Climate and temperature

Tropical Desert Polar

• 25° N/S equator • Sahara (Largest hot) / Antarctica (Largest Cold) • North & South Pole
• Rainforests • Lack of precipitation & Vegetation • Short summers with long days. (Many hours of
• Wet: Closer to equator (smaller temperature • Extreme temps (50℃ day) (Freezing Nights) weak sunshine weekly)
range) (2000mm rain annually) (Amazon) • Less than 250mm rain annually • Only a few daylight hours in the long winter.
• Dry: Closer to tropics (Wet & dry seasons) (East • No month has an average temp above freezing
Africa) • Extremely low temps annually (-40℃)
• High temperature (25° Aver) • Little precipitation because of low temps
• High Rainfall

Subtropical Semi-desert Tundra

• East coast of continents 20° - 40° N/S equator • Borders hot deserts • 60° & 75° N/S
• Regions far from the equator (Similar to dry • Kalahari region • Next to polar climates
trop.) • High temp & unpredictable rainfall (Droughts) • Average summer temp (2℃ - 12℃)
• KZN East Coast • Temp decreases with latitude and altitude • Snow melts at this time, with this higher temp,
• Summer (20℃ and Above) • High temp range (Day + Night) it is the right conditions for plants to grow.
• Winter (15℃) • 250mm-500mm rain annually • One month with temp above freezing
• Annual Precipitation: over 1000mm • Most precipitation in summer as rain
• 100mm-400mm snow annually
Alpine
• High Mountain area
• Similar to the polar climate
• Low temp (Influence of altitude)
Temperate Continental Mediterranean
• 45° & 65° N/S Latitude • 30° & 60° Latitude in Northern Hemisphere. • 40° & 50° N/S
• Mild Climate (No extreme weather) • No large continents between latitude in • Around the Mediterranean Sea
• Mild summers Southern Hemisphere. • Warm Summers (Above 20℃-Average)
• Cool winters • Short Summers (Above 20℃) (3-4 Months) • Cool, wet winters (10-15℃-Average)
• Annual average Temp: 10℃ • Long winters (Freezing) (6 Months in higher • 400mm-600mm rain annually
• Average annual rainfall: 1400mm in winter altitudes)
• 500mm-1250mm rain annually