Sicily has a warm Mediterranean climate. The summer months of July and August can be very hot and dry. The temperatures below are for Palermo and are taken from the worldweather.org website.

Month	Mean Temperature ^oC		Mean Total Precipitation (mm)	Mean Number of Precipitation Days
Month	Daily Minimum	Daily Maximum	Mean Total Precipitation (mm)	Mean Number of Precipitation Days
Jan	10.2	14.8	71.6	9.7
Feb	10.1	15.1	65.4	10.0
Mar	10.9	16.1	59.5	8.7
Apr	12.9	18.4	44.1	6.1
May	16.0	21.8	25.5	3.2
Jun	19.7	25.1	12.2	1.6
Jul	22.9	28.3	5.1	0.8
Aug	23.6	28.8	13.3	1.6
Sep	21.5	26.6	41.5	4.1
Oct	17.8	22.9	98.0	8.3
Nov	14.3	19.3	94.3	9.4
Dec	11.5	16.0	80.0	10.8

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Month	Mean Temperature ^oF		Mean Total Precipitation (mm)	Mean Number of Precipitation Days
Month	Daily Minimum	Daily Maximum	Mean Total Precipitation (mm)	Mean Number of Precipitation Days
Jan	50.4	58.6	71.6	9.7
Feb	50.2	59.2	65.4	10.0
Mar	51.6	61.0	59.5	8.7
Apr	55.2	65.1	44.1	6.1
May	60.8	71.2	25.5	3.2
Jun	67.5	77.2	12.2	1.6
Jul	73.2	82.9	5.1	0.8
Aug	74.5	83.8	13.3	1.6
Sep	70.7	79.9	41.5	4.1
Oct	64.0	73.2	98.0	8.3
Nov	57.7	66.7	94.3	9.4
Dec	52.7	60.8	80.0	10.8

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