• When you are an adult, what kind of climate do you want to live in? Why?

Warm Up: Climate

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– 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– 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– 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– Huge temperature variations– short, cool summers– very cold winters– 5-8 months of at or below freezing temperatures– taiga forests (evergreen forests)

Tundra

• Characteristics– 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, BrazilElev: 42 ft Lat: 01 o 27'

S Long: 48 o 29'W

• LACEMOPS– Latitude– warm ocean currents– winds moving air

masses

C Mexico City, MexicoElev: 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

HCairo, Egypt

Elev: 381 ft Lat: 29 oN Long: 31 oE

• LACEMOPS– Continentality– winds moving apart

at horse latitudes– cold ocean currents– mountain barriers

EAthens, Greece

Elev: 351 ft Lat: 37 o N Long: 23 o E

• LACEMOPS– Latitude– ocean currents– air masses

FLondon, England

Elev: 149 ft Lat: 51 oN Long: 00 o

• LACEMOPS– Warm winds– cold ocean currents

(storms)– Continentality

(moderates)

L Buenos Aires, ArgentinaElev: 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)

JMinneapolis, 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)

BArkhangelsk, 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)

ABarrow, AlaskaElev: 10 ft Lat: 71° N, Long: 157° W

• LACEMOPS– Latitude– polar air masses– cold ocean currents

(dry, little precipitation)

I Scott Base, AntarcticaElev: 52 ft Lat: 77 oS Long:

166 oE

• LACEMOPS– Latitude– polar air masses– cold ocean currents

(dry, little precipitation)

G La Paz, Bolivia

Elev: 11,975ft Lat: 17oS Long: 68oW

• LACEMOPS– Elevation– Latitude– Winds– ocean currents (dry or wet)