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Weather and Climate
• Essential Question- How does climate and weather affect the way people live?
• Weather – What its like outside right now (hot/cold, snow/rain, clear/cloudy)
• Climate – Typical weather in an area over a period of time
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• TROPICAL RAIN FOREST CLIMATEHOT, WET AND HUMID ALL YEAR ROUND, RAINS DAILY.
DIRECT SUN KEEPS THE TEMPERATURES HIGH. FOUND IN THE EQUATOR REGION.
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• TROPICAL SAVANNA CLIMATEDRY WINTERS, WET SUMMERS, LOCATED IN THE TROPICS
JUST BEYOND THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE WHICH IS ALWAYS HIGH.
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• DESERT CLIMATEHOT DAYS, COOL TO COLD NIGHTS, THERE IS LITTLE TO NO
RAIN IN THIS CLIMATE, THEREFORE IT IS VERY DRY. DESERTS COVER ABOUT 1/5 OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE.
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• STEPPE CLIMATEDRY AREAS THAT BORDER DESERTS. THESE AREAS HAVE VERY
LITTLE RAINFALL ONLY ABOUT 10 TO 20 INCHES PER YEAR.
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• MARINE WEST COAST CLIMATECOOL SUMMERS, WITH MILD WINTERS, HEAVY RAINS IN THE
WINTER
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• MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATEMILD RAINY WINTERS WITH HOT DRY SUMMERS.
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• HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATERAIN FALLS ALL YEAR WITH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SUMMER. WINTERS ARE SHORTER AND MILD SUMMERS ARE
HOT AND HUMID
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• HUMID CONTINENTAL CLIMATECOLD SNOWY WINTERS, COOL TO WARM SUMMERS WITH
SOME RAIN EVERY MONTH.
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• SUBARCTIC CLIMATELONG VERY COLD WINTERS WITH SHORT COOL SUMMERS.
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• TUNDRA CLIMATELONG BITTERY COLD WINTERS WITH VERY SHORT COOL
SUMMERS. SUMMERS GET CONSTANT LIGHT BUT LITTLE HEAT FROM THE SUN.
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• POLAR ICE CAP CLIMATEALWAYS COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE. BITTERLY COLD ALL
YEAR AROUND WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION.
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HIGHLAND CLIMATEMOUNTAIN AREAS WHERE THE HIGHER IN ALTITUDE THE
COOLER THE AIR TEMPERATURE
Sea Level
1,000 ft
3,300 ft
6,600 ft
9,900 ft
13,200 ft
16,500 ft
19,800 ft
81°F
77°F
70°F
57°F
49°F
34°F
21°F
9°F
*Guayaquil
*Quito
Hot Zone
Temperate Zone
Cold Zone
Tundra
Snow cap