Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A continental climate is a climate typical of the interiors of the large continents of the Northern Hemisphere. It is characterized by an extreme disparity between summer and winter temperatures, and relatively low precipitation occurring mostly in summer. The midwestern United States and Russia are areas of the world with continental climates. See climate. Compare maritime climate, Mediterranean climate. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.