Which region's climate is best described as humid, continental?

• A. Humid subtropical
• B. Humid continental
• C. Subarctic
• D. Desert

Answer: (B)

Humid continental climates are defined by pronounced seasonal temperature changes and steady precipitation throughout the year. Regions with this climate sit in the mid-latitudes, often well inland from oceans, so they experience four distinct seasons: warm to hot summers and cold winters. Precipitation occurs year-round, not limited to a single season, and you’ll often see snowy winters along with summer thunderstorms.

That pattern fits interior parts of large landmasses, such as central North America and parts of Europe and Asia, where the climate isn’t strongly moderated by the sea. The other options don’t match as well: humid subtropical has hotter, milder winters with a climate leaning toward wetter summers; subarctic features long, very cold winters with short summers; deserts are dry with little precipitation.