A continental climate with a hot-and-dry summer and a wet winter is associated with higher elevations than the similar but mediterranean ‘Csa’ climate.
It is labelled ‘Dsa’ 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
- the wettest month of winter to have at least 3 times more precipitation than the driest month of summer, which must receive less than 30 mm.
Explore places with the (Dsa) climate
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Arāk | Iran |
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Bishkek / Biškek | Kyrgyzstan |
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Cambridge | Idaho | United States of America |
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Hakkâri | Türkiye |
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Hamedān | Iran |
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Muş | Türkiye |
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Salt Lake City | Utah | United States of America | Dsa, bordering on Csa |
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Saqqez | Iran |
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Shymkent / Şymkent | Kazakhstan | Dsa, bordering on Csa |
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