Talk:Humid continental climate

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[edit] Subarctic or Humid Continental if summer lasts 3 and a half month?

The article about subarctic climate says 90 days frost freee periode at most and no more than 3 months of summer (mean 24-hr average at least 10°C). However, this article says that an area with summer lasting less than four months (and winter colder than -3) has a subarctic climate. A substantial area in Scandinavia, Russia and Canada have summers lasting more than 3 months and less than 4 months. Lillehammer, Norway, has a summer lasting on average 108 days, frost free periode is a bit longer, while winter (average below freezing) lasts 5 months, with January average -9 C. So is this a humid continental (Dfb) climate or subarctic (Dfc) climate?

It is based on the monthly average of calendar months, so such is averaged out. It all depends on how everything averages out. CrazyC83 00:52, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, but for research purposes more precision is needed, and it seems as the line often is drawn at 100 days of summer. Orcaborealis 11:28, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charleston, WV & Roanoke, VA

Can anyone prove that Charleston and Roanoke is is in the Humid Continental climate zone? Those cities do have mountains, but they are not high enough to make a huge difference. The coldest areas of West Virginia and Virginia are in the Allegheny Mountain range. Neither city is located in that area. The Punk 08:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)