Which climate is closest to a typical 4 season climate?

[Neptunepenguins]

I guess, since I made this post and poll, I should give my personal opinions on this. Going in order of the polling options.


San Antonio doesn't have a winter in my opinion. A few frosts a year and highs below freezing are extremely rare. It is also not all that wet outside of 4 months. The summers are very hot and the winter months are mild with a few cool days. Thunderstorms are also active here.

Plymouth, UK is oceanic with cool winters that might have some cold days but it isn't quite cold enough to have a continental winter. The summers aren't very warm at all, but are a little bit warm. The difference between winter and summer is smaller than any other climate on this list.

Munich is definitely seasonal. It is in the same classification as Plymouth, but it isn't the same by any means. The winters are cool, but cold periods are guaranteed. The summers are warm, but heat waves can happen. Not the coldest place nor the hottest place, but Munich will see a change in seasons. Another factor is that Munich does receive decent thunderstorms, well I have been told that the city does.


Honefoss is as seasonable as Munich. Just trade in the warmer Munich summers for a continental Honefoss winter. More snow and less thunderstorms.


Atlanta definitely has the summers, but the winters a only a tad cool with a few cold periods. Frosts are still way more common than San Antonio, and highs below freezing can occur. Snow will probably fall a few times in a year, but snowless winters can happen. Thunderstorms are decent here.

Seoul has the temperatures. The winters are cold and the summers are hot. Although neither the winters nor the summers are extreme by any means temperature wise. The fault of this climate is the fact that the winters are very dry, meaning little snow, and the summers are way too wet, because 120 hours of sunshine in July is pitiful. Even Plymouth is sunnier than that in July.


Salt Lake City is definitely seasonal. Winters are cold, and come with lots of snow! The summers are quite hot, however, they are very dry with a high diurnal range, which might make a few people turn away from this climate. Furthermore, the summers can have low overnight lows at times.


Guelph has cold winters with lots of snow, and warm summers with some hot periods. Thunderstorms are also common in the area, however, cold overnight lows in the summer can happen, but are very rare.


Novosibirsk has similar summers to Guelph, but aren't as stormy, so it loses points there. Though the winters are very cold, and dangerously cold nights can happen there. Furthermore, the record highs in the winter are only a tad above freezing. Snow can easily last the entire winter there. Although, for some that might be too extreme for a "typical" four season climate.

[forgotten username]

I would say SLC is my favourite here, but Guelph might more typical, although I prefer Toronto due to warmer summers.



Everything else is a bit too cold in the winter / too cool in the summer or too warm overall like Atlanta, where summer is too long for my tastes (any place with a summer longer than here is not ok for me)

[Crunch41]

Guelph is the most stereotypical four-season climate in my opinion. San Antonio is the least.


Four-season:
Munich
Honefoss
Seoul
Geulph
Novosibirsk

Borderline:
Atlanta, winter isn't cold and snowy
Salt Lake City, too dry in summer

Not Four-Season:
San Antonio, too warm in winter
Plymouth, too cool in summer