Temperate and polar climates
- Warm temperate western margin (Mediterranean) climate: winter rain, summer drought
- Temperate continental grassland climate
- Warm temperate eastern margin (China type) climate: summer monsoon rain, typhoons
- Cool temperate western margin (British or marine west coast) climate: rain throughout the year, low range
- Cool temperate continental (Siberian) climate: taiga, extreme range
- Cool temperate eastern margin (Laurentian) climate: cold winters, warm wet summers
- Arctic or polar (tundra and ice cap) climates