Vico Equense

Vico Equense is part of the greater Bay of Naples metropolitan area and is a tourist destination. Located on a tuff cliff, it is relatively close to the ferry to the island of Capri, the volcano Vesuvius, the Monte Faito and the ancient town of Pompeii.

The weather in Vico Equense is generally mild and humid all year round: the town experiences a hot-summer-Mediterranean climate . Summers are long, lasting from mid/late May to mid/late September with average highs in the 80s and average lows around 66-74 degrees Fahrenheit . Rainfall is low but brief afternoon thunderstorms are not uncommon, humidity values stand between 50 and 80%. The hottest part of the year is mid-July to mid-August.
Autumn begins in October and lasts until early December with temperature in the 50s and low 60s during the night and in the 60s or low 70s during the day. Autumn is the rainiest season, with October, November and December being the wettest months of the year; on average 14 inches of rain falls in those three months.
Winters are cool to cold, but rather short, lasting from mid/late December to late February or March, depending on years. Rain is usual and the temperature stands in the mid-40s at night and in the low 50s during the day. It is common to have sunny and mild days even in the middle of January. Snowfall is occasional at higher elevations, in the town centre is rare and accumulations are even rarer, frost happens generally once every several years. The coldest month is January but recent winters had seen cold episodes in late February.
In March the weather is changeable, often windy and cool, sometimes rainy, sometimes sunny, temperatures between the mid/upper 40s and the upper 50s or low 60s . Episodes of cold on 22 March 2017) or warmth on 7 March 2019) have been recorded throughout the month.
Spring is very pleasant with temperatures in the 50s at night and between the lower 60s and the lower 70s at daytime . Rainfall is less frequent from March all over to June but not uncommon. In May the first thunderstorms of the "cherry season" occur.
The highest temperature ever recorded was 100 °F on 11 August 2021; the lowest was 29.1 °F on 31 December 2014. The highest overnight low temperature was 82.2°F on 11 August 2021, the lowest daytime high temperature was 37.4°F on 7 January 2017. The area suffered from extreme drought during the latter half of 2016 and all of 2017, a year when numerous wildfires destroyed much of the forest cover on Mt. Vesuvius.
The heaviest snowfall in the town centre was 0.7 inches on 31 December 2014 and 27 February 2018 and the most severe frost occurred on 6–8 January 2017, which are the coldest three days of the last decades. There are on average 0 days below freezing and 8 days where the temperature fails to reach 50 °F . There are also about 15 days where the temperature climbs to 90 °F . The first day that sees temperature at or above 70 °F is on average in late April; the first day on which temperature reaches 80 °F is in early June.
Due to climate change, Vico Equense is experiencing cold and hot extremes as it has never seen before, along with drought and heavy rainfall or hail in such severe storms that are unprecedented in the region's meteorological history. For example, record cold and unusual snowfall, prolonged periods of muggy and hot weather during the summer or the wind storm of 29 October 2018 when the highest wind speed and gust ever recorded occurred: respectively 44 knots and 60 knots .

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