Climate of Malta

thumb|upright=1.5|Sirocco wind Sirocco ( ) or scirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season.

strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from the Rhone valley into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean

Tramontane ( ) is a classical name for a northern wind. The exact form of the name and precise direction varies from country to country. The word came to English from Italian , which developed from Latin ( + ), "beyond/across the mountains", referring to the Alps in the North of Italy. The word has other non-wind-related senses: it can refer to anything that comes from, or anyone who lives on, the other side of mountains, or even more generally, anything seen as foreign, strange, or even barbarous.

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thumb|upright|Libeccio above Bastia The libeccio (; Leveche ; ; ; ; ; ) is the south-westerly wind of the Western Mediterranean (which predominates in northern Corsica all year round); it frequently raises high seas and may give violent westerly squalls. In summer it is most persistent, but in winter it alternates with the Tramontane (north-east or north). The word libeccio is Italian, coming from Greek through Latin, and originally means "Libyan".

Ostro (, , ), or Austro, is a southerly wind in the Mediterranean Sea, especially the Adriatic. Its name is Italian, derived from the Latin name Auster, which also meant a southerly wind. It is a warm and humid wind that often carries rain, but it is also sometimes identified with the Libeccio and Sirocco.

synthesis of weather conditions in Malta, characterized by long-term statistics (mean values, variances, probabilities of extreme values, etc.) of the meteorological elements in Malta