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REYKYAVIK
779
ABERDEEN
837
BERGEN
1958
OSLO
623
STOCKHOLM
555
INARI
418
MUNICH
964
200
100
0
100
0
100
100
0
100
0
100
0
100
0
0
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
P
SPRING
EARLY SUMMER
LATE SUMMER
AUTUMN
WINTER
ALL YEAR
20°W
0°
20°E
40°E
MOSCOW
575
AMSTERDAM
652
S
E
100
0
AW
100
0
S
L
JJ
D
60°N
JJ
D
A
A
W
S
VALENTIA
1398
BUDAPEST
634
Y
200
100
0
100
S
S
L
JJ
D
0
S
JJ
D
20°W
KIEV
615
S
L
W
PARIS
602
100
0
100
0
S
E
JJ
D
S
L
A
JJ
D
W
SIBIU
643
S
L
MADRID
432
S
100
0
S
100
0
S
E
JJ
D
JJ
D
A
W
BATUMI
2504
P
S
E
PA
A
P
LISBON
706
Y
A
PA
A
PA
100
0
A
A
40°N
100
0
A
40°N
JJ
D
PA
A
W
Y
JJ
D
P
ROME
803
AW
AW
AW
ANKARA
348
AW
100
0
WP
100
0
W
W
JJ
D
WP
JJ
D
LLANO
AMARILLO
925
P
BEIRUT
890
200
W
200
W
100
40°E
100
0°
20°E
0
JJ
D
0
JJ
D
A
L
GIERS
712
OUARGIA
59
ZAGREB
864
COSENZA
1018
BENGHAZI
266
ATHENS
366
ALEXANDRIA
194
200
100
0
100
0
100
0
100
100
0
100
0
100
0
0
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
JJ
D
Figure 10.29
Seasons of maximum precipitation for Europe and North Africa, together with average monthly and
annual figures (mm) for 28 stations.
Sources: Thorn (1965) and Huttary (1950). Reprinted from D. Martyn (1992) Climates of the World, with kind permission from Elsevier Science
NL, Sara Burgerhartstraat 25, 1055 KV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
westerlies may also affect the region through
the penetration of cold fronts south from the
Mediterranean, bringing heavy rain to localized
desert areas. In December 1976, such a depression
produced up to 40mm of rain during two days in
southern Mauretania.
