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unusual facts about subarctic climate



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.

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.

Ivdel

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

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.

Kolpashevo

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

Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador

Although located at the same latitude as Ketchikan on North America’s west coast or Moscow in Europe, the influence of the Labrador Current gives Nain a marginal subarctic climate that is very close to a polar climate (ET), which creates the southernmost tree line in the northern hemisphere on the adjacent coast.

Poste Montagnais, Quebec

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

Renchinlkhümbe

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

Saguenay, Quebec

Under the Köppen classification system, Saguenay has a borderline humid continental climate verging on a subarctic climate.

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.

Tosontsengel, Zavkhan

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


see also

Hailar District

The Mohe-Huma-Hailar triangle between northern Heilongjiang and Northeastern Inner Monglia, which almost equivalent to China's subarctic climate zone, suffers the most severe cold winter in China.