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Dominated by tropical air masses, wet season in summer, dryer season in winter
Florida is a good example. |
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| Humid Mesothermal Subtropical |
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Dominated by tropical air masses, but cool winters. High amounts of rainfall, especially in the hot and humid summers.
New Orleans is a good example. |
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Dominated by tropical air masses in summer and polar air masses in winter. Strong temperature changes between and within seasons. Rainfall throughout year with increase in summer.
Chicago and Montreal are good examples. |
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Dominated by polar air masses. Long cold winters, short cool summers. Low amount of precipitation. Continental position increases seasonal differences.
Fairbanks, Alaska is a good example. |
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Dominated by polar masses. Long cold winters, short mild season. Low amount of precipitation. Marine influence moderates seasonal differences.
Pt. Barrow, Alaska is a good example. |
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Mild winter with some precipitation, warm, sunny, dry, summers with extreme drought. On the coast marine influence causes especially small seasonal temperature differences.
Coast of California, Los Angeles in a good example. |
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| Humid Mesothermal Temperate |
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Precipitation in all months, with winter maximum. Large amount of precipitation, frequent storms and cloudiness. Coastal position small seasonal temperature difference.
Vancouver, British Columbia is a good example. |
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Midlatitude Steppe
Subtropical Steppe |
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Near desert conditions, distant from marine moisture sources (Great Plains) or in rainshadow (western Washinton). Summers warm to hot, winters cold. Precipitation maximum in summer. Continental position therefore large seasonal temperature difference.
Denver, Colorado is a good example. |
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Subtropical Desert
Midlatitude Desert |
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Very hot dry summers. Subtropical desert has warm dry winters, midlatitude deserts have cold dry winters. Little, precipitation clear skies. Moderate seasonal temperature change.
Yuma, Arizona is a good example. |
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| Climate depends upon altitude. Great variations possible from base of mountain to peak. |
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