Editing Sierra Nevada (Spain) (section)

=== Climate ===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Sierra Nevada has a [[Mediterranean climate]] (Csa/Csb), with different variations depending on the altitude. Above {{convert|2500|m|ft}} the climate is [[subarctic climate|subarctic]] (Dsc), due to the location's high elevation and low summer precipitation. With June and September being around the threshold of {{convert|10|C|F}} in mean temperature to avoid the subarctic classification, the climate at a slightly lower elevation is [[humid continental climate|humid continental]] (Dsa/Dsb). At an elevation slightly lower than that classification area; where February means average above {{convert|-3|C|F}}; it falls into the normal cool-summer mediterranean classification transitioning with the hot-summer variety in surrounding lowland areas. This renders Sierra Nevada's climate a highland cooled-down variety of a typical mediterranean climate. Summer and winter daytime temperatures are some 12&nbsp;°C lower than found in [[Granada]], differences that are even greater in spring as Sierra Nevada takes longer to approach the short summers. In May daytime highs in Sierra Nevada are around {{convert|4|C|F}} with Granada having an average of {{convert|24|C|F}}. The yearly temperature of {{convert|3.9|C|F}} at the ski station of Pradollano is in stark contrast to [[Granada]]'s {{convert|15.7|C|F}} and coastal [[Málaga]]'s {{convert|18.5|C|F}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aemet.es/en/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=5514&k=and |title=Standard climate values for Granada |publisher=Aemet.es |access-date=5 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208052408/http://www.aemet.es/en/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=5514&k=and |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aemet.es/en/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=6155A&k=and |title=Standard climate values for Málaga |publisher=Aemet.es |access-date=5 December 2015 |archive-date=4 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704212712/http://www.aemet.es/en/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=6155A&k=and |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Weather box
|location = Pradollano Ski Station (1975–1989); {{cvt|2507|m|ft}}
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan high C = 0.3
|Feb high C = -0.9
|Mar high C = 0.6
|Apr high C = 3.2
|May high C = 4.6
|Jun high C = 14.9
|Jul high C = 21.6
|Aug high C = 19.8
|Sep high C = 14.2
|Oct high C = 10.4
|Nov high C = 3.5
|Dec high C = 2.6
|year high C = 7.8
|Jan mean C = -2.9
|Feb mean C = -4.4
|Mar mean C = -3.4
|Apr mean C = -0.6
|May mean C = 0.9
|Jun mean C = 9.9
|Jul mean C = 16.6
|Aug mean C = 15.2
|Sep mean C = 9.9
|Oct mean C = 6.3
|Nov mean C = 0.1
|Dec mean C = -0.7
|year mean C = 3.9
|Jan low C = -6.1
|Feb low C = -7.9
|Mar low C = -7.5
|Apr low C = -4.3
|May low C = -2.9
|Jun low C = 5.6
|Jul low C = 11.9
|Aug low C = 10.6
|Sep low C = 5.7
|Oct low C = 2.2
|Nov low C = -3.3
|Dec low C = -4.0
|year low C = 0.0
|Jan precipitation mm = 86.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 91.2
|Mar precipitation mm = 78.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 53.8
|May precipitation mm = 53.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 29.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 6.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 11.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 33.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 69.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 85.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 93.1
|year precipitation mm = 692.0
|source 1 = Phytosociological Research Center<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucm.es/info/cif/station/es-prad2.htm |title=Datos climátológicos de Sierra Nevada |publisher=Phytosociological Research Center |language=es |access-date=2011-07-02 |archive-date=2012-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010050952/http://www.ucm.es/info/cif/station/es-prad2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|date=6 December 2015
|source 2 = Worldwide Bioclimatic Classification System ([[Complutense University of Madrid]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webs.ucm.es/info/cif/plot/es-prad2.htm |title=Diagramas Climáticos de Pradollano |publisher=S.Rivas-Martínez, Centro de Investigaciones Fitosociológicas, Madrid. |language=es |date=23 June 2020 |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=26 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626075212/https://webs.ucm.es/info/cif/plot/es-prad2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>}}