continental climate

noun

1. a climate characterized by hot summers, cold winters, and little rainfall, typical of the interior of a continent

Example Sentences

“I am intoxicated by this landscape,” she wrote, “by the almost flat fields, the swamps, the hardwood bush, by the continental climate with its extravagant winters.”

From Los Angeles Times

The windswept steppe city infamous for its harsh continental climate became the capital in 1997.

From Reuters

New York, long considered to have a humid continental climate, has in recent years become part of the humid subtropical climate zone.

From New York Times

New York City, after years of being considered a humid continental climate, now sits within the humid subtropical climate zone.

From New York Times

For Ukrainians it has come as a surprise to see their continental climate seem more like the Mediterranean.

From BBC