Climate
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Lo que dice el Arxiduc:
“The climate of Lipari is, logically, more or less the same as that of Sicily and, due to its immediate proximity to the Strait of Messina, it is exposed to many rapid changes, which sometimes can lead to very extreme temperatures in a single day.
On the Lipari Islands, winds are especially strong, and the ancients were not mistaken when they designated this place as the kingdom of Aeolus. The winds change frequently; nevertheless, the prevailing ones are the warm wind from the southeast and the strong wind from the west, with intervals of humid wind from the southwest. When there is a strong sciroccowind, which blows with incredible force in the Strait of Messina, it whips up so much of Vulcano’s fine volcanic sand that the island disappears in a cloud of reddish dust. But the wind has to be strong to reach Lipari, and many times I have been quite astonished to leave Faro with a strong sciroccoblowing, only to find Lipari completely calm.”
Archduke Ludwig Salvator, Islas Lípari, 1895, Translation: Association of Friends of the Archduke, 2008.
Datos proyecto Nixe III:
We were surprised by fairly cool weather when we reached the Aeolian Islands despite the fact that it was mid June. At any rate, in the last few years sailing around the Mediterranean, we can attest that there is a definitive change in weather around Saint John’s Feast Day on June 24th with the arrival of the soft nights and “Dog Days” of summer. The Aeolian Islands were no exception and, as of that date, we spent several windless and extremely humid days in Pignataro Port on Lipari Island.
Other than that, we didn’t notice any significant differences with respect to the climate in the western Mediterranean we were accustomed to. However, we should note that the water temperature around the islands was relatively cooler due to the depth the water quickly drops to along the different coasts.
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