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Location: Segovia, central Spain, 1230 m asl, Csb Mediterranean with strong continental influence, 40º43 N
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There are some cities in Spain and Portugal who are near to the boundary mediterranean with some continental influence/oceanic:
Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain.
Pamplona, Spain.
Ourense, Spain.
Viseu, Portugal.
We have discussed this on the forum earlier, and personally I think this is an example how flawed and outdated the Köppen system is. Stockholm, which had a 4 month continuous snowpack and a record high of 0.2C during one month just a couple of years ago, and a permanent snowpack since 29.11. last year, cannot with any common sense be considered oceanic, though long term averages might be -2.9C during the coldest month.
I agree. Speaking as a person living in an oceanic climate, winters in Stockholm are a world away from here - even our coldest winter months can only just rival an average Stockholm January, but they're still nothing compared to a cold January in Stockholm. If a climate is capable of having a -9C average high and a -18C average min, then it can't be oceanic at all.
Stockholm can also have mild and rainy winters, even though many of the recent ones have been pretty cold and snowy. And of course winters in stockholm are cold compared to the uk - so are pretty much all of central/western europes winters. That doesen't mean all of central/western europe is Dfb. Record cold months are pretty irrelavant. By that logic Paris would be Dfb too, since they have experienced winter-months with means below -6C.
When i think of Dfb climates, i think of climates that can sustain snowpack for months most winters, even ones that are slightly above average. Stockholms fails that criteria. Helsinki don't. If you would look at a period with mild winters - such as 1990-2000 - the difference in snow-days between those two cities is very large.
Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India seems to be a transition zone between Humid Subtropical and Tropical Wet and Dry. Here is a link. Quite an interesting climate:
Fort Worth, Texas is another transition climate between Humid Subtropical and Semi Arid Climate. I have also provided a link for this. However, now Texans are going to complain and whine about how hot and humid Fort worth actually is in the summer. Fun to watch .
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