Editing Westeros (section)

==Climate==
{{Main|Seasons}}
[[File:T Jedruszek wintertime ironborn.jpg|thumb|[[Ironborn]] raiders in wintertime, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Westeros's climate shifts from arid and dry desert climate in the furthest south to cold and harsh winters in the [[north]] and icy wasteland in the [[Lands of Always Winter]] in the farthest north.

Westeros and [[Essos]] both experience extremely long seasons of varying length, usually lasting at least a couple of years each. Days are longest in summer, shorter in other seasons,{{Ref|AGOT|21}}{{Ref|ASOS|73}} and shorter in the far north.{{Ref|ADWD|4}} Food can be grown in a glass garden in winter.{{Ref|ADWD|35}}

At the beginning of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', Westeros has enjoyed an unusually long decade-long summer of peace and plenty, and many fear that an equally long and harsh winter will follow. The end of the long summer comes at the outset of ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'', with the arrival of the [[white raven]]s from the Citadel. The official announcement of winter comes at the end of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]''.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

Storms are more frequent in autumn, making sailing the [[Narrow Sea]] more dangerous.{{Ref|ADWD|64}} Particularly violent storms often hit [[Storm's End]] and its environs. Of these storms, the greatest in living memory occurred in {{Date|166}} and {{Date|221}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: Storm’s End}}