A continental climate with a hot summer is associated with the northeastern United States, and the northern margins of the Central Asian steppe.
It is labelled ‘Dfa’ by the Köppen–Geiger scheme for the classification of climates, which requires:
- the warmest month of the year to have an average temperature of 22 °C or above
- at least four months of the year to have an average temperature of 10 °C or above
- the coldest month of the year to have an average temperature below -3 °C
- annual precipitation to exceed the annual potential evapotranspiration.
Explore places with the (Dfa) climate
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Almaty | Kazakhstan |
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Boston | Massachusetts | United States of America | Dfa, bordering on Cfa |
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Bucharest / București | Romania | Dfa, bordering on Cfa |
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Cheonan | South Korea | Dfa, bordering on Dwa |
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Chicago | Illinois | United States of America |
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Chișinău | Moldova |
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Dnìpro | Ukraine | Dfa, bordering on Dfb |
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Hamilton | Ontario | Canada | Dfa, bordering on Dfb |
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Minneapolis | Minnesota | United States of America |
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Rostov-on-Don / Rostov-na-Donu | Rostov / Rostovskaâ oblast’ | Russia |
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Sapporo | Japan | Dfa, bordering on Dfb |
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Saratov | Saratov / Saratovskaâ oblast’ | Russian Federation |
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Toronto | Ontario | Canada | Dfa, bordering on Dfb |
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Urmia / Orumiye | Iran | Dfa, bordering on BSk |
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Ürümqi | Xinjiang Uygur AR / Xīnjiāng Wéiwú’ěr Zìzhìqū | People’s Republic of China | Dfa, bordering on BSk |
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Volgograd | Volgograd / Volgogradskaâ oblast’ | Russian Federation |
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Windsor | Ontario | Canada |
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