Austria

===Climate===

[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map AUT present.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|[[Köppen climate classification|Köppen-Geiger climate classification]] map for Austria<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Beck |first1=Hylke E. |last2=Zimmermann |first2=Niklaus E. |last3=McVicar |first3=Tim R. |last4=Vergopolan |first4=Noemi |last5=Berg |first5=Alexis |last6=Wood |first6=Eric F. |author-link6=Eric Franklin Wood |date=30 October 2018 |title=Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution |journal=Scientific Data |volume=5 |pages=180214 |bibcode=2018NatSD...580214B |doi=10.1038/sdata.2018.214 |pmc=6207062 |pmid=30375988}}</ref>]]

The greater part of Austria lies in the cool/temperate [[climate zone]], where humid westerly winds predominate. With nearly three-quarters of the country dominated by the Alps, the [[alpine climate]] is predominant. In the east—in the [[Pannonian Plain]] and along the [[Danube|Danube valley]]—the climate shows continental features with less rain than the alpine areas. Although Austria is cold in the winter (−10 to 0&nbsp;°C), summer temperatures can be relatively high,<ref name="Climate">{{Cite web |date=2006 |title=Average Conditions, Vienna, Austria |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT003350 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202042009/http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT003350 |archive-date=2 December 2010 |access-date=24 May 2009 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> with average temperatures in the mid-20s and a highest temperature of {{Convert|40.5|C|0}} in August 2013.<ref name="ZAMG">{{Cite web |title=Austrian Meteorological Institute |url=http://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/klima/klimauebersichten/klimamittel-1971-2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812220313/http://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/klima/klimauebersichten/klimamittel-1971-2000 |archive-date=12 August 2012 |access-date=12 August 2012 }}</ref>

According to the [[Köppen Classification|Köppen Climate Classification]] Austria has the following climate types: [[Oceanic climate|Oceanic (Cfb)]], [[Humid continental climate|Cool/Warm-summer humid continental (Dfb)]], [[Subarctic climate|Subarctic/Subalpine (Dfc)]], [[Tundra climate|Tundra/Alpine (ET)]], and [[Ice cap climate|Ice-Cap (EF)]]. It is important to note though that Austria may experience very cold, severe winters, but most of the time they are only around as cold as those in somewhat comparable climate zones, for example Southern Scandinavia or Eastern Europe. As well, at higher altitudes, summers are usually considerably cooler than in the valleys/lower altitudes. The subarctic and tundra climates seen around the Alps are much warmer in winter than what is normal elsewhere due in part to the Oceanic influence on this part of Europe.<ref name="ZAMG"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate-Data.org |url=https://en.climate-data.org/country/4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201756/https://en.climate-data.org/country/4 |archive-date=15 April 2017 |access-date=15 April 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zampieri |first1=Matteo |last2=Scoccimarro |first2=Enrico |last3=Gualdi |first3=Silvio |date=2013 |title=Atlantic influence on the Alps |journal=Environmental Research Letters |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=034026 |bibcode=2013ERL.....8c4026Z |doi=10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034026 |doi-access=free}}</ref>