dee20002

Can anyone tell me what it is really normally like in Sicily in February? I don't mind cool (with sweater), but don't want snow/blizzard/freezing as I want to paint and be outside. Hence, I am going as far south in Italy as possible. By the way, should it matter, I am thinking of Trapani (not Mt. Etna, for example, which I know would be snow covered).

Love to hear.
Dee

PBProvence

I was there in February (stayed in Ortygia) and the weather was pretty good, but walking around outside I did need a warm jacket a lot of the time, and especially at night.

Inland it was warmer - and often didn't need more than a sweater during the day.

All of the lemon and orange trees were full of fruit so driving was very colorful .

Patricia

dee20002

Thanks, Patricia. I hadn't thought of going inland because I thought I had read somewhere that the climate was more temperate, less seasonal, along the coast. Maybe it depends on the coast. Wonder if some are cooler.

Dee

bobthenavigator

Here you go---have fun!
http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/w...461&refer=

callmbc

I was there in March of 05 and the weather was INCREDIBLE (I am a Florida person).

nessundorma

I was there in April and it was very stormy and even snowed in Palermo.

I woudn't count on it as a place to be outside painting with only a sweater in February, but you might try contacting people in Trapani who winter there for more of a sample.

dee20002

Thanks, yall. It sounds definitely iffy, and bobthenavigator's site confirmed it. Funny, I would have thought it would be comparable to the caribbean but apparently not. Snow in Palermo--that had to be an oddity!
Dee

nessundorma

Sicily is definitely not the Carribean. And snow is not millennial, although the year I was in Sicily there was snow in many uncommon places along the Italian coast.

The Ligurian coast near France may have the best winter weather because it is protected by the high European mountains. But while sometimes you can luck out with spells of truly balmy weather (as in California), your more likely experience will be something decided cool and even chilly -- to downright freezing.

dee20002

Wild. I should perhaps look into the Liguria coast of France, wherever that is, but I do love Italy so.

nessundorma

You might take a look at Bordighera, which was Monet's favorite Italian spot to paint (although I don't know if he did it February).

bobthenavigator

OK--here is Genoa. I would prefer Sicily.





Genoa, Italy
Elevation: 10 feet Latitude: 44 25N Longitude: 008 51E




Average Temperature Years on Record: 21

YEAR Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
°F 60 48 48 53 56 63 69 75 76 71 63 54 49


Average High Temperature Years on Record: 21

YEAR Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
°F 65 52 53 57 61 68 74 80 81 76 67 58 54


Average Low Temperature Years on Record: 21

YEAR Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
°F 55 42 43 47 51 58 64 70 70 65 57 49 44


Highest Recorded Temperature Years on Record: 21

YEAR Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
°F 95 68 72 73 84 90 93 95 95 90 81 77 68


Lowest Recorded Temperature Years on Record: 21

YEAR Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
°F 21 21 25 27 39 41 50 55 55 48 34 32 27


Average Number of Days With Precipitation Years on Record: 19

YEAR Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Days 138 13 10 12 13 14 10 8 9 10 14 13 12


Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C Years on Record: 21

YEAR Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Days 2 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 1 --- --- --- ---


Average Number of Days Above 65F/18C Years on Record: 21

YEAR Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Days 174 --- --- 2 5 21 30 31 31 30 22 3 ---


Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C Years on Record: 21

YEAR Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Days 4 2 1 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1

nessundorma

What's the comparison with Bordighera? It has a different climate from Genova.

Eloise

According to this page of the official site of the Comune di Bordighera

http://www.bordighera.it/TRADINGLESE/01ClimaINGLESE.htm

the average daily temperature in February is 10 C. or 50 F.
(F. = C. ./. 5 x 9 + 32)
10 ./. 5 = 2 x 9 + 18 = 32 = 50 F.

50 F. is not far from the 48 F. in Genoa.

The average temperature in Palermo in February, on the other hand, is 55 F. and quite a bit warmer.

nessundorma

Eloise! I never expected to see you in a weather post! Have you changed your mind about average temps? You used to say they were meaningless.