1. Climate Zones An Overview Wessel ~ 2017
Dry Climates
Low Latitudes
Mid-latitudes
High Latitudes
Highland

3. Dry Climates
Deserts are arid and receive less than (<) 10 in rain per year.
One of Arizona’s major climate zones is the desert.

4. Dry Climates
Steppe climate zones are found in the middle of large continents.
It is semi-arid grassland with a few trees.
The “Steppe” is a major climate zone in Arizona.

5. Humid Tropical Tropical Savanna
Low Latitudes
Humid Tropical
Tropical Savanna

6. Low Latitude Climate
The Humid Tropical climate zone is found near the equator.
It is hot, humid, and rainy here all year round.

7. Low Latitude
The Tropical Savanna climate zone is also found near the equator.
It is dryer than the Humid Tropical regions.
It has very specific wet and dry seasons.

8. Mid-Latitude Climates
Mediterranean
Humid Subtropical
Marine West Coast
Humid Continental

9. Mid-Latitude Mediterranean climate zone is in the middle latitudes.
It has shrubs and grassland.
Mediterranean has dry summers and mild wetter winters.

10. Mid-Latitude
Humid Subtropical is on the east coasts in the middle latitudes.
It has a mixed forest.
Rains year-round.
The coastal areas are in the paths of hurricanes and typhoons.

11. Mid-Latitude Climate
Marine West Coast is on the west coast in the upper-middle latitudes.
It has a temperate forest.
Strong ocean influence with inches of rain per year.

12. Mid-Latitude Humid Continental lies in the interior of continents.
Humid Continental has four distinct seasons
The amount of precipitation varies each year.

13. High Latitude Climates
Subarctic
Tundra
Ice Cap

14. High Latitude
Subarctic climate is found in the higher latitudes of the northern continents.
It has dense evergreen forests called the taiga.

15. High Latitude Tundra is located near the high latitude coasts.
It has moss, lichens, and permafrost
Tundra is cold all year.
Little precipitation.

16. High Latitude Climate Ice caps are located at the highest latitudes.
It has no vegetation.
Ice cap has freezing cold temperatures

17. Highlands
Highland (mountainous) climates are in high mountain regions at any latitude.
Highlands have cool or cold temperatures all year.
One of the major climate zones of Arizona.

18. THAT’S ALL FOLKS!