Editing Geography of Israel (section)

==Climate==
[[File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_ISR_1991–2020.svg|thumb|300px|Israel map of Köppen-Geiger climate classification zones]]
[[File:Snow 0466.JPG|thumb|Snow in [[Galilee]]]]
[[File:Ein Avdat Flood 1.JPG|thumb|150px|Flash flood at [[Ein Avdat]]]]
The northern half of Israel has a [[Mediterranean climate]] with long, hot, rainless summers and relatively short, mild to cool, rainy winters ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Csa'').<ref name="loc">{{cite web | url=http://countrystudies.us/israel/36.htm | title=Climate | access-date=8 April 2008 | publisher=U.S. Library of Congress}}</ref> The southern half has hot [[Semi-arid climate|semi-arid]] (''BSh'') and [[Desert climate|hot desert]] (''BWh'') climates. The climate is as such due to Israel's location between the [[Subtropics|subtropical]] aridity of the [[Sahara]] and the [[Arabian]] deserts, and the subtropical humidity of the [[Levant]] and Eastern Mediterranean.<ref name="loc" /> The climate conditions are highly variable within the state and modified locally by altitude, latitude, and the proximity to the Mediterranean.<ref name="loc" />

On average, January is the coldest month with average temperatures ranging from {{convert|6|to|15|C|F|1}}, and July and August are the hottest months at {{convert|22|to|33|C|F|1}}, on average across the country.<ref name="loc" /> Summers are very humid along the Mediterranean coast but dry in the central highlands, the Rift Valley, and the Negev Desert. In Eilat, a desert city, summer daytime-temperatures are often the highest in the state, at times reaching {{convert|44|to|46|C|F|1}}. More than 70% of the average rainfall in Israel falls between November and March; June through September are usually rainless.<ref name="loc" /> Rainfall is unevenly distributed, significantly lower in the south of the country.<ref name="loc" /> In the extreme south, rainfall averages near {{convert|30|mm|in|2|sp=us}} annually; in the north, average annual rainfall exceeds {{convert|900|mm|in|1|sp=us}}.<ref name="loc" /> Rainfall varies from season to season and from year to year, particularly in the Negev Desert. Precipitation is often concentrated in violent storms, causing [[erosion]] and [[flash flood]]s.<ref name="loc" /> In winter, precipitation often takes the form of [[Snow in Israel|snow]] at the higher elevations of the central highlands, including Jerusalem.<ref name="loc" /> Mount Hermon has seasonal snow which covers all three of its peaks in winter and spring. In rare occasions, snow gets to the northern mountain peaks and only in extremely rare occasions even to the coast. The areas of the country most cultivated are those receiving more than {{convert|300|mm|in|1|sp=us}} of rainfall annually, making approximately one-third of the country cultivable.<ref name="loc" />

Thunderstorms and hail are common throughout the rainy season and waterspouts occasionally hit the Mediterranean coast, capable of causing only minor damage. However, [[supercell thunderstorms]] and a true F2 [[tornado]] hit the [[Western Galilee]] in April 2006, causing significant damage and 75 injuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3236346,00.html | title='Mini-tornado' sweeps through western Galilee | access-date=8 April 2008 | publisher=Ynet}}</ref>

Heat waves are frequent. 2010 was the hottest year in the history of Israel with absolute record high in several places in August. The heat became stronger from August when temperatures were considerably above the average. October and November were also dry, and November was almost rainless when it was supposed to be rainy.

===Climate charts of different locations in Israel===
{{Location map+ | Israel | width = | float = right | border = | caption = | alt = | relief = 1 | overlay_image = | places ={{Location map~ | Israel | label = [[Tel Aviv]] | label_size = 100 | position = left | background = | mark = | marksize = | link = | lat_deg =32 | lat_min =4 | lat_sec = 34 |  lat_dir = N | lon_deg = 34 | lon_min = 47 | lon_sec = 0 | lon_dir = E }}
{{Location map~ | Israel | label = [[Beit Dagan]] | label_size = 100 | position = right | lat_deg = 32 | lat_min = 0 | lat_sec = 10 |  lat_dir = N | lon_deg = 34 | lon_min = 49 | lon_sec = 45 | lon_dir = E }}
{{Location map~ | Israel | label = [[Jerusalem]] | label_size = 100 | position = bottom | lat_deg = 31 | lat_min = 47 | lat_sec = |  lat_dir = N | lon_deg = 35 | lon_min = 13 | lon_sec = | lon_dir = E }}
{{Location map~ | Israel | label = [[Haifa]] | label_size = 100 | position = left | lat_deg = 32 | lat_min = 49 | lat_sec = |  lat_dir = N | lon_deg = 34 | lon_min = 59 | lon_sec = | lon_dir = E }}
{{Location map~ | Israel | label = [[Safed]] | label_size = 100 | position = left | lat_deg = 32 | lat_min = 57 | lat_sec = 57 |  lat_dir = N | lon_deg = 35 | lon_min = 29 | lon_sec = 54 | lon_dir = E }}
{{Location map~ | Israel | label = [[Beersheba]] | label_size = 100 | position = bottom | lat_deg = 31 | lat_min = 15 | lat_sec = 32 |  lat_dir = N | lon_deg = 34 | lon_min = 47 | lon_sec = 59 | lon_dir = E }}
{{Location map~ | Israel | label = [[Tiberias]] | label_size = 100 | position = right | lat_deg = 32 | lat_min = 47 | lat_sec = 48 |  lat_dir = N | lon_deg = 35 | lon_min = 32 | lon_sec = 9 | lon_dir = E }}
{{Location map~ | Israel | label = [[Eilat]] | label_size = 100 | position = right | lat_deg = 29 | lat_min = 33 | lat_sec = |  lat_dir = N | lon_deg = 34 | lon_min = 57 | lon_sec = | lon_dir = E }}
}}

{{climate chart
| Tel Aviv
| 9 | 17 | 126.9
| 9.8 | 17.7 | 90.1
| 11.5 | 19.2 | 60.6
| 14.4 | 22.8 | 18.0
| 17.3 | 24.9 | 2.6
| 20.6 | 27.5 | 0
| 23.0 | 29.4 | 0
| 23.7 | 30.2 | 0
| 22.5 | 29.4 | 0.4
| 19.1 | 27.3 | 26.3
| 14.6 | 23.4 | 79.3
| 11.2 | 19.2 | 126.4
| clear = none
| float = left
| source = Israel Meteorological Service
}}
{{climate chart
| Beit Dagan
| 7.2 | 17.8 | 140.5
| 7.1 | 18.1 | 96.9
| 8.8 | 20.1 | 66.1
| 11.5 | 24.5 | 17.5
| 14.6 | 27.0 | 2.2
| 17.9 | 29.2 | 0
| 20.6 | 30.8 | 0
| 21.2 | 31.2 | 0
| 19.4 | 30.4 | 0.4
| 16.0 | 28.3 | 20.4
| 11.8 | 24.1 | 76.2
| 8.6 | 19.7 | 130.3
| clear = none
| float = left
| source = Israel Meteorological Service
}}
{{climate chart
| Jerusalem
| 6.4 | 11.8 | 133.2
| 6.4 | 12.6 | 118.3
| 8.4 | 15.4 | 92.7
| 12.6 | 21.5 | 24.5
| 15.7 | 25.3 | 3.2
| 17.8 | 27.6 | 0
| 19.4 | 29.0 | 0
| 19.5 | 29.4 | 0
| 18.6 | 28.2 | 0.3
| 16.6 | 24.7 | 15.4
| 12.3 | 18.8 | 60.8
| 8.4 | 14.0 | 105.7
| clear = none
| float = left
| source = Israel Meteorological Service
}}
{{climate chart
| Haifa
| 8.9 | 17 | 124.9
| 8.7 | 17.5 | 92.2
| 10.5 | 19.6 | 52.8
| 13.6 | 23.9 | 23.6
| 17.2 | 26.2 | 2.7
| 20.6 | 29.3 | 0
| 23.0 | 31.1 | 0
| 23.6 | 31.4 | 0
| 21.7 | 29.9 | 1.2
| 18.5 | 28.0 | 28.0
| 14.1 | 24.0 | 77.4
| 10.2 | 19.2 | 135.5
| clear = right
| float = left
| source = Israel Meteorological Service
}}
{{climate chart
| Safed
| 4.5 | 9.4 | 158.8
| 4.3 | 10.1 | 129.7
| 6.3 | 13.3 | 94.9
| 10.6 | 19.5 | 43.1
| 14.3 | 25.0 | 5.7
| 17.0 | 28.3 | 0
| 18.8 | 29.8 | 0
| 18.8 | 29.8 | 0
| 17.7 | 28.1 | 1.5
| 15.1 | 23.7 | 24.5
| 10.3 | 16.7 | 85.5
| 6.4 | 11.5 | 135.5
| clear = none
| float = left
| source = Israel Meteorological Service
}}
{{climate chart
| Beersheba
| 7.5 | 16.7 | 49.6
| 7.6 | 17.5 | 40.4
| 9.3 | 20.1 | 30.7
| 12.7 | 25.8 | 12.9
| 15.4 | 29.0 | 2.7
| 18.4 | 31.3 | 0
| 20.5 | 32.7 | 0
| 20.9 | 32.8 | 0
| 19.5 | 31.3 | 0.4
| 16.7 | 28.5 | 5.8
| 12.6 | 23.5 | 19.7
| 8.9 | 18.8 | 41.9
| clear = none
| float = left
| source = Israel Meteorological Service
}}
{{climate chart
| Tiberias
| 9.5 | 18.1 | 90.3
| 9.2 | 19.2 | 72.6
| 10.8 | 22.5 | 57.2
| 14.3 | 28.3 | 20.0
| 17.6 | 33.1 | 4.0
| 20.4 | 35.9 | 0
| 22.8 | 37.5 | 0
| 23.3 | 37.6 | 0
| 21.8 | 36.1 | 0.6
| 19.1 | 32.0 | 13.8
| 15.1 | 25.6 | 50.1
| 11.3 | 20.1 | 80.5
| clear = none
| float = left
| source = Israel Meteorological Service
}}
{{climate chart
| Eilat
| 9.6 | 20.8 | 3.5
| 10.6 | 22.1 | 5.8
| 13.6 | 25.5 | 3.7
| 17.8 | 31.1 | 1.7
| 21.5 | 35.4 | 1
| 24.2 | 38.7 | 0
| 25.9 | 39.9 | 0
| 26.2 | 39.8 | 0
| 24.5 | 37.3 | 0
| 21.0 | 33.0 | 3.5
| 15.5 | 27.2 | 3.5
| 11.2 | 22.3 | 6.0
| clear = right
| float = left
| source = Israel Meteorological Service
}}
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