1. Climate

2. What is Climate?
50,000 years ago the US had an average temp that was several degrees cooler then it is now
Climatology is the study of Earth’s climates and the factors that affect past, present, and future climatic changes

4. Normals
Data used to describe an areas climate are compiled by meteorological records
The data includes daily high and low temps, amounts of rainfall, wind speed and direction, humidity and air pressure
This data is averages over a 30 year period to determine normals

9. What Causes Climate? The climate around the world varies greatly
Reasons fro climatic variations are latitude, topography, closeness of lakes and oceans, availability of moisture, global wind patterns, ocean currents and air masses