Almost the entire territory of Macedonia lies between latitudes 40 and 42 degrees and is a transitional region between the Mediterranean and continental climates. Along the valleys of the Vardar and Strumica rivers the climate is temperate Mediterranean. The interior has a moderate continental climate with warm and dry summers and cold and wet winters.

The openness of the Aegean Sea river basin and the high mountains reaching 2,700 metres bring about an influence of the Mediterranean and continental climates, as a result of which there is insufficient rainfall (about 500-700 mm annually), badly distributed throughout the year. The temperature range also has wide oscillations. Maxumum summer temperatures in the majority of the agricultural areas reach up to 40 C, and the lowest winter temperatures drop to about -30 C, while the average annual temperatures are above +10 C almost everywhere, which is a characteristic of semi-arid areas.

The warmest region is Demir Kapija, where temperature in July and August exceeds 40 C.

There are 30 main and regular weather stations operating in Macedonia. The Hydro-Meteorological Office of Macedonia is the central institution carrying out computer data processing and maintaining regular link with neighbouring national hydro-meteorological institutions and the European and World Meteorological Associations.

The Hydro-Meteorological Office of Macedonia and the weather stations are also responsible for monitoring levels of air pollution.

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