Humid continental: humid with warm, dry summer and severe winter. The coldest month averages between freezing and –38° C (–36.4° F) and the hottest month averages between 10° C (50° F) and 22° C (71.6° F). Annual rainfall varies by season -- dryer in summer, wetter in winter -- and totals not less than 25 cm (10") nor more than 150 cm (59"), though 50 cm (19") to 100 cm (39") is typical. Vegetation is needleleaf evergreen forest, mixed with broadleaf deciduous forest over most of the region.
Real-world examples: this climate was not found in the source material used to create the Climate Wizard. Information on it was provided through correspondence; corroboration and verification are pending. That source cited portions of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington states (such as Mazama, Washington) as real-world examples.
By Dave Bryant, copyright 2002