type C climate

Through a major portion of the middle and high latitudes (mostly from 25° to 70° N and S) lies a group of climates classified within the Köppen scheme as C and D types. Most of these regions lie beneath the upper-level,…

The midlatitude C and D climates are given a second letter, f (no dry season) or w (winter dry) or s (summer dry), and a third symbol—a, b, c, or d (the last subclass exists only for D climates)—indicating the warmth of the summer or the coldness…

The warm temperate upland climatic region is found on the Highveld of Southern Africa. Its rainfall regime is similar to that of the tropical wet-and-dry climate, but temperatures are greatly modified by the altitude; frost, for example, occasionally occurs in Lesotho. Toward the coast the climate shows…