Mediterranean climate

American  

noun

1. a climate having sunny, hot, dry summers and rainy winters.

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Etymology

Origin of Mediterranean climate

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Protea are drought-tolerant and do well in California’s Mediterranean climate, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

On Craig’s advice, Kolding and Estrada also enrolled in Long Beach’s Lawn to Garden program, which provides a $3-per-square-foot rebate for landscapes that replace lawns with California native plants or “California-friendly” plants suitable for a Mediterranean climate.

From Los Angeles Times

The promotion of Southern California’s Mediterranean climate took hold in the first decade after the Gold Rush and continued into the new century.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers at the Pacific Institute, a water think tank in Oakland, have examined the potential for California to use water more efficiently by making improvements such as fixing leaks in pipes, replacing inefficient washing machines and toilets, and replacing thirsty lawns with plants suited to the state’s Mediterranean climate.

From Los Angeles Times

"If we have major heatwaves and wildfires all across the Med in three or four out of the next five summers, this may well be a tipping point in public perception, going from 'the Mediterranean climate is ideal for summer holidays' to 'the Mediterranean is just unbearably hot in summer; let's go somewhere else'."

From BBC