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Climate Cheatsheet

Name	Köppen classification	Temperature (Summer)	Temperature (Winter)	Precipitation (Summer)	Precipitation (Winter)
Tropical Rainforest	Af	Hot	Hot	Wet	Wet
(Subtropical Highland)	Cfb/Cfc	Warm~mild	Warm~mild	Moderate	Low~dry
Tropical Monsoon	Am	Hot	Warm	Very wet	Dry
Tropical Savannah	Aw	Hot	Warm	Wet	Dry
(Subtropical Highland)	Cwb/Cwc	Warm~mild	Warm~mild	Moderate	Wet
Hot Semi-arid	BSh	Hot	Warm	Low~dry	Low~dry
Hot Desert	BWh	Very hot	Warm	Dry	Dry
Cold Semi-arid	BSk	Warm	Cold	Low~dry	Low~dry
Cold Desert	BWk	Hot	Cold	Dry	Dry
Humid Subtropical	Cfa	Hot	Warm~mild	Wet	Moderate
Subtropical Monsoon	Cwa/Cwb	Hot	Mild	Wet	Dry
Mediterranean	Csa/Csb	Hot	Mild	Dry	Moderate
Dry-summer Continental	Dsa/Dsb	Warm~mild	Cold	Dry	Moderate
Dry-summer Subarctic	Dsc/Dsd	Mild~cold	Very cold	Dry	Low
Oceanic	Cfb/Cfc	Warm~mild	Cool~cold	Wet	Wet
Humid Continental	Dfa/Dfb	Hot~warm	Cold~very cold	Moderate	Low~dry
Continental Monsoon	Dwa/Dwb	Warm~mild	Cold	Moderate	Low
Subarctic Continental	Dfc/Dfd	Mild~cool	Very cold	Moderate	Low~dry
Subarctic Monsoon	Dwc/Dwd	Mild~cold	Very cold	Low	Dry
Tundra	ET	Cold	Very cold	Low	Dry
Ice Cap	EF	Very cold	Very cold	Low	Dry

Name	Köppen classification	Geography	Latitude	Progression (West)	Progression (Inland)	Progression (East)	Progression (Monsoon East)
Tropical Rainforest	Af	Lowland outside rain shadow	0~10	1	1	1	1
(Subtropical Highland)	Cfb/Cfc	Tropical rainforest highland (1500m+)	0~10	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)
Tropical Monsoon	Am	Around tropical rainforest or near onshore wind	5~20				2
Tropical Savannah	Aw	Under onshore wind	5~20	2	2	2
(Subtropical Highland)	Cwb/Cwc	Tropical monsoon/savannah highland (1500m+)	5~20	(2)	(2)	(2)	(2)
Hot Semi-arid	BSh	Around hot desert	10~35	3/5	3/5
Hot Desert	BWh	Under offshore wind	10~30	4	4
Cold Semi-arid	BSk	Around cold desert	25~50		6/8
Cold Desert	BWk	Inland or inside rain shadow	25~50		7
Humid Subtropical	Cfa		20~40			3
Subtropical Monsoon	Cwa/Cwb	Under monsoonal influence	20~40				3
Mediterranean	Csa/Csb		30~45	6
Dry-summer Continental	Dsa/Dsb	Mediterranean highland, rare	30~50	(6)
Oceanic	Cfb/Cfc		40~60	7
Humid Continental	Dfa/Dfb		30~50		9	4
Continental Monsoon	Dwa/Dwb	Under monsoonal influence	40~50				4
Subarctic Continental	Dfc/Dfd		45~75		10	5
Subarctic Monsoon	Dwc/Dwd	Under monsoonal influence	50~60				5
Tundra	ET		60~80	8	11	6	6
Ice Cap	EF		75~90	9	12	7	7