Table    :  Climatic  Types  According  to  Koeppen

 

Group

Type

Letter Code

Characteristics

 

A-Tropical Humid Climate

Tropical wet Tropical monsoon

Tropical wet and dry

Af Am

Aw

No dry season

Monsoonal, short dry season Winter dry season

 

 

B-Dry Climate

Subtropical steppe Subtropical desert Mid-latitude steppe

Mid-latitude desert

BSh BWh BSk

BWk

Low-latitude semi arid or dry Low-latitude arid or dry

Mid-latitude semi arid or dry

Mid-latitude arid or dry

C-Warm temperate (Mid- latitude) Climates

Humid subtropical

Mediterranean Marine west coast

Cfa

Cs Cfb

No dry season, warm summer Dry hot summer

No dry season, warm and cool summer

D-Cold Snow- forest Climates

Humid continental

Subarctic

Df

Dw

No dry season, severe winter

Winter dry and very severe

 

E-Cold Climates

Tundra

Polar ice cap

ET

EF

No true summer

Perennial ice