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