Editing Geography of Hungary (section)

==Climate==
{{main|Climate of Hungary}}
[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map HUN present.svg|thumb|300px|Hungary map of Köppen climate classification.]]
Hungary has a mainly [[continental climate]] with the rest of the Pannonian Plain, with cold winters and warm to hot summers. The average annual temperature is about {{convert|10|°C|°F|abbr=on|lk=on}}, in summer {{convert|27|to|35|C|F}}, and in winter {{convert|0|to|-15|C|F}}, with extremes ranging from about {{convert|42|°C|°F|abbr=on}} in summer to {{convert|-35|°C|°F|abbr=on}} in winter. Average yearly rainfall is about {{convert|600|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}. Distribution and frequency of rainfall are unpredictable. The western part of the country usually receives more rain than the eastern part, where severe droughts may occur in summertime. Weather conditions in the Great Plain can be especially harsh, with hot summers, cold winters, and scant rainfall.

By the 1980s, the countryside was beginning to show the effects of pollution, both from herbicides used in agriculture and from industrial pollutants. Most noticeable was the gradual contamination of the country's bodies of water, endangering fish and wildlife. Although concern was mounting over these disturbing threats to the environment, no major steps had yet been taken to arrest them.