Editing Castile and León (section)

===Climate===
Castile and León has a continental Mediterranean climate, with long, cold winters, with average temperatures between 3 and 6&nbsp;°C in January and short, hot summers (average 19 to 22&nbsp;°C), but with the three or four months of summer aridity characteristic of the Mediterranean climate. Rainfall, with an average of 450–500&nbsp;mm per year, is scarce, accentuating in the lower lands.

;Climatic factors
[[File:Niebla DSCN4966 (34069299364).jpg|thumb|30 December 2016 in Salamanca. Radiation fog episodes and frosts are common in the region throughout [[Anticyclone|anticyclonic]] configurations in Winter.<ref>{{Cite journal|page=160|title=Riesgos climáticos en Castilla y León: análisis de su peligrosidad|first1=Carlos G.|last1=Morales Rodríguez|issn=0212-9426|first2=María Teresa|last2=Villazán|journal=Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles|issue=30|year=2000|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/1122918.pdf}}</ref>]]
In Castile and León the [[cold]] extends almost continuously for much of the year, being a very characteristic element of its [[climate]]. The coldest periods of winter are associated with invasions of a continental [[polar front]] and strata of marine arctic air, rare is that they do not reach temperatures of the order of -5 ° to -10&nbsp;°C. Likewise, in situations of [[anticyclone]], in the interior of the region they cause persistent fogs, creating prolonged cold situations due to radiation processes. The intense "cold waves" of the winter central months are typical, showing a particular tendency to occur from the second fortnight of December to the first of February. During its course the most extreme minimum temperatures occur, whose values vary between -10 ° and -13&nbsp;°C of its westernmost sector and -15 ° and -20&nbsp;°C of the central plains and high moorlands. The lowest recorded records reach -22&nbsp;°C of [[Burgos]], -21.9&nbsp;°C in [[Coca, Segovia|Coca]] (Segovia), -20.4&nbsp;°C in [[Ávila, Spain|Ávila]], -20&nbsp;°C in [[Salamanca]] and -19.2&nbsp;°C in [[Soria]]. The high altitude of the [[Meseta Central|Meseta]] and its mountains accentuates the contrast between winter and summer temperatures, as well as day and night temperatures.<ref name="RCLIM">{{cite web |title=Riesgos climáticos en Castilla y León. Análisis de su peligrosidad |url=http://www.boletinage.com/articulos/30/10.pdf |author=Bulletin of the AGE}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Maritime winds are stopped by the mountainous barriers that surround Castile and León, stopping also the precipitations and causing the rains to fall very unequally in the Castilian and Leonese territory. While in the middle of the Douro basin there is an annual average of 450&nbsp;mm, in the western regions of the mountains of León, the [[Cantabrian Mountains]] and the southern area of the provinces of Ávila and Salamanca, rainfall reaches 1500&nbsp;mm per year, with a maximum of 3400&nbsp;mm per year in the western part of the [[Sierra de Gredos]], in the Candelario-Bejar Massif, which makes this area the rainiest not only from Spain, but from the Iberian Peninsula.<ref>http://www.divulgameteo.es/fotos/meteoroteca/Monta%C3%B1as-clima-LGP.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105094545/http://www.divulgameteo.es/fotos/meteoroteca/Monta%C3%B1as-clima-LGP.pdf |date=5 November 2016 }} L. García de Pedraza: ''LAS MONTAÑAS Y EL CLIMA. Notas relativas a la Cordillera Central''</ref>

; Climatic regions
Although Castile and León is framed within the continental climate, in its lands different climate domains are distinguished:<ref name="ACLIM">{{cite web |title=Atlas climático ibérico |url=http://www.aemet.es/documentos/es/conocermas/publicaciones/Atlas-climatologico/Atlas.pdf |author=AEMET |access-date=8 January 2018 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181337/http://www.aemet.es/documentos/es/conocermas/publicaciones/Atlas-climatologico/Atlas.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
*According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], a large part of the autonomous community falls within the Csb or Cfb variants, with the average of the warmest month below 22&nbsp;°C but above 10&nbsp;°C for five or more months.
*In several areas of the Meseta Central the climate is classified as Csa ([[Köppen climate classification#Mediterranean climates|warm Mediterranean]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-29|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Köppen climate classification#Mediterranean climates|reason= The anchor (Mediterranean climates) [[Special:Diff/883418768|has been deleted]].}}), by exceeding 22&nbsp;°C during the summer.
*In high elevations of the Cantabrian Mountains and mountain areas, there is a [[Köppen climate classification|cold temperate climate]] with average temperatures under 3&nbsp;°C in the coldest months and dry summers (Dsb or Dsc).