Does Victoria have a Mediterranean Climate?
You may have seen Victoria described as having a Mediterranean or perhaps a sub-Mediterranean climate. Is this just local boosterism? People are sometimes skeptical about these claims of a Mediterranean climate. After all, while we have great weather in Victoria, it’s not exactly southern California or the Greek Islands. Despite the skepticism, there is in fact truth to these claims. The Koppen classification system, developed by Russian German climatologist Wladimir Koppen in the late 19 th century, is one of the most widely used climate classification systems in the world. Under the Koppen system, the world’s climates are classified into five main groups: A – Tropical, B – Dry, C – Temperate, D – Continental, and E – Polar. Victoria falls in the the Temperate group, which is further classified based on the annual precipitation pattern, indicated by the second letter in the classification: s for dr...