Editing Azores (section)

====Köppen classification====
[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map Azores present.svg|thumb|300x300px|Köppen map of Azores]]
Under the Köppen climate classification, the eastern group ([[São Miguel Island|São Miguel]] and [[Santa Maria Island|Santa Maria]]) is usually classified as [[Mediterranean Climate|Mediterranean]] while the central and western group (especially [[Flores Island (Azores)|Flores]] and [[Corvo Island|Corvo]]) is increasingly more [[Humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical]] and overall rainier because of the effects of the [[Gulf Stream]]. This stream has a large effect over the sea temperature which varies between {{cvt|16|C}} in February and March, and {{cvt|23|C}} in August and September, and increases earlier in the western group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Portugal sea temperatures |url=https://www.seatemperature.org/europe/portugal/ |website=seatemperature.org |access-date=19 December 2021 |language=en |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219021454/https://www.seatemperature.org/europe/portugal/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Salvador Rivas-Martínez data presents several different bioclimatic zones for the Azores.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mapas bioclimáticos y biogeográficos |website=globalbioclimatics.org |url=http://www.globalbioclimatics.org/form/tb_med.htm |access-date=26 February 2017 |archive-date=14 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014103938/http://www.globalbioclimatics.org/form/tb_med.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Seasonal lag]] is extreme in the low-sun half of the year, with December being milder than April in terms of mean temperatures. During summer the lag is somewhat lower, with August being the warmest month, though September is usually as warm or warmer than July.