A cool subarctic climate with a cold-and-dry summer and a wet winter is associated with higher altitudes and elevations than the warmer ‘Dsb’ climate.
It is labelled ‘Dsc’ by the Köppen–Geiger scheme for the classification of climates, which requires:
- all months of the year to have an average temperature less than 22 °C
- between one and three 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 (Dsc) climate
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Bodie | California | United States of America | Dsc, bordering on Dsb |
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Inukjuak | Québec | Canada | Dsc, bordering on ET |
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Nyurba / Nûrba | Sakha-Yakutia / Republic Saha (Âkutiâ) | Russian Federation | Dsc, bordering on Dfc |
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Soldotna | Alaska | United States of America |
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