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Sardinia has essentially a Mediterranean climate; the influences of the sea are found nearly eve-rywhere in the island.
The sea helps to control the seasonal average temperatures. The annual average for almost all the regions varies between 14 °C and 18 °C. In the interior in the summer the average temperature is around 30°C, the maximum can reach 40°C, coastal areas average around 24°C. In winter the average temperatures are 9 to 10°C; however temperatures in all regions can drop as low as 0°C.
The wettest part of the year is between November and December. Rainfall is almost completely absent between July and August, and irregular at other times of the year. The precipitations pass from the 500-600 annual mm in the level areas, to the 700-800 mm on the first hilly rises of the hinterland; above 900 m the 1000 mm of precipitations are also made up by snow. In the high Gennargentu, above 1500 m a snow persists for a number of months.
The mountainous regions tend to be windy, especially in the winter. The mistral blows with a lot of violence and originates form the northwest.
Up to today Sardinia has many natural aspects that have been preserved intact. The landscape often appears wild and devoid of human presence; in some places this results in a rare beauty not found in other parts of the Mediterranean.
The island has an ancient geological history; combined with its distance from the continental masses of Europe and Africa it has developed a great deal of flora and fauna of particular note. As a result some of the islands rare natural environments have been preserved in national parks. These are: the national park of the Gennargentu, the natural reserve of the island of Caprera and Capo Caccia, the na-tional park of the peninsula of Sinis (on the western coast), the sea park of the Head of Carbonara and the natural reserve of the Pond of Molentargius in the proximity of Cagliari, in which great colonies of aquatic birds live.