Which of the following codes signify the Cold Climate with Dry Winters according to Koeppen?

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The correct answer is Dw.

Key Points

Koeppen recognized five major climatic groups, four of which are based on temperature and one on precipitation.
The capital letters: A, C, D, and E delineate humid climates and B dry climates.
The climatic groups are subdivided into types, designated by small letters, based on the seasonality of precipitation and temperature characteristics.
The seasons of dryness are indicated by the small letters: f, m, w, and s, where f corresponds to no dry season, m - monsoon climate, w- to winter dry season, and s - to summer dry season.
The small letters a, b, c, and d refer to the degree of severity of temperature.
Dw signifies the Cold Climate with Dry Winters.
The B- Dry Climates are subdivided using the capital letters S for steppe or semi-arid and W for deserts.

Additional Information

Group	Type	Letter Code	Characteristics
A-Tropical Humid Climate	Tropical wet	Af	No dry season
	Tropical monsoon	Am	Monsoonal, short dry season
	Tropical wet and dry	Aw	Winter dry season
B-Dry Climate	Subtropical steppe	BSh	Low-latitude semi-arid or dry
	Subtropical desert	BWh	Low-latitude arid or dry
	Mid-latitude steppe	BSk	Mid-latitude semi-arid or dry
	Mid-latitude desert	BWk	Mid-latitude arid or dry
C-Warm temperate (Midlatitude) Climates	Humid subtropical	Cfa	No dry season, warm summer
	Mediterranean	Cs	Dry hot summer
	Marine west coast	Cfb	No dry season, warm and cool summer
D-Cold Snow forest Climates	Humid continental	Df	No dry season, severe winter
D-Cold Snow forest Climates	Subarctic	Dw	Winter is dry and very severe
E-Cold Climates	Tundra	ET	No true summer
E-Cold Climates	Polar Ice Cap	EF	Perennial ice
H-Highland	Highland	H	Highland with snow cover