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The climate is typically
Mediterranean, with hot, dry summers, warm and sporadically wet autumns,
and short, cool winters with adequate rainfall.
The temperature is very
stable, the annual mean being 18ºC (64ºF) and the monthly
averages ranging from 12º C (54ºF) to 31ºC (88ºF).
Winters are mild with
only rare occurrences of cold weather brought by north and northeast
winds from central Europe. Sometimes it gets rather windy for up to
3 days with strong gale force winds blowing either from the northwest
or from the northeast bringing days of miserable stormy weather. It
is usually mild in Malta during the winter, with plenty of sunshine,
too, with daytime temperatures usually 15ºC (59ºF) or above
and sometimes also around 20ºC (68ºF).
Summers are warm, dry
and very sunny. The weather usually shows signs of warming up in April,
heralding in a long spell of hot, dry weather. It rarely rains from
April to August. July and August are Malta's hottest months with daytime
temperatures usually above 30ºC (86ºF) and quite often also
above 35ºC (95ºF). Daytime temperatures in summer are usually
mitigated by cooling sea breezes, especially along the coast, but
in spring and autumn a very hot and dry wind from Africa occasionally
brings unpleasantly high temperatures.
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Highest
Recorded
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Daily
Average
Temperature in ºC
Hi
Lo
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Lowest
Recorded
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Daily hours of
Sunshine
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Rainfall
in mm
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January
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22.2
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16.3
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10.1
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3.9
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5.46
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97.9
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February
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22.7
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16.5
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9.9
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2.6
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6.36
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61.2
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March
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33.5
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18.1
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11.3
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4.8
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7.33
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37.4
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April
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29.4
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20.2
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12.9
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6.5
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8.46
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29.8
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May
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34.5
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24.5
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16.3
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10.5
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9.99
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10.4
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June
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39.8
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28.7
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20.1
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14.8
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11.23
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1.2
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July
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43.1
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31.5
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22.5
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17.4
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12.15
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0.3
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August
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43.0
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32.0
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23.4
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18.0
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11.36
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7.6
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September
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39.2
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28.9
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21.5
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16.2
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9.00
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56.4
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October
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33.5
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25.5
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18.5
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11.3
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7.22
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70.7
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November
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28.9
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21.3
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14.9
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5.7
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6.50
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121.9
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December
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24.6
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17.6
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11.5
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3.8
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5.20
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108.9
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