Climate
Pescara has a Mediterranean climate typical of Adriatic Sea, with dry, hot summers, rainy winters and high humidity all year round. The average temperature is around 7 °C (45 °F) in the coldest month (January) and 24.5 °C (76 °F) in the warmest month (July). The lowest temperature recorded in the city was −13 °C (9 °F) on 4 January 1979. The highest was registered on 30 August 2007 at 45 °C (113 °F). Precipitation is low (around 676 mm per annum) and concentrated mainly in the late autumn.
Pescara is a coastal city but its climate is influenced by the surrounding mountains (the Maiella and the chain of Gran Sasso). When the wind is southwesterly, Pescara experiences a Foehn wind that often reaches 100 km/h, causing a sudden increase in temperature and decrease in relative humidity, and for that reason winters with temperatures that exceed 20 °C (68 °F) almost daily are not unknown. Under northeasterly winds Pescara suffers precipitation which is generally weak, but can be much more intense if accompanied by a depression. Also from the north east comes winter weather from Siberia that, on average, brings abundant snowfalls every 3–4 years. In summer the weather is mostly stable and sunny with temperatures that, thanks to the sea breeze, rarely exceed 35 degrees unless a southwesterly Libeccio is blowing. Particularly in summer, but also in winter, the high humidity leads to morning and evening mist or haze.
| Climate data for Pescara | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9 (49) |
11 (52) |
14 (57) |
17 (63) |
22 (71) |
26 (78) |
29 (84) |
28 (83) |
26 (78) |
20 (68) |
15 (59) |
11 (52) |
19.0 (66.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2 (36) |
3 (38) |
5 (41) |
7 (45) |
12 (53) |
16 (60) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
15 (59) |
11 (52) |
7 (44) |
3 (38) |
9.7 (49.5) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 69 (2.7) |
46 (1.8) |
61 (2.4) |
61 (2.4) |
43 (1.7) |
43 (1.7) |
33 (1.3) |
53 (2.1) |
61 (2.4) |
74 (2.9) |
69 (2.7) |
71 (2.8) |
683 (26.9) |
| Source: Weatherbase | |||||||||||||
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