CLIMATE REGIONS

NO. CLIMATE TEMPERATURE (RANGE)

PRECIPITATION
(AVERAGE IN INCHES)
SEASONS
OTHER
CHARACTERISTICS
LOCATION OTHER INFORMATION
1 Tropical Wet 80F
more than 80 inches per
year
1 season
gets direct sunlight causing
it to be warm throughout
the year
Along the equator; Central
& South America, Africa, &
Southwest Asia
mostly tropical rainforest
2 Tropical Wet & Dry Wet: 77F Dry: 68F Wet: Dry: 4 inches Summer & Winter
Wet during summer and
dry during winter
Africa, South & Central
America, & parts of Asia
has large grassland,
Savanna
3 Semiarid -15F 16 inches per year Summer & Winter
summers are hot but winter
is only mild to cold
interior of continents
contains most productive
agricultural regions
4 Desert 40-45F
less than 10 inches per
year
Summer: very hot Winter:
very cold
summer is very hot and
very cold winters
mid-latitudes mostly in the
Northern Hemisphere,
often in the rain shadow of
nearby mountain ranges
large land with tons of
sand
5 Mediterranean 30-65F 20 inches per year
summer: hot dry winter:
mild cool
summer is hot and dry &
winter in mild and cool
30 and 45 latitudes;
Western sides of
Continents
Scrub vegetation
6 Marine West Coast 30-72F 30-98 inches per year summer & winter
cool in summer and warm
in the winter
midway between the
tropics and the
arctic/antarctic circle
has large Redwood trees
7 Humid Subtropical 70 F 48 inches per year Summer , Fall, Winter
Summer: hot and humid
Fall: hurricanes Winter:mild
to cool
east coast of continents
between 20 and 40
suitable for growing rice
8 Humid Continental Summer: 71F Winter:25F 20-50 inches per year All 4 seasons
Summer: warm & humid
Spring: warm & wet
Fall: Cool & dry
Winter: cold & Harsh
interior of continents
between the 30and 60
latitude
mixed forest and
temperate grassland
9 Subartic -40 to 85 F freezing or below freezing summer & winter
Summers: short and cool
Winter: very cold
Canada & Russia; 50-70
lattitude
Coniferous trees
10 Tundra 35-50 F
less than 15 inches per
year
summer & winter Summer: cool Winter:harsh Northern Hemisphere
Has permafrost: subsoil
constantly frozen
11 Ice Cap -16 to -17F
less than 10 inches per
year
Summer & Winter
Summer: 24 hrs of light
Winter:24 hrs of darknes
Mostly at the poles
home to polar bears and
lichen
12 Highlands
depends (increses 3F
every 1000 feet)
depends on elevation no seasons
Seasons felt only at low
elevations, near the bottom
of a mountain
South America
has orographic
precipitation
Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/climatetypes/tropical-wet; http://www.weather-climate.org.uk/13.php