Continental Mediterranean climate: Information from Answers.com

Continental Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Dsa, Dsb, Dsc) is a very rare variant of the Continental climate and Mediterranean climate typically found in the interior of the Iberian peninsula (the Meseta and the Ebro valley), inner parts of Anatolia, inland Sicily, and the inland of Central Chile, due to the limited influence of the sea. It is a Mediterranean climate, but with some typical features of Continental, like cold and dry winters and warm summers. The difference between average temperatures in winter and summer is 18.5°C. In summer, temperatures are often above 30°C, and frosts are common in winter. Rainfall is very similar to Mediterranean climate: 400-600 mm, with peaks in autumn and spring. The Continental aspects of this climate are more important with higher altitude.

Map of the areas with Continental Mediterranean climate.

Climate chart for Madrid (667 m above sea level).

Climate chart for Burgos (856 m above sea level).

Examples

Charts of Selected Cities

San Bernardino

Climate chart

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
89 17 3	94 19 4	83 20 5	24 22 8	10 25 10	2 29 12	1 34 16	6 34 16	10 32 14	18 27 10	31 22 6	49 18 3
average max. and min. temperatures in °C
precipitation totals in mm
source: Weatherbase^[1]

Imperial conversion

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
3.5 63 37	3.7 66 39	3.3 68 41	0.9 72 46	0.4 77 50	0.1 84 54	0 93 61	0.2 93 61	0.4 90 57	0.7 81 50	1.2 72 43	1.9 64 37
average max. and min. temperatures in °F
precipitation totals in inches

Talca

Climate chart

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
2 30 14	2 28 14	17 25 12	64 19 8	105 15 5	130 12 3	182 10 2	128 12 3	70 14 6	34 18 8	12 22 12	3 29 14
average max. and min. temperatures in °C
precipitation totals in mm
source: Weatherbase^[2]

Imperial conversion

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
0.1 86 57	0.1 82 57	0.7 77 54	2.5 66 46	4.1 59 41	5.1 54 37	7.2 50 36	5 54 37	2.8 57 43	1.3 64 46	0.5 72 54	0.1 84 57
average max. and min. temperatures in °F
precipitation totals in inches

Burgos

Climate chart

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
46 7 -1	42 9 -1	31 12 1	65 13 2	69 17 6	46 22 8	30 26 11	27 27 11	26 23 9	50 17 6	56 11 2	57 8 0
average max. and min. temperatures in °C
precipitation totals in mm
source: ^[3]

Imperial conversion

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
1.8 45 30	1.7 48 30	1.2 54 34	2.6 55 36	2.7 63 43	1.8 72 46	1.2 79 52	1.1 81 52	1 73 48	2 63 43	2.2 52 36	2.2 46 32
average max. and min. temperatures in °F
precipitation totals in inches

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References

^ "San Bernardino, California". Weatherbase. http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=722865&refer=. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
^ "Talca". Weatherbase. http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=098261&refer=&units=metric. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
^ "Valores Climatológicos Normales. Burgos / B. Aérea". AEMET. http://www.aemet.es/es/elclima/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=2331&k=cle. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

v • d • e Climate types under the Köppen climate classification

Class A	Equatorial (Af) · Tropical monsoon (Am) · Tropical savanna (Aw, As)

Class B	Desert (Bwh, Bwk, Bwn) · Semi-arid (Bsh, Bsk)

Class C	Humid subtropical (Cfa, Cwa) · Oceanic (Cfb, Cwb, Cfc) · Mediterranean (Csa, Csb)

Class D	Humid continental (Dfa, Dwa, Dfb, Dwb) · Subarctic (Dfc, Dwc, Dfd, Dwd) · Continental Mediterranean (Dsa, Dsb, Dsc)

Class E	Polar (ET, EF)

Class H	Alpine (H)

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