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==Climate== Lindos has a [[hot-summer Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: Csa) strongly influenced by the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Lindos has mild winters and particularly hot and dry summers while rain falls mostly in the winter. Lindos has an annual average temperature of {{convert|22|C}} and is Greece's warmest area annually. The climate in this village is very hot for its latitude. For example, Lindos is 7°C hotter than Busan, South Korea in annual averages and 10°C warmer in winter, despite Busan is quite closer to the equator. While being in the same latitude at Virginia, US, the village has temperatures of Northern Florida. <ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url =https://www.meteo.gr/climate/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927081043/https://meteo.gr/climate/|archive-date=27 September 2022|title= Climate |publisher = National Observatory of Athens|language = el}}</ref><ref name="National Observatory of Athens">{{cite web | url=https://www.meteo.gr/article_view.cfm?entryID=173 | title=The warmest area of the country is | publisher=National Observatory of Athens | access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref> On average Lindos records 6.1 days each year with minimum temperatures over 30.0 °C.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://meteosearch.meteo.gr/data/index.cfm | title=Meteo search | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref> In August 2021, the [[National Observatory of Athens]] station in Lindos registered the all-time highest mean monthly temperature in Europe.<ref name="Dimokratiki">{{cite web | url=https://www.dimokratiki.gr/01-09-2021/i-lindos-espase-to-rekor-ton-ypsiloteron-thermokrasion/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927235324/https://www.dimokratiki.gr/01-09-2021/i-lindos-espase-to-rekor-ton-ypsiloteron-thermokrasion/ |archive-date=27 September 2022| title=Η Λίνδος έσπασε το ρεκόρ των υψηλότερων θερμοκρασιών | date=September 2021 | publisher=Dimokratiki}}</ref> Also, during the summer of 2024, Lindos recorded the highest average summer temperature in [[Europe]] with {{convert|32.0|°C|1}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dimokratiki.gr/03-09-2024/proti-i-lindos-stin-evropi-me-tin-ypsiloteri-mesi-kalokerini-thermokrasia | title=Lindos tops summer average temperature European record | publisher=Dimokratiki newspaper | accessdate=3 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.anexartitos.gr/serres-emy-neo-rekor-mesi-megistis-thermokrasias-kalokairioy | title=Summer 2024 | publisher=Anexartitos newspaper | accessdate=3 September 2024}}</ref> Moreover, according to the [[Hellenic National Meteorological Service]] SE Rhodes, where Lindos is near, registers the highest mean annual sunshine in Greece with over 3.100 hours.<ref name="Climatic Atlas of Greece">{{cite web | url=http://climatlas.hnms.gr/sdi/ | title=Climatic Atlas of Greece | publisher=[[Hellenic National Meteorological Service]] | accessdate=28 September 2022}}</ref> {{Weather box | location = Lindos 65 m a.s.l. | metric first = yes | single line = yes | Jan record high C = 21.9 | Feb record high C = 24.8 | Mar record high C = 25.9 | Apr record high C = 32.4 | May record high C = 36.2 | Jun record high C = 43.6 | Jul record high C = 42.7 | Aug record high C = 43.1 | Sep record high C = 39.8 | Oct record high C = 37.9 | Nov record high C = 27.2 | Dec record high C = 22.5 |Jan high C=16.4 |Feb high C=16.9 |Mar high C=18.6 |Apr high C=22.5 |May high C=26.9 |Jun high C=31.8 |Jul high C=35.5 |Aug high C=35.0 |Sep high C=31.6 |Oct high C=26.7 |Nov high C=22.0 |Dec high C=18.3 |Jan mean C= 13.8 |Feb mean C=14.2 |Mar mean C=15.7 |Apr mean C=19.1 |May mean C=23.2 |Jun mean C=27.9 |Jul mean C=31.5 |Aug mean C=31.4 |Sep mean C=28.2 |Oct mean C=23.7 |Nov mean C=19.4 |Dec mean C=15.8 |Jan low C= 11.3 |Feb low C= 11.6 |Mar low C= 12.8 |Apr low C=15.7 |May low C=19.5 |Jun low C=24.1 |Jul low C=27.6 |Aug low C=27.8 |Sep low C=24.8 |Oct low C=20.7 |Nov low C=16.7 |Dec low C= 13.2 | Jan record low C = 1.1 | Feb record low C = 3.3 | Mar record low C = 3.1 | Apr record low C = 9.4 | May record low C = 13.8 | Jun record low C = 16.8 | Jul record low C = 21.1 | Aug record low C = 24.0 | Sep record low C = 16.3 | Oct record low C = 13.1 | Nov record low C = 8.8 | Dec record low C = 4.3 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm=107.2 |Feb rain mm=74.5 |Mar rain mm=45.1 |Apr rain mm=10.8 |May rain mm=11.0 |Jun rain mm=2.5 |Jul rain mm=1.4 |Aug rain mm=0.04 |Sep rain mm=6.1 |Oct rain mm=22.5 |Nov rain mm=77.0 |Dec rain mm=123.9 |source 1=[[National Observatory of Athens]] (May 2014-Feb 2025)<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url =https://www.meteo.gr/climate/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927081043/https://meteo.gr/climate/|archive-date=27 September 2022|title= Climate |publisher = National Observatory of Athens|language = el}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.meteo.gr/Monthly_Bulletins.cfm | title=N.O.A Monthly Bulletins }}</ref> |source 2=[[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref name="WMO">{{cite web | url=https://oscar.wmo.int/surface/#/search/station/stationReportDetails/0-300-1-lindos|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712151921/https://oscar.wmo.int/surface/#/search/station/stationReportDetails/0-300-1-lindos |archive-date=12 July 2023 |title=World Meteorological Organization | accessdate=12 July 2023}}</ref> }}
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