winters and warm to hot, dry summers:  typically occurs on the west side of continents between about 30o and 40o latitude.  Bounded on the north by the Marine West Coast Climate (from 40o   to  subpolar regions) and on the south by the Subtropical Desert Climate (from 30o to 25o or so).

 

Winter                                                      Summer

 

Temp         50s coast to 40s inland               Temp    60s coast to 100 inland

Rainfall      10-20" Nov-Feb                        Rainfall  <1" June-August

 

Climate                 Seasonal[1] Rainfall

 

Marine West Coast   >30"  Example:  Eureka CA  39.76" 

Mediterranean       10-29"  Example:  Berkeley CA 23.20" 

Subtropical Desert <10" Example:  Tijuana, MX 9.45"


[1] Rainfall Season:  In Mediterranean Climate Zone, defined as the rainfall that occurs from 1 July of one year to 30 June of the next.  The season is defined in this manner for this climate because the annual precipitation is dominated by the winter precipitation.