The Black Sea region, enjoys mild winters and a fair amount of rainfall throughout the year. In Central Anatolia, a typical plateau climate prevails where the summers are hot with minimum precipitation, and winters are cold with heavy and lasting snows. Villages may be isolated by severe snowstorms. Eastern Anatolia is rugged country with higher elevations, a more severe climate and greater precipitation than the central plateau. The climate of this region is most inhospitable.
Summers are hot and extremely dry, winters are bitterly cold.
Spring and autumn are both subject to sudden hot and cold spells. The rainfall is maximum in the middle and eastern coasts of the Black Sea and the western part of the Mediterranean. It is minimum around Lake Tuz and in Konya Plateau. Except for these areas and the Central Anatolia, the rainfall is average all over Turkey. All rights reserved.