• When you are an adult, what kind of climate do you want to live in? Why?

• Using the chart provided, create a climograph for Houston.
• Remember temperature is a line.
•

Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Temperature (*F)
50
54
61
68
74
80
83
82
78
70
61
53
Precipitation (Inches)
3
3
3
5
4
3
5
4
4
3
5
3

Characteristics
– Constant summer-like temperatures
– Daily rains in the afternoon
- Average temperature is 80 degrees
- Approximately 80 inches of rain a year
- low latitude climate

• Characteristics
– Rainy, warm summers
– Dry, cool winters

Characteristics
– Little precipitation (average is 16 inches)
– mild to cold winters (can snow)/ hot summers
– interior of continents
– grasslands, some of the most productive agricultural land

Characteristics
– Less than 10 inches per year of precipitation
– Hot deserts have high temperatures during the day.
Night temperatures drop quickly due to low humidity.

• Characteristics
– Dry, hot summers
– cool, rainy winters
– usually around Med Sea, but can also be found on west coast of U.S. and parts of Australia
– dense population and agricultural activity, such as citrus

• Characteristics
– Cloudy, Damp and Foggy
– precipitation year round as result of warm ocean currents
– Moderate, constant temperature/precipitation year round
– smog can be an issue

• Characteristics
– Long summers- heat and humidity
– Found along east coast and prone to hurricanes
– mild to cool winters
– Crops, such as rice, grow well here

• Characteristics
– Great variety in temperature and precipitation
– all four seasons (latitude determines length of location's seasons)
– mid-latitude climate

• Characteristics
– Huge temperature variations
– short, cool summers
– very cold winters
– 5-8 months of at or below freezing temperatures
– taiga forests (evergreen forests)

• Characteristics
– Little precipitation (usually less than 15 Inches)
– permafrost (permanently frozen ground)
– cold, short summer (high temps about 40 degrees)
– flat and treeless, lichen and moss can grow

• Characteristics
– Permanently freezing temperatures, so cold it rarely snows
– polar desert (receives less than 10 inches of rain a year)
– high latitude climate

• Characteristics
– All factors vary due to elevation and direction of slope
– Colder as elevation increases
– mountain areas

D
Belem, Brazil
Elev: 42 ft Lat: 01 o 27'
S Long: 48 o 29'W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– warm ocean currents
– winds moving air masses

C
Mexico City, Mexico
Elev: 7340 ft Lat: 19 o 26'
N Long: 99 o 04'W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– warm ocean currents
– winds moving air masses

K
Phoenix, Az.
Elev: 1107 ft Lat:
33 o N Long: 112 o W
• LACEMOPS
– Continentality
– winds moving apart at horse latitudes
– cold ocean currents
– mountain barriers

H Cairo, Egypt
Elev: 381 ft Lat:
29 o N Long: 31 o E
• LACEMOPS
– Continentality
– winds moving apart at horse latitudes
– cold ocean currents
– mountain barriers

E Athens, Greece
Elev: 351 ft Lat:
37 o N Long: 23 o E
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– ocean currents
– air masses

F London, England
Elev: 149 ft Lat:
51 o N Long: 00 o
• LACEMOPS
– Warm winds
– cold ocean currents
(storms)
– Continentality
(moderates)

L Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elev: 89 ft Lat: 34 o 33' S Long:
58 o 29'W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– warm ocean currents meet high pressure with heavy cold air (storms)

J Minneapolis, Minnesota
Elev: 686 ft Lat:
45 o N Long: 93 o W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude,
– continentality (farther away from water)
– air masses chilled by
Arctic ice and snow collide with tropical air masses ( storms, tornadoes
)

B Arkhangelsk, Russia
Elev: 13 ft Lat: 65° N,
Long: 41° W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– polar winds and cold air masses
– Continentality,
(extreme coldness b/c no water to moderate)

A Barrow, Alaska
Elev: 10 ft
Lat: 71° N, Long: 157° W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– polar air masses
– cold ocean currents
(dry, little precipitation)

I
Scott Base, Antarctica
Elev: 52 ft Lat: 77 o S Long:
166 o E
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– polar air masses
– cold ocean currents
(dry, little precipitation)

G
La Paz, Bolivia
Elev: 11,975 ft
Lat: 17 o S Long: 68 o W
• LACEMOPS
– Elevation
– Latitude
– Winds
– ocean currents
(dry or wet)