Transcript World Climates

Warm Up: Climate
• When you are an adult, what kind of climate
do you want to live in? Why?
Climographs
Your Turn!
• Using the chart provided, create a climograph
for Houston.
• Remember temperature is a line.
• Precipitation is a bar.
Your Turn!
Month
Temperature (*F)
Precipitation (Inches)
January
50
3
February
54
3
March
61
3
April
68
3
May
74
5
June
80
5
July
83
4
August
82
3
September
78
5
October
70
4
November
61
4
December
53
3
World Climates
Tropical Wet
Characteristics
– Constant summer-like
temperatures
– Daily rains in the afternoon
- Average temperature is 80
degrees
- Approximately 80 inches of
rain a year
- low latitude climate
Tropical Wet and Dry
• Characteristics
– Rainy, warm summers
– Dry, cool winters
Semiarid
Characteristics
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Little precipitation (average is 16 inches)
mild to cold winters (can snow)/ hot summers
interior of continents
grasslands, some of the most productive agricultural land
Desert
Characteristics
– Less than 10 inches per year of precipitation
– Hot deserts have high temperatures during the day.
Night temperatures drop quickly due to low humidity.
Mediterranean
• Characteristics
– Dry, hot summers
– cool, rainy winters
– usually around Med Sea, but can also be found on west
coast of U.S. and parts of Australia
– dense population and agricultural activity, such as citrus
Marine West Coast
• Characteristics
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Cloudy, Damp and Foggy
precipitation year round as result of warm ocean currents
Moderate, constant temperature/precipitation year round
smog can be an issue
Humid Subtropical
• Characteristics
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Long summers- heat and humidity
Found along east coast and prone to hurricanes
mild to cool winters
Crops, such as rice, grow well here
Humid Continental
• Characteristics
– Great variety in temperature and precipitation
– all four seasons (latitude determines length of location's
seasons)
– mid-latitude climate
Subarctic
• Characteristics
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Huge temperature variations
short, cool summers
very cold winters
5-8 months of at or below freezing temperatures
taiga forests (evergreen forests)
Tundra
• Characteristics
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Little precipitation (usually less than 15 Inches)
permafrost (permanently frozen ground)
cold, short summer (high temps about 40 degrees)
flat and treeless, lichen and moss can grow
Ice Cap
• Characteristics
– Permanently freezing temperatures, so cold it rarely snows
– polar desert (receives less than 10 inches of rain a year)
– high latitude climate
Highlands
• Characteristics
– All factors vary due to elevation and direction of slope
– Colder as elevation increases
– mountain areas
D
Belem, Brazil
Elev: 42 ft Lat: 01 o 27'
S Long: 48 o 29'W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– warm ocean currents
– winds moving air
masses
C
Mexico City, Mexico
Elev: 7340 ft Lat: 19 o 26'
N Long: 99 o 04'W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– warm ocean currents
– winds moving air
masses
K
Phoenix, Az.
Elev: 1107 ft Lat:
33oN Long: 112oW
• LACEMOPS
– Continentality
– winds moving apart
at horse latitudes
– cold ocean currents
– mountain barriers
H
Cairo, Egypt
Elev: 381 ft Lat:
29 oN Long: 31 oE
• LACEMOPS
– Continentality
– winds moving apart
at horse latitudes
– cold ocean currents
– mountain barriers
E
Athens, Greece
Elev: 351 ft Lat:
37 o N Long: 23 o E
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– ocean currents
– air masses
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London, England
Elev: 149 ft Lat:
51 oN Long: 00 o
• LACEMOPS
– Warm winds
– cold ocean currents
(storms)
– Continentality
(moderates)
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elev: 89 ft Lat: 34 o 33' S Long:
58 o 29'W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– warm ocean
currents meet
high pressure
with heavy cold
air (storms)
J
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Elev: 686 ft Lat:
45 oN Long: 93 oW
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude,
– continentality (farther
away from water)
– air masses chilled by
Arctic ice and snow
collide with tropical air
masses (storms, tornadoes)
B
Arkhangelsk, Russia
Elev: 13 ft Lat: 65° N,
Long: 41° W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– polar winds and cold
air masses
– Continentality,
(extreme coldness b/c
no water to moderate)
A
Barrow, Alaska
Elev: 10 ft
Lat: 71° N, Long: 157° W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– polar air masses
– cold ocean currents
(dry, little
precipitation)
I
Scott Base, Antarctica
Elev: 52 ft Lat: 77 oS Long:
166 oE
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– polar air masses
– cold ocean currents
(dry, little
precipitation)
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La Paz, Bolivia
Elev: 11,975ft
Lat: 17oS Long: 68oW
• LACEMOPS
– Elevation
– Latitude
– Winds
– ocean currents
(dry or wet)