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Athens is located at a transition point between the Mediterranean and the Alpine climatic zones.
The city enjoys a typical Mediterranean climate, with the greatest amounts of precipitation mainly occurring from mid-October to mid-April;
any precipitation is sparse during summer and falls generally in the form of showers and/or thunderstorms.
Because it is located in a strong rain shadow, however, Athens is very dry compared with most of Mediterranean Europe.
The mountainous northern suburbs, however, experience a somewhat differentiated climate
with generally lower temperatures and more considerable snowfalls in winter.
Fog is highly unusual at the city center but is more frequent to the east, behind the Hymettus mountain range.

Snowfalls occur in an almost yearly basis, though these do not normally lead to significant if any disruptions at all.
Nevertheless, the city has experienced its share of blizzard-like conditions, demonstrated in severe episodes that, in fact,
tend to become more and more often in this current decade.
The most recent examples include the blizzard of March 1987, February 1992, January 2002, February 2004 and January 2006
all dumping heavy amounts of snow that literally blanketed the entire metropolitan area for days.

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