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SUNSHINE GUIDE TO FLORENCE, ITALY
SEASONS: Florence has the typical three-season Mediterranean year. Spring
(March through mid-May) brings an increase in the intensity of the sunshine
and days that are longer than the nights. The landscape is alive with
blossoms. Summer (mid-May through the first heavy rains of September) is the
season of dry, long, hot, and sunny days. Winter (mid-September through
February) is the wettest time of year, with short cloudy days and frequent
frosts. Days are not all that cold, however, and crop growth continues.
Because of this and the fact that most of the trees are evergreen, there is no
"fall" as such.
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
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HOURS OF DAYLIGHT 9:20 10:28 11:54 13:25 14:43 15:24 15:07 14:00 12:34 11:04 9:44 9:00
HOURS OF SUNSHINE 5:08 6:05 6:23 7:00 8:50 11:05 13:19 13:02 9:43 6:30 5:17 4:16
AREA OF BLUE SKY 44% 46% 43% 42% 48% 58% 70% 74% 62% 47% 43% 38%
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LOW FOR MONTH 22° 24° 29° 36° 43° 50° 55° 54° 48° 40° 30° 25°
SUNRISE TEMPERATURE 36° 37° 41° 47° 54° 60° 64° 64° 59° 52° 43° 38°
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE 48° 51° 58° 65° 74° 82° 87° 87° 79° 68° 57° 50°
HIGH FOR MONTH 60° 64° 69° 76° 84° 92° 96° 98° 89° 80° 69° 62°
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FROSTY MORNINGS 31% 24% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 9% 22%
AFTERNOONS OVER 90° 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 9% 47% 41% 4% 0% 0% 0%
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 70% 65% 60% 57% 55% 52% 45% 47% 53% 63% 73% 75%
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REASONABLY DRY DAYS 85% 83% 81% 78% 79% 82% 92% 90% 85% 76% 77% 81%
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 2.1" 2.2" 2.8" 2.8" 2.8" 2.7" 1.3" 1.7" 3.1" 3.9" 3.9" 2.9"
SNOWY DAYS 2% 2% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1%
THUNDER DAYS 1% 1% 1% 3% 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 3% 3% 1%
FOGGY DAYS 26% 19% 14% 12% 9% 7% 7% 7% 11% 22% 26% 30%
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NICE DAY INDEX 70% 75% 75% 75% 80% 85% 93% 94% 89% 77% 73% 70%
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Copyright 1995 by Patrick J. Tyson, Box 492787, Redding CA 96049. All rights reserved.
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SUNSHINE GUIDE TO FLORENCE, ITALY
SUNNIEST MONTHS: July and August. This is when you can expect to get the
sunniest weather of the year. In general, 64% of the year's daylight hours
will be sunny--from a high of 93% in August, to a low of 47% in December.
For the most part, the sunniest time of day will be from mid-morning to
early afternoon. Early mornings are often misty or foggy, and late afternoon
tends to be cloudy during the summer months.
WARMEST MONTHS: July and August--no contest. These months are hot to very
hot, and the city crowds just make them seem hotter. The hottest temperature
of the year will be around 99°, and will probably occur in August.
At this time of year, the temperatures do not fall quickly nor very much
after the sun sets. From late May through the middle of September, most
nights will be hot enough that you will sleep better with some sort of room-
cooling.
COOLEST MONTHS: January and February. At this time of year, you can expect
frosty mornings on more than a quarter of the days. Afternoons warm up
quickly, however, and most years will not see a day when the temperature fails
to rise above freezing at some time. The coldest temperature of the year will
be around 20°, and will probably occur in January at a time when the rest of
Europe is in the deep-freeze.
Snow flurries will occur on three or four days during the winter, but
snow on the ground is rare and does not last.
DRIEST MONTHS: July and August, again. Actually, the entire year is dry by
northern European standards. Some 69% of the year's days will get no
measurable precipitation; that is, they will get less than a hundredth of an
inch. July will have 85% such days, whereas April and October will get only
60%. A "dry day" in the table, however, is one with less than a tenth of an
inch--a more useful measure. It takes at least that much to wet the ground
under the trees.
Most of the rain comes from the same series of frontal storms that sweep
from west to east across the Mediterranean Basin and southern Europe. Weather
changes usually come at three-to-five-day intervals--except during the summer.
In summer the changes are much less frequent, and the weather is often stable
for a week or more at a time.
THINGS TO KNOW: Winter doesn't have the same meaning in Florence as in
northern Europe. Since most of the trees are evergreen (including the olive
and citrus) there is no general fall of leaves. Some annuals will die back,
but others (including wheat and barley) continue to grow and flourish, to be
harvested in the spring or early summer. Basically, winter is the season of
short, cloudy days and abundant rain. The cold and snow of northern Europe
are largely absent here.
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Copyright 1995 by Patrick J. Tyson, Box 492787, Redding CA 96049. All rights reserved.
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