An otherwise continental climate is moderated greatly by the Black Sea. The narrow strip of land between the Crimean mountains and the Black Sea has more of a Mediterranean climate. Temperature increases from north to south and precipitation decreases from west to east. The Carpathians get maybe 650 mm rain annually while the Steppes get 250 to 300 mm.
The charts below show the average annual precipitation and temperature for Chernihiv which is north of Kyiv, and Dnepropetrovs'k which is where I live The charts are from a presentation I did a while back. Winter precipitation is a lot higher than eg the prairies and in that sense certainly not "continental".
I'm afraid I can't make too much of all the details, BF. Graphs and tables are a bit much for an ol' Bear, especially late at night.
ReplyDeleteThe Mexican climate is so much easier to understand; chilli today, hot tamale.
Graphs leave me less informed than I was before. I'm definitely a left brain thinker...or is it right brain?
ReplyDeleteDo I still HAVE a brain? I must just be using the few cells that are permanently set on WORRY.