The climate on the Medvednica mountain is typical for Central European mountain ranges. The average annual precipitation is around 1300 mm (Zagreb - Gri? 840 mm), also the reason for rich spring wells everywhere. The average annual temperature is around 7�C (Zagreb 12�C). There is a snow cover approximately for 100 days in a year, the thickest being in February, leaving the skiing slopes also covered with artificial snow when necessary. There is much more sunshine during the winter on Medvednica than in Zagreb or Zagorje, so it is not surprising that winter is the most visited season on the Medvednica mountain.
Medvednica, in comparison to the surrounding lowland area, behaves as an "island" in its climate characteristics, with more precipitation, lower temperatures, duration and quantity of snow cover. Medvednica area is located in temperature zone where air temperature decreases for 0.5�C for every 100 meters elevation. According to characteristics of annual rate of precipitation, Medvednica is characterized with continental precipitation regime with maximal precipitation during the warm part of the year (IV-IX month).
Temperature
During summer one can find pleasant refreshment on Medvednica and during winter temperature inversion is sometimes present. Anticyclone forms above the cold continent during winter. When its center is close, it is cold and gloomy in Zagreb and on Sljeme it is warmer. Mean annual air temperature on Medvednica is 6.2�C and in Zagreb 11.4�C. Mean temperature in summer months is on average 6�C lower than it is in Zagreb.
On average there are 15 days with temperature below �10�C, 8 days a year have average daily maximum higher than 25�C, and only one day above 30�C. The coldest month is January with mean monthly air temperature -3.1�C. The warmest month is July with average temperature 15.2�C. Insolation is much bigger than the one in Zagreb, about 100 hours annually. This difference is present during the
