Humid subtropical

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot, usually humid summers and mild to cool winters.

Climates are termed Humid Subtropical when they have mean temperatures of 10 °C for eight or more months a year. In most locations classed within this system, the mean temperature of the coldest month is between 3 °C and 18 °C.

Rainfall in humid subtropical climates often shows a summer peak, and where monsoons are well developed, a strong summer peak and winter drought is common. Due to the influence of the subtropical highs and subsidence, droughts can be severe and often catastrophic to agriculture. Winter rainfall is associated with large storms and fronts that on occasion reach into subtropical latitudes. Most summer rainfall occurs during thunderstorms and weak tropical lows that move in from adjacent warm tropical oceans.

