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Temperatures, Precipitation, Sunshine

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Day Temperature	Jan9°	Feb9°	Mar12°	Apr17°	May22°	Jun27°	Jul29°	Aug30°	Sep25°	Oct20°	Nov15°	Dec10°
Night Temperature	Jan3°	Feb3°	Mar5°	Apr8°	May13°	Jun18°	Jul21°	Aug21°	Sep17°	Oct14°	Nov9°	Dec5°
Water Temperature	Jan9°	Feb12°	Mar13°	Apr15°	May21°	Jun22°	Jul23°	Aug24°	Sep22°	Oct22°	Nov17°	Dec13°
Precipitation (inch)	Jan2.32	Feb2.8	Mar2.4	Apr1.73	May1.54	Jun0.91	Jul1.22	Aug1.5	Sep1.77	Oct2.83	Nov3.43	Dec3.98
Rainy days	Jan12	Feb11	Mar10	Apr7	May7	Jun5	Jul3	Aug4	Sep7	Oct7	Nov8	Dec11
Hours of Sunshine	Jan2	Feb3	Mar5	Apr6	May9	Jun10	Jul11	Aug10	Sep8	Oct6	Nov4	Dec3

The annual average temperature is 15 °C.

For comparison: London 11 °C, NYC 12 °C, LA 17.9 °C

Warmest month: August (25.4 °C)
Coldest month: January (5.9 °C)

The maximum water temperature is 24 °C. You can take a bath at these temperatures.

Months with water temperature of at least 17 °C (Limited bathing is possible):
May, June, July, August, September, and October

Months with water temperature of at least 21 °C (adequate for beach vacation):
June, July, August, September, and October

Overall annual precipitation: 26.42 inch on 92 rainy days

For comparison: London 24.06 in, NYC 41.57 in, LA 12.01 in

There is no rainy season (months with more than 6.9 in of precipitation).

Months that have possible snowfall: January, February, March, and December

As our climate table shows, July is the sunniest month with an average of 11 hours of sunshine per day. Over the year, there are 6.3 hours of sunshine per day on average. For comparison: London has 4.1, NYC has 7 and LA has 8.9 hours of sunshine per day on average.