In article >,
says...
>

> Just learned this fact tonight: I live in one of only 5 places in the
> world with a "Mediterranean climate" (and I'd like to know where the
> other three are). When I look at the Wikipedia map, it looks like the
> Mediterranean climate is clustered around the Mediterranean Sea (which
> isn't odd)... and then there's us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_climate

"A Mediterranean climate is the climate typical of the lands in the
Mediterranean Basin, and is a particular variety of subtropical climate.
The lands around the Mediterranean Sea form the largest area where this
climate type is found, but it also prevails in much of California, in
parts of Western and South Australia, in southwestern South Africa,
sections of Central Asia, and in parts of central coastal Chile."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Medclim.png

shows that not all of the areas bordering the Med, share
a Mediterranean climate

and anyway, there are distinctly different types of Mediterranean
climate (hot summer and warm summer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_climate#Hot-
summer_Mediterranean_climate

Janet UK.