Salerno sits along Italy’s central-southern coast, where a Mediterranean climate keeps summers dry and concentrates most rainfall into the autumn and winter months.
On the Gulf of Salerno south of Naples, the city’s coastal hills have produced serious flash floods in the past, including a deadly 1954 event. Coastal plains here can flood when heavy autumn rain combines with already-saturated ground from earlier storms, and radar helps track how quickly a new system is moving in. Learn more: Flash Flood Warning Signs on Radar · Open the full Rain Map