continental climate
Britishnoun
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“I am intoxicated by this landscape,” she wrote, “by the almost flat fields, the swamps, the hardwood bush, by the continental climate with its extravagant winters.”
From Los Angeles Times
The windswept steppe city infamous for its harsh continental climate became the capital in 1997.
From Reuters
New York, long considered to have a humid continental climate, has in recent years become part of the humid subtropical climate zone.
From New York Times
New York City, after years of being considered a humid continental climate, now sits within the humid subtropical climate zone.
From New York Times
For Ukrainians it has come as a surprise to see their continental climate seem more like the Mediterranean.
From BBC
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