Climographs• Precipitation and Time– Domain = Months (X axis)– Range = Precipitation (Y axis)

• Temperature and Time– Domain = Months (X axis)– Range = Temperature (Y axis)

• As we explore the following climographs around the world, lets determine the:– Domain– Range– Situation

Matching Climographs

In your groups:Match the climographs given to you with each of the different climate types on your climate types chart from yesterday.

We will check our answers once you are done.

Remember, 32⁰F = Freezing

Shanghai, China

Humid Subtropical

London, United Kingdom

Marine West Coast

New Delhi, India

Tropical Wet and Dry

Moscow, Russia

Humid Continental

Barcelona, Spain

Mediterranean

Belem, Brazil

Tropical Wet

Tehran, Iran

Semi Arid

Cairo, Egypt

Arid

Fairbanks, Alaska

Subarctic

Climate Types of the World

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate

Climograph Website

International Cities• http://

drought.unl.edu/DroughtBasics/WhatisClimatology/ClimographsforSelectedInternationalCities.aspx

US Cities• http://

drought.unl.edu/DroughtBasics/WhatisClimatology/ClimographsforSelectedUSCities.aspx

What Climate Type is It?

?Identify the climate type based on the clues….

Found just south of the equator…Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa

Highlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro

University CampusBoca Raton, Florida

Humid Subtropicalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida#mediaviewer/File:FAU_Alumni_Plaza.jpg

These are olive trees…Of southern Spain

Mediterraneanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive#mediaviewer/File:Olivares_de_la_campi%C3%B1a_estepe%C3%B1a.jpg

Low lying woody shrubs…Outback of Australia

Semi Aridhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outback#mediaviewer/File:Outback.JPG

Sledding in the winter…NE of the United States…

Humid Continentalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledding#mediaviewer/File:Sledding_by_David_Shankbone.jpg

Glacier in the background

Tundra

After things have melted in Norway…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra#mediaviewer/File:Kongsfjorden_from_Blomstrandhalvoja.jpg

Arial view of a tributary…Amazon River

Tropical Wethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River#mediaviewer/File:Aerial_view_of_the_Amazon_Rainforest.jpg

Dense vegetation, not tropical…Olympic National Forest, WA

Marine West Coasthttp://www.fs.usda.gov/