- ) or Indian peninsula (Islamabad, Pakistan; New Delhi, India; Kathmandu, Nepal) and more ... (Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Hong Kong; Hanoi, Vietnam)
- Cwb:
- Csa: this is the most well known Mediterranean Climate: Beirut, Lebanon; Tangier, Morocco; Rome, Italy; Lisbon, Portugal; Izmir, Turkey (Csa); Rasht, Gilan Province, Iran; Los Angeles, California, Perth, Australia. In these places, between 30-45° (latitude) north or south, weather is influenced by polar climate, during winters, producing moderate temperatures and changeable, rainy weather, and by the subtropical high pressure systems, during summers, that are hot and dry, except in coastal areas, where summers are milder.
- Csb: If you go norther, you will find dry, cooler summer months and the Oceanic climate (Cfb), like in Coruña, Spain; Porto, Portugal; Potenza, Italy; San Francisco, California; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Cape Town, South Africa;
- Cfa: closer to the equator, on the eastern coasts and eastern sides of continents, we have the Humid subtropical climates with warm and moist conditions in the summer months and thundershowers (typical of southern United States, China and Japan)
Examples
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Cfa)
Montevideo, Uruguay (Cfa)
Asunción, Paraguay (Cfa, bordering on Aw)
Campinas, Brazil (Cfa)
Porto Alegre, Brazil (Cfa)
São Paulo, Brazil (Cfa)
Brisbane, Australia (Cfa)
Sydney, Australia (Cfa)
Albury, Australia (Cfa)
Washington DC, United States (Cfa)
Orlando, Florida, United States (Cfa)
Dallas, Texas, United States (Cfa)
Astara, Azerbaijan (Cfa)
Horta, Azores, Portugal (Cfa)
Flores Island, Azores, Portugal (Cfa, bordering on Cfb)
Adapazarı, Turkey (Cfa)
Belgrade, Serbia (Cfa)
Lugano, Switzerland (Cfa, bordering on Cfb)
Sochi, Russia (Cfa)
Kutaisi, Georgia (Cfa)
Koper, Slovenia (Cfa)
Kozani, Greece (Cfa)
Milan, Italy (Cfa)
Venice, Italy (Cfa)
Srinagar, India (Cfa)
Shanghai, China (Cfa)
Taipei, Taiwan (Cfa)
Tokyo, Japan (Cfa)
Osaka, Japan (Cfa)
Durban, South Africa (Cfa)
Each group and subgroup is represented by a letter. All climates are assigned a main group (the first letter). All climates except for those in the E group are assigned a seasonal precipitation subgroup (the second letter). For example, Af indicates a tropical rainforest climate. The system assigns a temperature subgroup for all groups other than those in the A group, indicated by the third letter for climates in B, C, and D, and the second letter for climates in E. For example, Cfb indicates an oceanic climate with warm summers as indicated by the ending b. Climates are classified based on specific criteria unique to each climate type.[8]
The Thornthwaite system, [4] in use since 1948, incorporates evapotranspiration along with temperature and precipitation information and is used in studying biological diversity and how climate change affects it. The Bergeron and Spatial Synoptic Classification systems focus on the origin of air masses that define the climate of a region.