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Presents a reply to the comment of the article written by John E. Oliver entitled "A Genetic Approach to Climatic Classification," previously published in "Annals of the Association of American Geographers." Selection of poor examples in the quest for stations that do not fit the scheme suggested in the paper; Questionability on the usage of short-term and old data in any climatological analysis; Role played by air masses in maritime origin in the determination of the summer climate of some continental stations.

Comments on the article written by John E. Oliver entitled "A Genetic Approach to Climatic Classification," previously published in "Annals of the Association of American Geographers." Utilization of air mass in meteorology; Importance of air mass as a device for summarizing several kinds of information about atmospheric environment; Alleged inability of Oliver's paper to establish the value of air masses.