Jacob Langhamer

Lab 08 Group Report

While creating our own climate classification map, we decided to classify the state of
Texas through mean annual precipitation. The legend we created used the color red for less than
eight inches of precipitation, yellow for 8-20 inches of precipitation, pink for 20-32 inches of
precipitation, green for 32-44 inches of precipitation, and blue for areas greater than 44 inches of
precipitation. Texas has always been known to have various climates in many different areas, due
to the location on the globe and being one of the largest states in the United States. Therefore, its
very impressive to see how some large areas receive less than eight inches of precipitation on
average year around, while the opposite side of Texas covers a large area of 44 inches of
precipitation or greater.
Panhandle vs. South Texas
In the panhandle, there are a variety of amounts of precipitation each year. In the left
corner of the panhandle, ranging for a diameter of roughly 150-175 kilometers, is an area that
receives less than eight inches of precipitation per year. However, the center of the panhandle
ranges for approximately 8-20 inches of precipitation per year, which struck our group as odd
considering the terrain of the area receiving more precipitation is not all that different from its
neighboring area of the panhandle receiving less than 8 inches of precipitation. Also, the far right
side of the panhandle makes a large leap from the far left side of the panhandle, ranging from 2032 inches per year of precipitation.