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  • The ecoclimate of this ecoregion ranges from high and mid-boreal and perhumid mid-boreal to Oceanic, Atlantic, and maritime mid-boreal.

    Eastern Canadian forests 2008

  • Climatically, the ecoregion is characterized by a perhumid sub-alpine bioclimate (over 1,800 millimeters (mm) of annual rainfall; average annual temperature of about 3-5ºC).

    Appenine deciduous montane forests 2008

  • The current climate of these mountains is much wetter than the surrounding lands, with perhumid (rain every month) conditions and rainfall up to 3,000 millimeters (mm) per year recorded in the eastern Uluguru Mountains.

    Eastern Arc forests 2007

  • Trees in arid environments are innately well adapted to cope with wide swings in temperature versus their perhumid counterparts, hence, the prevalence of evergreen as opposed to deciduous types.

    Dulan Junipers and the Silk Road « Climate Audit 2007

  • Humid and perhumid continental areas a couple of hundred to a hundred miles south of the the northern limits of tree growth may also be candidates, but I’d be concerned about soil freeze thaw variation causing distortion.

    New Scientist, Juckes and Rob Wilson « Climate Audit 2007

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  • Refers to climates with humidity index values greater than +100.

    May 1, 2010