word | | Climate |
| storms | Southern Ocean | sea temperatures vary from about 10 degrees Celsius to -2 degrees Celsius; cyclonic storms travel eastward around the continent and frequently are intense because of the temperature contrast between ice and open ... |
| Stream | Bahamas, The | tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream |
| strike | Pacific Ocean | ... a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December |
| strip | Eritrea | hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest June to September); semiarid in western hills and lowlands |
| sub | Malawi | sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) |
| subantarctic | Argentina | mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest |
| subarctic | Canada | varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north |
| subarctic | China | extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north |
| subarctic | European Union | cold temperate; potentially subarctic in the north to temperate; mild wet winters; hot dry summers in the south |
| subarctic | Finland | cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes |
| subarctic | Greenland | arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters |
| subarctic | Russia | ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast ... |
| subarctic | Sweden | temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north |
| substantial | Paraguay | subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west |
| subtropical | Bermuda | subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter |
| subtropical | British Virgin Islands | subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade winds |
| subtropical | Costa Rica | tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands |
| subtropical | France | ... wind known as mistral French Guiana: tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation Guadeloupe and Martinique: subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating ... |
| subtropical | Honduras | subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains |
| subtropical | Hong Kong | subtropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall |
| subtropical | Iran | mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast |
| subtropical | Kyrgyzstan | dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone |
| subtropical | Macau | subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers |
| subtropical | Mali | subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February) |
| subtropical | Mozambique | tropical to subtropical |
| subtropical | Nepal | varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south |
| subtropical | Norfolk Island | subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation |
| subtropical | Paraguay | subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west |
| subtropical | South Africa | mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights |
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