has an oceanic climate (Cfb). However, it is close to being humid subtropical (Cfa) due to the mean temperature in July being just under 22 °C; even on those terms, the overnight lows in the winter bring the mean temperatures low enough for the city as a whole to have continental (Dfa/Dfb) influences with more distinct seasons. The average daily temperatures in summer in Merano lie between 27 and 30 °C, while at night temperatures usually drop to between 12 and 15 °C. The average daily temperatures in winter lie between 6 and 10 °C, while at night temperatures usually drop to between -4 and -2 °C. The wettest month is August with 96 mm, while the driest is February with only 25 mm. This data was measured at the weather station Merano/Quarazze at an altitude of 333 metres between 1983 and 2017. Culture Food The area is well known for its wines, both white and red, and vineyards extend right into the city. The local wine, Meraner Leiten (Meranese di collina), is a light red wine, best drunk young. There are also extensive orchards, and apples are exported throughout Europe. The Forst Brewery on the edge of the city produces a popular range of beers, sold throughout Italy and Europe. Cultural events Merano organizes the following events every year. Asfaltart Festival MeranOJazz Meraner Musikwochen Christmas market Merano Merano WineFestival People Early times Arbeo of Freising (died 784), early medieval author and bishop Johann Baptista Ruffini (1672–1749), salt trader 19th C Pius Zingerle (1801–1881), an Austrian Orientalist. Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815–1881 in Meran), a Bavarian general. Oskar Freiherr von Redwitz (1823–1891), a German poet, lived in Merano from 1872. Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle (1825–1892), poet and scholar. Peretz Smolenskin (1842–1885 in Meran), a Russian-born Zionist and Hebrew writer. Hermann von Tappeiner (1847–1927), physician and pharmacologist, used photodynamic therapy Sir Rudolf Carl von Slatin (1857–1932), soldier and Inspector General of Sudan Ferdinand Behrens (1862-1925), painter and city portraitist Leo Putz (1869–1940), Tyrolean painter Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendome (1872–1931), a French royal from the House of Orléans Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza (1879–1919), officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army and victim of sex scandals and swindles Richard Steidle (1881–1940 in Buchenwald), lawyer, leader of the paramilitary Heimwehr in Tyrol Erna Ellmenreich (1885–1976), operatic soprano, a member of the Staatstheater Stuttgart Oswald Menghin (1888–1973), university professor, prehistorians, minister of education