The climate where the equator runs directly through Equatorial Guinea, located along the west coast of Africa.
What is warm and wet?
100
Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
An angular distance north or south from the equator, it is expressed in degrees.
What is latitude?
200
The weather in this zone is cool and mild in January and hot and humid in June. Florida is in this zone/region.
What is the Southeast Region.
200
Delmarva and most of the United States are this climate zone.
What is Middle latitude?
200
Tombstone Valley (leeward side) in Yukon, Canada has this climate.
What is cold and dry.
200
The conditions in an area that change from day to day.
What is weather?
300
The temperature decreases as this increases.
What is altitude?
300
Washington State is in this region. It is cold and wet with moisture coming to the coastal areas from the Pacific coast in January. In July it is warm and dry.
What is the Northwestern Region.
300
This zone is characterized by high temperatures and is located in the equatorial zone.
What is the tropical zone?
300
Charleston, South Carolina along the Atlantic Ocean is in the Southeast region and has this climate in the summer.
What is hot and humid?
300
This side of a mountain gets rainfall from the warm air condensing as it rises.
What is the windward side.
400
The Delmarva Peninsula and islands are affected by the factor when determining climate.
What is a large body of water?
400
The Gulf of Mexicois the main source of moisture for this region. In January you can expect mild days and cool nights. July brings hot and humid weather.
What is the Southern region?
400
This climate zone is described as extremely cold with some of the zone with temperatures that never reach above freezing.
What is the polar zone?
400
The climate of McMurdo, a research station located in Antarctica.
What is freezing with snow?
400
These are the main two weather factors that affects Ocean City, MD.
What are the Atlantic Ocean and altitude.
500
One side of this receives a lot of rain while the other side will be dry.
What is mountain ranges?
500
California is in this region. January is cool and mild with most of the areas remaining dry. Elevation does play a factor in this region. July is warm and dry and region contains several deserts.
What is the Southwestern Region?
500
This climate zone has an average maximum temp. below 18 degrees celcius in the coldest month and an average minimum temp. above 10 degrees celcius.
What is a Middle-latitude climate?
500
Freeport, Maine a coastal community in the New England/Mid-Atlantic region would be this in the winter.
What is cold and snowy?
500
This region of the United States is cold and dry in January and July warm and fairly dry. Minnesota and Nebraska are in this region.