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I picture a maritime North and continental South. The North will have mild winters even far north. The lack of a landmass in the Arctic would keep cold air masses from developing like we in the US get from Canada. However, since it will be moist, I would expect significant winter snow where it is below freezing, but not deep subzero temperatures unless there is a permanent water ice cap at the pole. That will depend on currents and also overall planetary temperature. Summers will be mild and rainy.
The tropics will be moist near and north of the equator but expect a Sahara-like desert around the area south of Tharsis about 10-30S latitude. The climate overall will be drier (but wetter than similar Earth locations due to a taller atmosphere), with hotter summers and colder winters. There will be less winter snow than in the north but much colder temperatures. The landmass around the South (antarctic??) pole will produce supercold air masses that will plunge north into the mid-latitudes. The areas to the East of the Hellas sea and probably Lake Argyre will have significant lake-effect type snowstorms during the long winter. This will make these areas the most fertile agricultural land in the Southern Hemisphere due to snowmelt in spring but still warm summers.
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