Editing Province of Valladolid (section)

=== Climate ===
[[File:Clima Valladolid (España).PNG|thumb|Climograph of [[Valladolid]]]]

The [[Continental Mediterranean climate]] is typical of [[Meseta Central]], which is located in the province of Valladolid. It is similar to the [[Mediterranean climate|typical Mediterranean]] but with characteristics of [[continental climate]]s, of more extreme temperatures, although it does not go to be as different as to be classified separately. In addition this climate does not receive the influence of the sea, that is why the temperatures are the most extreme of Spain, with a lot of heat summers and winters quite cold with a swing of 18.5 [[Degree Celsius|Cº]]. According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], the main climate in the province in the 1981-2010 reference period is of type ''Csa'' ([[Mediterranean climate#Hot-summer Mediterranean climate|Hot-summer Mediterranean climate]]) and type ''Csb'' ([[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|Warm-summer Mediterranean climate]]).<ref name="climavalladolid">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aemet.es/es/conocermas/recursos_en_linea/publicaciones_y_estudios/publicaciones/detalles/guia_resumida_2010 |author=[[Agencia Estatal de Meteorología]] |title=Valladolid and Valladolid Airport observatories (reference period: 1981-2010)|quote=The values of the Valladolid observatory, near the center of the city, are typical of a Csb climate, since in July and August they slightly exceed 22&nbsp;°C, however, in the Valladolid Airport observatory, located at a higher altitude, the average temperature in July and August is even lower than 21&nbsp;°C, so it is clearly a Csb climate. Although this observatory does not belong to the municipality of Valladolid, it is very close to certain areas of the municipality of Valladolid with the same or even higher altitude.}}</ref>

Summer is the driest season and can overcome with great frequency 30&nbsp;°C, reaching sporadically over 35&nbsp;°C. However, in winter it is frequent that the temperatures fall to 0&nbsp;°C, producing [[ice]] in cloudless nights and [[snow]] sporadically. When frost combines with fog, that is called [[hard rime]], a very characteristic phenomenon of the area, like [[frost]]. This northern region of Spain, along with the rest of the provinces of [[Castile and Leon]], is the coldest region in South Europe.

[[File:Montealegre paisaje de campo segado ni.jpg|thumb|left|Due to the climate, the predominant crop is [[dryland farming]], which means that the typical provincial landscape is associated with the cereal steppe]]
[[File:Ventosa de la Cuesta, campos en invierno.JPG|thumb|Fields in winter. In this climate the thermal differences between day and night can exceed 20 degrees. Phenomena such as [[fog]], [[ground frost]], [[rime ice]] are common, although [[snow]] is less common]]

Rainfall follows a very similar pattern to that of the typical Mediterranean climate, reaching between 400 and 600 [[Millimetre|mm]], with a peak during Spring and Autumn. The declining influence of the sea, however, makes it a drier climate than the typical. In the province of Valladolid the continental Mediterranean climate has temperatures approximately two degrees higher than in the rest of the areas with this climate, mainly due to the scarcity of mountains in this province and the altitude, which is between 50 and 200 meters lower on average than in the whole of Castilla y León.

Therefore, the province of Valladolid has the most comfortable climate of all the northern plateau, with an average annual temperature of 11.8Cº. Its average annual rainfall ranges between 400 and 600 millimeters per year, distributed throughout the year with a fairly strong minimum in summer and a very attenuated winter minimum, the rainfall in the province of Valladolid does not usually arrive in large quantities and in a torrential manner, the rainfall in the province of Valladolid arrives in a gentle manner and over several days, which favors the countryside.

The extreme weather values recorded at either of the two [[State Meteorological Agency]] (AEMet) observatories in the province are 40.2&nbsp;°C recorded on July 19, 1995, at the Valladolid observatory and -18.8&nbsp;°C recorded at the Villanubla observatory on January 3, 1971, as far as temperatures are concerned. The strongest wind gust recorded was 133&nbsp;km/h on January 24, 1971, while the maximum accumulated precipitation in a single day was 90.8 l/m<sup>2</sup> on December 5, 1951.<ref>[http://www.aemet.es/es/elclima/datosclimatologicos/efemerides_extremos?o=2422&o=2539&v=PND&v=PDV&v=PDT&v=PMD&v=PMA&v=PMB&v=VMX&v=TMX&v=TMMA&v=TMmB&v=TMA&v=TMB&v=Tmn&m=13 Valores climatológicos extremos en los observatorios de Villanubla y Valladolid.]{{dead link|url=http://www.aemet.es/es/elclima/datosclimatologicos/efemerides_extremos?o=2422&o=2539&v=PND&v=PDV&v=PDT&v=PMD&v=PMA&v=PMB&v=VMX&v=TMX&v=TMMA&v=TMmB&v=TMA&v=TMB&v=Tmn&m=13|bot=InternetArchiveBot|date=March 2019}} Datos de valores climatológicos procedentes de la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología. (in Spanish)</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Valladolid
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 17.0
|Feb record high C = 23.6
|Mar record high C = 24.6
|Apr record high C = 29.2
|May record high C = 33.0
|Jun record high C = 37.0
|Jul record high C = 39.4
|Aug record high C = 38.6
|Sep record high C = 37.6
|Oct record high C = 29.0
|Nov record high C = 23.2
|Dec record high C = 19.8
|Jan high C = 7.4
|Feb high C = 10.3
|Mar high C = 13.4
|Apr high C = 14.8
|May high C = 18.7
|Jun high C = 23.9
|Jul high C = 28.5
|Aug high C = 28.2
|Sep high C = 24.2
|Oct high C = 17.6
|Nov high C = 11.8
|Dec high C = 8.1
|year high C = 17.2
|Jan mean C = 3.1
|Feb mean C = 5.1
|Mar mean C = 7.2
|Apr mean C = 8.7
|May mean C = 12.3
|Jun mean C = 16.6
|Jul mean C = 20.1
|Aug mean C = 20.1
|Sep mean C = 17.0
|Oct mean C = 11.8
|Nov mean C = 6.9
|Dec mean C = 4.2
|year mean C = 11.1
|Jan low C = −1.2
|Feb low C = −0.1
|Mar low C = 1.0
|Apr low C = 2.6
|May low C = 5.8
|Jun low C = 9.2
|Jul low C = 11.7
|Aug low C = 12.0
|Sep low C = 9.8
|Oct low C = 6.0
|Nov low C = 2.1
|Dec low C = 0.2
|year low C = 4.9
|Jan record low C = −18.8
|Feb record low C = −16.0
|Mar record low C = −12.4
|Apr record low C = −6.5
|May record low C = −5.4
|Jun record low C = −0.5
|Jul record low C = 2.4
|Aug record low C = 2.4
|Sep record low C = −0.4
|Oct record low C = −5.6
|Nov record low C = −9.2
|Dec record low C = −12.6
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 42
|Feb precipitation mm = 33
|Mar precipitation mm = 23
|Apr precipitation mm = 48
|May precipitation mm = 54
|Jun precipitation mm = 35
|Jul precipitation mm = 19
|Aug precipitation mm = 19
|Sep precipitation mm = 30
|Oct precipitation mm = 45
|Nov precipitation mm = 48
|Dec precipitation mm = 55
|year precipitation mm = 455
|Jan humidity = 86
|Feb humidity = 76
|Mar humidity = 66
|Apr humidity = 66
|May humidity = 65
|Jun humidity = 58
|Jul humidity = 49
|Aug humidity = 51
|Sep humidity = 58
|Oct humidity = 72
|Nov humidity = 81
|Dec humidity = 87
|year humidity = 68
|Jan precipitation days = 7
|Feb precipitation days = 6
|Mar precipitation days = 5
|Apr precipitation days = 8
|May precipitation days = 9
|Jun precipitation days = 5
|Jul precipitation days = 3
|Aug precipitation days = 3
|Sep precipitation days = 4
|Oct precipitation days = 7
|Nov precipitation days = 7
|Dec precipitation days = 8
|year precipitation days = 71
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan sun = 120
|Feb sun = 155
|Mar sun = 203
|Apr sun = 220
|May sun = 264
|Jun sun = 313
|Jul sun = 361
|Aug sun = 340
|Sep sun = 245
|Oct sun = 196
|Nov sun = 136
|Dec sun = 98
|year sun = 2645
|source 1 =Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (normals 1971–2000)<ref name = AEM>{{cite web |url=http://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=2539&k=cle
  |title=Valores climatológicos normales. Valladolid Aeropuerto
  |publisher = Agencia Estatal de Meteorología
  |language = es
  |access-date= 22 September 2012}}</ref>
|source 2 = Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (extremes only 1938–2012)<ref name = extremes>{{cite web
  |url=http://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/efemerides_extremos?w=0&k=cle&datos=det&l=2539
  |title=Valores extremos. Valladolid Aeropuerto
  |publisher=Agencia Estatal de Meteorología
  |language=es
  |access-date=22 September 2012
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215190816/http://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/efemerides_extremos?w=0&k=cle&datos=det&l=2539
  |archive-date=15 December 2013
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>
|date=September 2012}}