1. Climate Graphs
What do they tell us?

2. Climate Graph

3. Temperature – the red line connects the average daily temperature for each month.

4. Minimum Temperature (– 7°C) Maximum Temperature (20°C)
Temperature Range
Max – Min =
20 – (-7) = 27°
Minimum Temperature (– 7°C) Maximum Temperature (20°C)

5. Green Line – the green line is at 6°C and indicates the temperature at which plants will grow.

6. Green Shading – the green shading indicates how long the growing season will be for this location.

7. Growing Season - # of months with an average daily temperature above 6°C. (7 months)5 4 6 3 2 1 7

8. Precipitation – the blue bars show the average monthly precipitation for this location. Annual precipitation?