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38 unusual facts about Köppen climate classification


Aldan, Russia

Aldan has the typical eastern Siberian subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) though it is affected by the Pacific Ocean more than localities in the lower Lena basin, which gives it much heavier rainfall during the summer than most of the republic, as well as a little more snowfall and considerably less extreme winter temperatures.

Anyang

The city actually lies on the border between steppe and the North China Plain, and as such, it has a four-season, monsoon-influenced climate, classified as a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk).

Balakovo

Balakovo has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) with long cold winters and warm, often hot summers.

Bamaga

Bamaga has a tropical savannah climate (Köppen Aw) with constantly high temperatures throughout the year.

Barabinsk

Barabinsk has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb), with very cold winters and warm summers.

Bayan-Ovoo, Khentii

Bayan-Ovoo has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with warm summers and severely cold winters.

Bayandelger, Sükhbaatar

Bayandelger has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with warm summers and very cold winters.

Bengbu

The area has a four-season humid subtropical climate with strong monsoon influences (Köppen climate classification Cwa), cool, sometimes cold, winters, and hot and humid summers.

Bodaybo

Bodaybo has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), with bitterly cold winters and warm summers.

Borzya

Borzya has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc), with severely cold winters and warm summers.

Dashbalbar, Dornod

Dashbalbar has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc) with warm summers and severely cold winters.

Geography of Omaha

Though located at approximately the same latitude as Rome, Italy, Omaha, by virtue of its location near the center of North America far from large bodies of water or mountain ranges, has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa), with hot summers and cold winters.

Ivdel

Ivdel has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), with very cold winters and warm summers.

Izhevsk

Izhevsk has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) with long cold winters and warm summers.

Kaiyuan, Liaoning

Kaiyuan has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), characterised by hot, humid summers and long, cold and windy, but dry winters.

Khalkhgol

Khalkhgol has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with warm summers and severely cold winters.

Khatgal, Khövsgöl

Khatgal experiences a subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc) with very long, very dry, frigid winters and short, mild, relatively wet summers.

Khujirt

Khujirt has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc) with mild summers and severely cold winters.

Khutag-Öndör

Khutag-Öndör has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with warm summers and severely cold winters.

Ko Samui

Ko Samui features a tropical monsoon climate under Köppen’s climate classification.

Kolpashevo

Kolpashevo has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), with very cold winters and warm summers.

Matad

Matad has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with warm summers and severely cold winters.

Mineralnye Vody

Mineralnye Vody's climate can be classified either as humid continental or humid subtropical (Köppen climate classification Dfa/Cfa).

Nevelsk

Nevelsk has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with cold winters, warm summers and generally heavy precipitation from the Aleutian Low, whose winds hit the town direct from the Sea of Japan.

Poste Montagnais, Quebec

Poste Montagnais has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), with long cold winters and short warm summers.

Quzhou

Quzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) with four distinctive seasons, characterised by hot, humid summers and chilly, cloudy and drier winters (with occasional snow).

Renchinlkhümbe

Renchinlkhümbe has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc) with mild summers and bitterly cold winters.

Shangluo

As with the other two anchoring cities of Shannan, Shangluo has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with cool winters, hot, humid summers, and ample precipitation by provincial standards.

Shanwei

Shanwei has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with short, mild to warm winters, and long, hot, humid summers.

Shaowu

Shaowu has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with short, mild winters and very hot, humid summers.

Sretensk

Sretensk has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc) bordering on a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb), with severely cold winters and warm summers.

Tongliao

Tongliao has a four-season, monsoon-influenced, continental steppe climate (Köppen BSk), with long, cold, windy, but dry winters, and hot, humid summers.

Tosontsengel, Zavkhan

Tosontsengel has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc) with mild summers and bitterly cold winters.

Tsogt-Ovoo, Ömnögovi

Tsogt-Ovoo has a cold desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWk) with very warm summers and very cold winters.

Weifang

Weifang has a monsoon-influenced, four-season climate, on the very borderline between humid continental and humid subtropical (Köppen Dwa/Cwa, respectively), with hot, humid summers, and cold but dry winters.

Xiangyang

Xiangyang has a monsoon-influenced, four season humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with cold, damp (but comparatively dry), winters, and hot, humid summers.

Yan'an

Yan'an has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwa) that borders on a steppe climate (Köppen BSk), with cold, dry, and moderately long winters, and hot, somewhat humid summers.

Zaoyang

Zaoyang has a monsoon-influenced, four season humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with cold, damp (but comparatively dry), winters, and hot, humid summers.


Esquel

Owing to its location on the immediate leeward side of the Andes, Esquel has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb), though it is much more continental than the more classic Mediterranean zones of central Chile, and frosts and even snow are common in the winter months from April to September.

Sahel

Since the threshold values of semi-aridity here (100–200 to 600 mm) are clearly lower than in the Köppen climate classification (390 to 780 mm for stations with mean annual temperature of 25°C and dry season centered in "winter", and even 440 to 880 mm at 30°C), the tropical semi-arid Sahelian climate, incidentally the hottest climate on Earth, is on the borderline of Köppen's hot semi-arid climates (BSh) and Köppen's hot arid climates (BWh).