Page "Geography of Lebanon" Paragraph 24

In the Lebanon Mountains the gradual increase in altitude produces colder winters with more precipitation and snow.

The summers have a wider daily range of temperatures and less humidity.

In the winter, frosts are frequent and snows heavy ; in fact, snow covers the highest peaks for much of the year.

In the summer, temperatures may rise as high during the daytime as they do along the coast, but they fall far lower at night.

Inhabitants of the coastal cities, as well as visitors, seek refuge from the oppressive humidity of the coast by spending much of the summer in the mountains, where numerous summer resorts are located.

Both the khamsin and the north winter wind are felt in the Lebanon Mountains.

The influence of the Mediterranean Sea is abated by the altitude and, although the precipitation is even higher than it is along the coast, the range of temperatures is wider and the winters are more severe.