We're planning a month long visit to my father's hometown in Cosenza, Calabria and would also wish to make a Souther tour of Italy, Sicily and the Amalfi Coastline. We're concerned about weather (read a meteorological website which predicted a tsunami on the Eastern Coast of Italy - any truth to that?)

Ummmmm...

This is a joke, right?

Tsunamis are produced by earthquakes, not weather.

Not to worry ... it was due in February 2008.

It's because tsunamis occur there (due to an earthquake) once a century and the last one happened in 1908.

http://tinyurl.com/5aabjb

Your title suggests that's when you plan to be there, but that's now impossible. Again - not to worry.

No Joke.

TuckH confirmed the 100 yr theory. And yes, it seems February is our target time to visit S. Italy.

Thanks TuckH - I have been trying to find a seasonal weather chart, but have not been lucky to find one as yet. Any suggestions?

http://tinyurl.com/562r7j

Since your concern is earthquake related, the time of year (February) is irrelevant.

You're going in 2009, not 08 as your title infers...

This will be close:
http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/w...461&refer=

Is February the only time you can go? An Italian friend of mine visited his family in Sicily last February and reported that it was a bit rainy and cold.