1. Climates of the World

2. World Climate Regions High Latitude Middle Latitude Low Latitude Middle Latitude High Latitude Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Cancer Equator

3. Type of Climate: Humid Tropical Category: Low Latitude Description: Warm & Rainy, tropical vegetation, rain forests

4. N or S of Equator?????

5. Humid Tropical Lat/Long = 3.39˚ S, 73.18˚ W Average Annual Temperature (˚C) = 26.1 (79˚F) Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 1.4 Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 2879.2 (111”) What do you notice about the range in temperature? What do you notice about the precipitation?

6. Type of Climate: Tropical Savanna Category: Low Latitude Description: Warm year round; tropical grassland with scattered trees

7. N or S of the Equator???

8. Tropical Savanna Latitude/Longitude 14° 42' N,17° 29' W Average Annual Temperature (˚C) = 24.5 (76.1˚F) Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 7.1 Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 578 (22”) 250mm = 9.8” 25˚C = 77˚F

9. 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

10. N or S of Equator???

11. Latitude/Longitude 27° 40’ N, 8° 7’ W Average Annual Temperature (˚C) = 22.8 (73.4˚F) Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 21.2 Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 43.8 (1.7”) Desert

12. 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

13. N or S of Equator????

14. Latitude/Longitude 16.25˚S; 133.3˚E Average Annual Temperature (C) = 26.5˚ (79.7˚F) Annual Temperature Range (C) = 10˚ Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 536.2 (21”) 150mm=6” Steppe

15. Type of Climate: Mediterranean Category: Mid-latitude Description: Dry, sunny, warm and mild summers, wet winters; scrub, woodland and grassland

16. N or S of Equator???

17. Latitude/Longitude 37.45˚ N, 122.26˚ W Average Annual Temperature (˚C) = 13.75 (56.75˚F) Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 9 Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 475 (18.7”) Mediterranean

18. 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

19. N or S of Equator???

20. Latitude/Longitude 35˚ N, 90˚ W Average Annual Temperature (˚C) = 17 (62˚F) Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 22 Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 1222 (48”) Humid Subtropical

21. Type of Climate: Marine West Coast Category: Mid-latitude Description: Cloudy, mild summers, cool and rainy winters; temperate evergreen forest

22. N or S of Equator?

23. Latitude/Longitude 51.3˚N,.07˚ W Average Annual Temperature (˚C) = 10.4 (50.2˚F) Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 14 Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 595 (23.5”) Marine West Coast

24. Type of Climate: Humid Continental Category: Mid-latitude Description: Four distinct seasons; long and cold winters; short and warm summers; varying precipitation; mixed forest

25. N or S of Equator???

26. Latitude/Longitude 41.9˚ N, 87.5˚ W Average Annual Temperature (˚C) =10.3 Annual Temperature Range (˚C) =29.2 Total Annual Precipitation (mm) =904.4 Humid Continental

27. Type of Climate: Subarctic Category: High latitude Description: Extreme temperatures; long and cold winters; short and cool summers; northern evergreen forests

28. N or S of Equator?

29. Latitude/Longitude 62.1˚ N, 129.49˚ W Average Annual Temperature (˚C) = -10.08 (13˚F) Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 63 Total Annual Precipitation (mm) =213 (8.3”) Subarctic

30. 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

31. N or S of Equator???

32. Latitude/Longitude 71.2˚ N,156˚ W Average Annual Temperature (˚C) = -12.7˚ (9.4˚F) Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 32˚ Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 110 (4.3”) Tundra

33. Type of Climate: Ice cap Category: High latitude Description: Freezing cold; snow and ice all year; little precipitation; no vegetation

34. N or S of Equator???

35. Latitude/Longitude 77˚ S, 166˚ E Average Annual Temperature (˚C) = -17.0 (1.4˚F) Annual Temperature Range (˚C) = 23 Total Annual Precipitation (mm) = 7.8 (.3”) Ice cap

36. 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

37. N or S of Equator???

38. 1˚41’44”S, 29˚15.5E

39. Credits World Climate map and photographs taken from http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm Climographs taken from http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/uwsp_le ctures/climates_toc.html