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In the {{wp|Köppen climate classification}}, the country is split into three climate zones. The majority of the country lays within the {{wp|Subarctic climate|boreal zone}}, characterized by warm summers and freezing winters. Within the country, the {{wp|temperateness}} varies considerably between the southern coastal regions and the extreme north, showing characteristics of {{wp|hemiboreal}}, boreal, and {{wp|polar climate|tundra climate}}.
[[File:Volkia Biomes.png|thumb|left|200px|{{wp|Köppen climate classification}} types of Volkia.]]Winters in southern Volkia (when mean daily temperature remains below 0 °C or 32 °F) are usually about 100 days long, and in the inland the snow typically covers the land from about late November to April, and on the coastal areas such as [[Izumrud]], snow often covers the land from late December to late March. Even in the south, the harshest winter nights can see the temperatures fall to −30 °C (−22 °F) although on coastal areas like Izumrud, temperatures below −30 °C (−22 °F) are very rare. Climatic summers (when mean daily temperature remains above 10 °C or 50 °F) in southern Volkia last from about late May to mid-September, and in the inland, the warmest days of July can reach over 35 °C (95 °F). Although much of Volkia lies on the {{wp|taiga}} belt, the southernmost coastal regions are sometimes classified as hemiboreal.
In northern Volkia, particularly in [[Kologorsk Oblast|Kologorsk]], the winters are long and cold, while the summers are relatively warm but short. The most severe winter days in Kologorsk can see the temperature fall down to −45 °C (−49 °F). The winter of the north lasts for about 200 days with permanent snow cover from about mid-October to early May. Summers in the north are quite short, only two to three months, but can still see maximum daily temperatures above 25 °C (77 °F) during heat waves. Norindzhik Oblast and Kurilsk Oblast have a tundra climate.
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