fall blooming pattern: was RE: Flowers of Crete

Lee Poulsen wpoulsen@pacbell.net
Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:04:25 PST
On Nov 4, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Mary Sue Ittner wrote:

>When some of us read the fascinating Dallman book, Plant Life in the
>World's Mediterranean Climates, we were impressed with the differences in
>these climates. California and Chile are completely dry in summer where
>some of the other places have less rain in summer, but still have some
>rain.

Mary Sue,

Here are the rainfall patterns and totals for various locations in 
"northern California" and Crete. (I'll leave the graphing of the data as an 
exercise for the reader.) ;-) There is an obvious correlation between 
altitude and greater rainfall. But what strikes me as interesting is how 
the annual total rainfall up in your direction rises from the teens (in 
inches) down in the southern half of the Bay Area (which is what it is all 
around this area as well) slowly and gradually into the lower twenties up 
in the north bay and wine country, but then fairly rapidly rises into the 
upper thirties/lower forties as soon as you head north out of the wine 
country. There does not seem to be much of a region where the annual total 
is in the upper twenties/lower thirties. And all within not so many miles 
in distance. Then it stays in that amount of total rainfall for quite a 
distance. There seems to be an obvious change in climate pattern between 
the wine country region and south, and regions immediately to the north of 
it. (Just like there seems to be micro-climate strip that crosses Marin 
County and inland that is wetter than regions to either the north or south 
of it. See Muir Woods, Kentfield, and San Rafael.)

Crete seems to be fairly uniform with the difference due to elevation, and 
the total matching the Bay Area amounts.

--Lee


Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct 
     Nov     Dec     Total

Palo Alto, California, USA
3.2     2.6     2.3     1.1     0.3     0.1     0.0     0.1     0.2     0.7 
     2.0     2.8     15.4

Redwood City
4.2     3.3     2.9     1.3     0.4     0.1     0.0     0.0     0.2     1.0 
     2.3     3.8     19.5

Half Moon Bay
5.3     4.0     4.0     2.0     0.6     0.3     0.1     0.2     0.4     1.7 
     3.1     4.7     26.4

San Francisco AP
4.4     3.2     3.0     1.3     0.3     0.1     0.0     0.0     0.2     1.0 
     2.4     3.5     19.6

San Francisco
4.4     3.0     3.1     1.3     0.4     0.2     0.0     0.1     0.3     1.1 
     2.9     3.6     20.4

Berkeley
4.7     4.0     3.2     1.7     0.6     0.2     0.0     0.1     0.3     1.3 
     2.9     4.1     23.0

Richmond
4.7     3.5     3.1     1.6     0.4     0.1     0.0     0.1     0.3     1.2 
     3.2     3.8     22.0

Muir Woods
7.1     5.6     5.0     2.6     0.9     0.4     0.1     0.1     0.5     2.2 
     5.7     6.6     36.6

Kentfield
10.6    7.9     6.8     3.1     1.0     0.3     0.1     0.1     0.4     2.6 
     6.1     9.1     48.1

San Rafael
9.2     5.7     4.6     2.4     0.6     0.3     0.1     0.1     0.4     1.7 
     4.6     7.4     36.9

Point Reyes
3.6     3.3     2.6     1.4     0.7     0.3     0.0     0.0     0.2     1.0 
     1.5     3.0     17.6

Petaluma
5.2     4.2     3.1     1.6     0.5     0.2     0.0     0.0     0.3     1.2 
     2.8     4.4     23.7

Napa
4.7     4.2     3.5     1.6     0.6     0.2     0.0     0.1     0.3     1.4 
     3.0     4.4     24.2

Santa Rosa
6.1     4.8     4.2     2.1     0.8     0.3     0.0     0.1     0.3     1.7 
     3.6     5.5     29.5

Guerneville
11.2    8.0     5.9     3.8     1.2     0.4     0.0     0.2     0.4     2.8 
     5.9     9.8     49.6

Cazadero
10.7    11.6    9.2     4.4     0.6     0.1     0.7     0.7     2.0     4.7 
     12.6    10.3    67.5

Fort Ross
7.9     6.0     4.9     2.8     1.2     0.5     0.1     0.2     0.5     2.5 
     5.0     6.8     38.2

Healdsburg
9.1     6.7     5.7     2.4     0.5     0.1     0.1     0.2     0.6     2.5 
     6.9     7.4     42.2

Point Arena
8.0     7.0     5.9     3.0     0.7     0.3     0.1     0.4     0.8     2.4 
     6.1     7.0     41.6

Ukiah
8.0     6.1     4.6     2.3     1.0     0.4     0.0     0.1     0.4     2.0 
     4.8     7.2     36.9

Willits
11.0    8.0     7.5     3.3     1.0     0.3     0.1     0.2     0.7     3.3 
     8.2     10.0    53.7

Fort Bragg
7.2     5.8     5.5     2.9     1.4     0.5     0.1     0.2     0.6     2.8 
     4.7     6.8     38.5




Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct 
     Nov     Dec     Total

Souda, Crete, Greece
4.9     4.2     2.8     1.3     0.6     0.1     0.0     0.1     0.5     2.3 
     3.8     3.7     22.9

Heraklion
3.7     2.6     1.9     1.1     0.6     0.1     0.0     0.0     0.7     2.3 
     2.6     3.5     19.3

Kalo Chorio
4.4     2.5     2.1     0.9     0.5     0.1     0.0     0.0     0.3     2.0 
     2.6     4.3     19.8

Kasteli
6.2     4.1     3.3     1.4     0.7     0.4     0.1     0.1     0.7     2.8 
     3.6     5.5     28.8

Maronia
5.5     3.3     2.9     1.4     0.6     0.1     0.0     0.1     0.5     2.4 
     3.7     5.1     25.8

Sitia
4.3     2.8     2.2     0.9     0.5     0.1     0.0     0.0     0.4     2.0 
     2.6     3.6     19.5


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