What climate is hot and dry in summer and mild and humid in winter?

The climate type of hot and dry summer and mild and humid winter is Mediterranean climate. Here, the causes, distribution, topographical conditions and vegetation characteristics of the Mediterranean climate are introduced.

1. The causes of Mediterranean climate:

Mediterranean climate, also known as subtropical summer dry climate, is hot and dry in summer under the control of descending airflow in subtropical high pressure area;

Under the influence of prevailing westerly winds, winter is mild and rainy. The Mediterranean climate is influenced by scale, land and ocean location, and is alternately influenced by westerly belt and subtropical high belt.

2. Mediterranean climate distribution: it is mainly distributed on the west side of the road between 30 degrees and 40 degrees north and south latitude, such as the Mediterranean coast, the Black Sea coast, the southwestern part of South Africa in California, and the intellectual center.

3. Mediterranean climate and terrain conditions: it must be plain or hilly, the altitude should be lower than 1500m, and the surface fluctuation should not be too great. Only by keeping the terrain low and prevailing westerly winds from the ocean in winter can we go deep inland and bring enough precipitation.

4. Characteristics of Mediterranean climate vegetation: To sum up, there is little rain in high temperature period and much rain in low temperature period. This uncoordinated cooperation is extremely unfavorable to plant growth. In the growing season, plants undergo dry heat exercise, and in order to reduce water evaporation, their leaves are generally thick, and there is a thick waxy layer on the leaves of vegetation, and the leaves are relatively small and hard, so the Mediterranean vegetation type becomes subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest or subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest.