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With the exception of Madrid, [9] Lisbon [10] and Athens, [11] Rome has the highest UV index between European capitals (only in the continent) and values close to that of Chicago at 41.9 °N as ultraviolet radiation is less interfered with by other geographic variables, but with a moderate annual average with index equal to 5, which allows ...
September 2023 was the most anomalously warm month, averaging 1.75 °C (3.15 °F) above the preindustrial average for September. [22] The Copernicus Programme (begun 1940) had recorded 13 August 2016, as the hottest global temperature, but by July 2024, that date had been downgraded to the fourth hottest.
Cordonazo, also referred to as el cordonazo de San Francisco or the Lash of St Francis (southerly hurricane winds along the west coast of Mexico) Coromuel (south to south-west wind in the La Paz area of the Baja California peninsula and the Gulf of California) Norte (strong cold northeasterly wind in Mexico)
A Mediterranean climate (/ ˌ m ɛ d ɪ t ə ˈ r eɪ n i ən / MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
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February and July generally are the driest and wettest months, respectively. Mexico City, for example, receives an average of only 5 millimeters (0.2 in) of rain during February but more than 160 millimeters (6.3 in) in July. Coastal areas, especially those along the Gulf of Mexico, experience the largest amounts of rain in September.
The maximum rainfall in 24 hours was recorded in Bolzaneto, a quarter of Genoa, Liguria, on 10 September 1970 with a value of 948 mm (37.3 in). [80] However, there are many daily rainfall records around Italy exceeding 500 mm (20 in). [81] [82] In the south, Sicily has experienced highs of 46 °C (114.8 °F) in some hot summers. [83]
Region Record high Temperature Date Place(s) Record low Temperature Date Place(s) Abruzzo: 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) July 6, 1950: Pescara: −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F)