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| Subject: Climate of Malta Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:57 am | |
| Malta has a Subtropical-Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa),[62][63] with mild winters and warm to hot summers. Rain occurs mainly in winter, with summer being generally dry. The average temperature is 22–23 °C (72–73 °F) during the day and 15 °C (59 °F) at night. In the coldest month – January – the temperature ranges from 12 to 20 °C (54 to 68 °F) during the day and 7 to 15 °C (45 to 59 °F) at night. In the warmest month – August – the temperature ranges from 28 to 34 °C (82 to 93 °F) during the day and 19 to 24 °C (66 to 75 °F) at night. Generally – summer's/holiday season lasts to 8 months, begins around mid-April with temperatures 19–23 °C (66–73 °F) during the day and 13–14 °C (55–57 °F) at night, ends in November with temperatures 17–25 °C (63–77 °F) during the day and 11–17 °C (52–63 °F) at night, although also in remaining 4 months temperatures sometimes reach 20 °C (68 °F) during the day. Among all capitals in continent of Europe, Valletta - capital of Malta has the warmest winters, with average temperature of 15–16 °C (59–61 °F) during the day and 9–10 °C (48–50 °F) at night in the period January–February. In March and December average temperatures is around 17 °C (63 °F) during the day and 11 °C (52 °F) at night.[64] Large fluctuations in temperature are rare. Also, Malta is one of the few places in Europe which are "green" all year round. Average annual temperature of sea is 20 °C (68 °F) (the highest in the continent of Europe), from 16 °C (61 °F) in January to 26 °C (79 °F) in August. In total 6 months - from June to November - the average sea temperature exceeds 21 °C (70 °F)[65] Sunshine hours is around 3,000 per year (one of the highest results in Europe), from average above 5 hours of sunshine / day in December to average above 12 hours in July.[65] This is about double that of cities in the northern half of Europe, for comparison: London - 1,461,[66] however in winter up to some times more sunshine, for comparison: London has 37 hours[66] while Malta has 155 or 164 (depending on the sources) hours of sunshine in December. play games for cashKirk Sanford Sightline Payments LLC | |
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