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What is the main climate in Europe?

Temperate maritime climate

This region includes the British Isles, France and western Central Europe, as well as the southern Scandinavia and the coastal areas of the Bay of Biscay in Iberia. The atmospheric pressure here is high in the south and low in the north all the year round, with a westerly wind, which is deeply influenced by the Atlantic air mass. Mild winter, cool summer, low annual temperature, more rain and less sunshine are the climate characteristics of this area.

The average temperature in June 65438+ 10 in this area is above 0℃. Rivers generally don't freeze. There is not much snowfall, generally it doesn't snow in the west, and the snow period in the east rarely lasts more than a week. However, when the Mongolian high pressure is very strong and the eastern polar continental air mass invades, it often leads to disastrous low temperature weather. Generally, the temperature is not high in summer The average temperature in July in the British Isles is 12- 17℃, and in the mainland it is 15-22℃. The temperature is lower in the north and higher in the south.

Western Europe has frequent cyclone activities and more precipitation. The annual precipitation in the western part of the British Isles is above 1000 mm, and the coastal area in western Scotland can reach above 2000 mm. Other areas are mostly between 600-1000 mm. The seasonal distribution of precipitation is relatively uniform, with more in autumn and winter in the west and more in summer in the east. For example, Dublin accounts for 26% in autumn and winter, and 24% in spring and summer; Cologne accounts for 365,438+0% in summer, 25% in autumn, 23% in winter and 265,438+0% in spring.