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But now that you've made me think of it, the average february high would be a bit cooler and March would be a bit warmer, because right now the temp curve looks weird.
Be careful, it might turn to Junidorf if you adjust them to be too warm! But yes, the change by 20C highs is sick. It's like Balakovo 2012.
Well this place is weird. I ended up giving it a C. Most of the year is very pleasant. But December and January are pretty terrible, and July is too warm.
Replace December/January/July with, say, more Septembers and I'd be in love
Tempted to give it a C+, but I'll go with a B-. Winter itself is great, but it's too short and the change is too sharp. I'd prefer a more gradual change and longer period of sub-15 C temperatures. But I can't ignore the long period of comfortable and pleasant weather. Summers are a little too warm, but tolerable. Precipitation is good.
Not intending to hijack your thread, but this climate I made up - my "dream continental climate" - is quite similar. Interesting that I rated it a C+ as well, considering I find it much more appealing than yours. (after re-reading my description I'd rather give it a B- I guess - it's just that giving anything higher than C to a climate with freezing winters is crossing a huge psychological threshold )
The shortness of winter is similar, though your climate is clearly geared towards summer and doesn't have long shoulder seasons. Mine is more symmetric imho.
The lower grades probably came from CWFs dreading your long summers.
Your climate is clearly unrealistic, but we could envision some geographical setting for those averages: lower middle latitude, coastal location (explaining the moderate temps for most of the year), yet a huge continental landmass to the north (getting no seasonal lag and coldest temps in Dec/Jan), a desert/tropical area to the south, with two brief and intense yearly monsoons explaining those two peaks of extreme temps. But that would most likely extend more markedly onto February though.
Even in Hong Kong at 22°N, I've seen how powerful those monsoons can be, with a February (2008?) with avg's as cool as 10-15°C yet a 23°C+ avg high right after it in March.
Therefore if you take it to the 30's°N and stick it between two opposite climate zones, that might become quite plausible.
EDIT - It would be interesting to know which climate (with subfreezing winters) has the quickest spring warm up in the world. Turpan? About a 17°C difference between Jan and March
Hypercontinental climes in Siberia would warm up the fastest. According to Wiki, Verkhoyansk is 34°C warmer in April than in February (high temps). Not sure if you consider it as spring given the cold temps. If not, it still gains 23°C between April and June, which can be considered as a genuine, albeit late, spring warm up.
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But yes, the change by 20C highs is sick. It's like Balakovo 2012.
