Poland has a moderate climate with both maritime and continental elements. The weather tends to be capricious and the seasons may look quite different in consecutive years. This is particularly true for winters, which are either wet, of the oceanic type, or - less often - sunny, of the continental type.
Central part of Poland receives all kinds of air masses typical of the northern hemisphere. There are present elements of maritime climate with gentle, humid winters and cool, rainy summers, as well as features of continental climate with harsh winters and hotter, drier summers.
Poland's climate is also characterized by substantial weather changes in consecutive years, caused by disturbances in the pattern of main air masses coming to the country. Summer may be hot and dry a few times in a row and then it becomes cool and wet. This phenomenon tends to happen in several-year cycles.
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