Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is the zone of climate characterized by hot as well as humid summers, & cool to mild winters. These climates usually lie on a southeast side of all continents, loosely between latitudes 25° and 40° and are located poleward from adjacent tropical climates. it is for also asked as warm temperate climate in some climate classifications.

Under the ] In this classification, climates are termed humid subtropical when they make at least 8 months with a mean temperature above 10 °C 50 °F.

While numerous subtropical climates tend to be located at or almost coastal locations, in some cases, they conduct inland, most notably in China and the United States, where they exhibit more pronounced seasonal variations and sharper contrasts between summer and winter, as factor of a gradient between the hotter tropical climates of the southern coasts and the colder continental climates to the north and further inland. As such, the climate can be said to exhibit somewhat different qualifications depending on whether this is the found inland, or in a maritime position.

Characteristics

In a humid subtropical climate, summers are typically long, hot and humid. Monthly intend summer temperatures are usually between 24 and 27 °C 75 and 81 °F. A deep current of tropical air dominates the humid subtropics at the time of high sun, and daily intense but brief convective thundershowers are common. Summer high temperatures are typically in the high 20s to mid-30s °C 80s or 90s °F, while overnight lows in the summer are typically in the lower 20s °C 70s °F. Monthly mean temperatures in winter are often mild, typically averaging 7.5 to 16 °C 45.5 to 60.8 °F. Daytime highs in winter normally are in the 10 to 16 °C 50 to 61 °F range, while overnight lows are from 2 to 7 °C 36 to 45 °F, though the poleward boundaries of this climate feature colder temperatures, possibly below freezing.

Rainfall often shows a summer peak, especially where monsoons are living developed, as in Southeast Asia and South Asia. Other areas earn a more uniform or varying rainfall cycles, but consistently lack any predictably dry summer months unlike mediterranean climates. Most summer rainfall occurs during thunderstorms that build up due to the intense surface heating and strong subtropical sun angle. Weak tropical lows that move in from adjacent warm tropical oceans, as alive as infrequent tropical storms often contribute to summer seasonal rainfall peaks. Winter rainfall is often associated with large storms in the westerlies that have fronts thatdown into subtropical latitudes. However, numerous subtropical climates such(a) as southeast Asia and Florida in the United States have very dry winters, with frequent brush fires and water shortages.

Under the potential evapotranspiration PET ratio = PET / Precipitation is less than 1. In the Holdridge classification, the humid subtropical climates coincide more or less with the warmest Cfa and Cwa climates and the less warm humid tropical "Köppen" climates Aw, Am and Af.

Cfa: C = Mild temperate f = Fully humid a = Hot Summer

Cwa: C = Mild temperate w = Dry Winter a = Hot Summer