Humid continental climate facts for kids
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900. A place with a humid continental climate has big seasonal temperature differences. It has warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes very cold in the northern areas) winters. Precipitation usually happens throughout the year. In a humid continental climate, the average temperature of the coldest month must be below −3 °C (26.6 °F) (or 0 °C (32.0 °F)) and there must be at least four months whose average temperatures are at or above 10 °C (50 °F).
Humid continental climates are usually found between latitudes 40° N and 60° N, within the central and northeastern parts of North America, Europe, and Asia.
Images for kids
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Mixed forest in Vermont during autumn
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Regions with hot-summer humid continental climates
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Regions with warm-summer humid continental climates
See also
In Spanish: Clima continental húmedo para niños
