Mersin

Mersin

Understand Mersin Climate chart (explanation) JFMAMJJASOND 116 15 8 79 16 8 56 19 11 35 22 14 27 26 19 12 29 23 9.3 32 26 7.3 33 26 13 31 23 36 28 19 80 22 13 163 17 9 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation+Snow totals in mm Imperial conversion JFMAMJJASOND 4.6 59 46 3.1 61 47 2.2 66 52 1.4 72 58 1.1 78 65 0.5 84 73 0.4 89 78 0.3 91 79 0.5 88 74 1.4 82 65 3.2 72 55 6.4 62 48 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation+Snow totals in inches Mersin stands on the flat, fertile Çukurova plain, and was a major port for the Romans, yet thereafter it was a backwater until modern times. Its big break came with the American Civil War of 1861-65, when cotton from the Confederate States was embargoed and Europe suffered a shortage. The plains were quickly turned over to cotton production, harbour facilities were developed, and the railway arrived. Mersin also exported livestock and imported…

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