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Climate
La Spezia has a typical Mediterranean climate, with hot summers, quite warm winters and very rainy autumns and springs. The average temperatures of the coldest month (January) are 2°min. and 10 max. In the hottest month (July) they are 19°min and 28° max. Average annual precipitation is 1343 mm, more than double that in London.
Snowfalls are rare, it snows about once or twice a year. Heavy snow precipitations are exceptional events: only in 1985 has there fallen more than 50 cm (the same year which recorded the lowest temperature since 1950: -12.3°C). In winter, if during the night the sky is clear and there are northeastern winds, the temperatures may fall several degrees below zero, reaching about -5 °, -6°C.
Instead in summer, especially in sunny days with hot southern winds, the temperature can easily exceed 30° and sometimes it reaches 35°C. Furthermore, the sensation of heat, in summer, and of cold, in winter, is increased by the high humidity.
For the conformation of the territory the city is not exposed to the winds from the north, which lap the western Liguria, but to those from the southeast. These winds bring heavy rain and they can reach 80 km/h, causing in some cases the blocking of the port