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With regard to the climatology included in the monography on Cabrera published in 1993, the subsequent operation of two new climatological stations in the main island (Cabrera), one with temperature data, in addition to those of rainfall, and the other with complete data, including wind and humidity, has allowed to complete the previous climatology with much more local information. From here the behaviour of Cabrera has been evaluated as a factor of its own climate, with the result that the effects associated with the presence of the island, on the wind, the temperature and the precipitation are not negligible, but they are much more moderate than those that generate larger islands, such as Menorca or Eivissa and, of course, Mallorca. Cabrera is situated, climatically speaking, halfway between what would be a costal islet and a larger island. About the climate of Cabrera, it can be added that it is quite windy and maritime, fully representative of the Mediterranean area where the archipelago is located, with strong seasonality, changing from a warm and dry summer to a period with temperate temperature and variable rainfall, with an also alternate wind regime, from predominance of eastern winds in summer to predominance of western winds in winter. The climate of Cabrera is not clearly arid, but it is not far from aridity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]