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Climate Lesson
What factors contribute to a
region’s climate?
Table of Contents
Date
Title
Lesson #
8/28
The 5 A’s
3
8/31
Geographer’s Tools
4
9/1
Internal Forces
5
9/3
External Forces
6
9/8
Climographs
7
1. Draw a line underneath wherever you left off
yesterday.
2. Write the title “Climographs”
Number in
your
notebook 18.
Major Climate Regions
1. Tropical Wet: Always hot and rainy
(Amazon Rainforest)
2. Desert: Less than 10 inches of rain per
year (Phoenix, AZ)
3. Semiarid: Receives between 10 and 16
inches of rain per year (West Texas)
Major Climate Regions
4. Mediterranean: Dry and hot summers,
cool and rainy winters (Los Angeles, CA)
5. Humid Subtropical: Hot and humid
summers, mild to cool winters (Houston,
TX)
6. Marine West Coast: Warm ocean
currents bring mild temperatures and
constant rainfall (Seattle, WA).
Major Climate Regions
7. Humid Continental: Hot summers, cold
winters. Located in the interior, far away
from oceans. Four distinct seasons (St.
Louis, MO).
8. Tundra: Always cold. Flat, treeless lands
around the Arctic Ocean. Very little rain.
Land has permafrost. (Greenland)
Climographs
• Definition  Climographs are a graphic
representation of the climate in a given
area.
• 5 Themes of Geography – Place
– What is it like there?
– You could use a climograph to tell you
COPY WHAT IS
IN THE BOX
COPY WHAT IS
IN THE BOX
•
Climographs
include…
1. a line graph
measuring
average
temperature
and…
2. a bar graph
measuring
average
rainfall for
each month.
Hilo, Hawaii – Tropical Wet
Temperature
Rainfall
Las Vegas Climograph - Desert
Task  complete
the questions
below in your
notebook…
1. How are
the
climates of
Houston
and Las
Vegas
different?
2. How do
you know?
Houston – Humid Subtropical
Task  complete the questions below in
your notebook…
1. How are the climates of Houston and
Las Vegas different?
2. How do you know?
Las Vegas - Desert
Climograph Help
• How to read a climograph
1. Use the key
Task  Complete
the questions
below in your
notebook…
2. Line graph = temperature
1. How would a
farmer use a
climograph?
3. Bar graph = precipitation
4. Does what you’re thinking
make sense?
5. Check your axises
COPY WHAT IS
IN THE BOX
2. How would a
tourist use a
climograph?
3. What is another
profession in
which people
would find a
climograph
useful?
Climograph Assignment – K/H
• You have been hired by the US military to analyze the
climate of two cities, Baghdad and Houston.
• Major decisions will be made based on your analysis of
the climate of both cities. He wants you to determine
when is the best month to launch the attack.
– To do so you must analyze the climates of both cities and
determine which month is the best time to launch the attack from
Houston that will blow up a bunker in Baghdad.
• Your commander will present you with the following
directions…
How to Make a Climate Graph:
1. Plot the data on RAIN (precipitation, shown in
inches) as a bar graph by month.
2. Plot the data on TEMP (temperature in degrees
Fahrenheit [F]) as a line graph by month.
3. Analyze the two graphs to describe the climates in
these two locations?
- What are the seasons like? When is it hot? When is
it cooler?
- When is it wet? When is it dry?
- You may wish to use Handout 3 “Describing a
Climate Graph” to help.