The negative form of "extreme"

Question

What is the negative form of the word "extreme" for this context:

Temperature/climate insignificantly influences the production of honey due to
the  ______(non-extreme)______  temperature during monsoon season.

Answer 1

A common antonym of extreme, in contexts ranging from weather to politics, is moderate:

ODO:

• Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.   ‘we walked at a moderate pace’
• (of a person, party, or policy) not radical or excessively right- or left-wing.   ‘a moderate reform program’

American Heritage Dictionary:

1. Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:    a moderate price.
2. Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:  a moderate climate.
3. • Of medium or average quantity or extent.
   • Of limited or average quality; mediocre.
4. Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion.

Macmillan Dictionary:

neither very great nor very small in amount, size, strength, or degree
Cook the spinach over a moderate heat.
A moderate earthquake shook the San Francisco bay area this afternoon.
We need more housing for moderate-income families.
This is a new drug for treating mild to moderate depression.