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Climates of the World
World Climate Regions
High Latitude
Middle Latitude
Low Latitude
Middle Latitude
High Latitude
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Type of Climate:Humid Tropical
Category: Low Latitude
Description: Warm & Rainy, tropical vegetation, rain forests
N or S of Equator?????
Humid Tropical
Lat/Long = 3.39˚ S, 73.18˚ WAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) = 26.1 (79˚F)Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 1.4Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 2879.2 (111”)
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Type of Climate:Tropical Savanna
Category: Low Latitude
Description: Warm year round; tropical grassland with scattered trees
N or S of the Equator???
Tropical Savanna
Latitude/Longitude 14° 42' N,17° 29' WAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) = 24.5 (76.1˚F)Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 7.1Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 578 (22”)
250mm = 9.8”25˚C = 77˚F
Type of Climate:Desert
Category: Dry (Any latitude)
Description: Arid, sunny and hot in tropics, wide temp. ranges in mid latitudes, few drought tolerant plants
N or S of Equator???
Latitude/Longitude 27° 40’ N, 8° 7’ WAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) = 22.8 (73.4˚F)Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 21.2Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 43.8 (1.7”)
Desert
Type of Climate:Steppe
Category: Dry (Any latitude)
Description: Semiarid; little precipitation, hot summers, cooler winters; wide temp ranges in day; grassland with few trees
N or S of Equator????
Latitude/Longitude 16.25˚S; 133.3˚EAverage Annual Temperature (C) = 26.5˚ (79.7˚F)Annual Temperature Range (C) = 10˚Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 536.2 (21”)150mm=6”
Steppe
Type of Climate:Mediterranean
Category: Mid-latitude
Description: Dry, sunny, warm and mild summers, wet winters; scrub, woodland and grassland
N or S of Equator???
Latitude/Longitude 37.45˚ N, 122.26˚ WAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) = 13.75 (56.75˚F)Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 9Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 475 (18.7”)
Mediterranean
Type of Climate:Humid Subtropical
Category: Mid-latitude
Description: Hot & humid summers; mild and humid winters; year round rain; hurricanes and typhoons on coast; mixed forest
N or S of Equator???
Latitude/Longitude 35˚ N, 90˚ WAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) = 17 (62˚F)Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 22Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 1222 (48”)
Humid Subtropical
Type of Climate:Marine West Coast
Category: Mid-latitude
Description: Cloudy, mild summers, cool and rainy winters; temperate evergreen forest
N or S of Equator?
Latitude/Longitude 51.3˚N, .07˚ WAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) = 10.4 (50.2˚F)Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 14Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 595 (23.5”)
Marine West Coast
Type of Climate:Humid Continental
Category: Mid-latitude
Description: Four distinct seasons; long and cold winters; short and warm summers; varying precipitation; mixed forest
N or S of Equator???
Latitude/Longitude41.9˚ N, 87.5˚ WAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) =10.3Annual Temperature Range (˚C) =29.2Total Annual Precipitation (mm) =904.4
Humid Continental
Type of Climate:Subarctic
Category: High latitude
Description: Extreme temperatures; long and cold winters; short and cool summers; northern evergreen forests
N or S of Equator?
Latitude/Longitude62.1˚ N, 129.49˚ WAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) = -10.08 (13˚F)Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 63Total Annual Precipitation (mm) =213 (8.3”)
Subarctic
Type of Climate:Tundra
Category: High latitude
Description: Cold all year; long and cold winters; short and cool summers; little precipitation; moss, lichens, low shrubs, permafrost, marshes
N or S of Equator???
Latitude/Longitude71.2˚ N,156˚ WAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) = -12.7˚ (9.4˚F)Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 32˚Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 110 (4.3”)
Tundra
Type of Climate:Ice cap
Category: High latitude
Description: Freezing cold; snow and ice all year; little precipitation; no vegetation
N or S of Equator???
Latitude/Longitude 77˚ S, 166˚ EAverage Annual Temperature (˚C) = -17.0 (1.4˚F)Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 23Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 7.8 (.3”)
Ice cap
Type of Climate:Highland
Category: All latitudes
Description: Found in mountains and higher elevations; temperatures and precipitation vary as the elevation changes; forest tundra vegetation which depends on elevation
N or S of Equator???
1˚41’44”S, 29˚15.5E
Credits
World Climate map and photographs taken from http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm
Climographs taken from
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/uwsp_lectures/climates_toc.html