continental climate

noun

a climate characterized by hot summers, cold winters, and little rainfall, typical of the interior of a continent

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How to use continental climate in a sentence

The continents do not penetrate far enough into the arctic zone to develop a pure continental climate in the highest latitudes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 | Various
Southern and eastern England, however, probably had a dry continental climate.
Climatic Changes | Ellsworth Huntington
We have now only to speak of the great central plateau, the continental climate of Spain, and its productions.
Spain | Wentworth Webster
Incidentally, she would have a conference, in a bright continental climate, and earn some money.
Mystery at Geneva | Rose Macaulay
As compared with a marine climate, a continental climate has a large annual and daily range of temperature.
Meteorology | Charles Fitzhugh Talman

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