Climate Graphs Flashcards
What is a climate graph?
A climate graph displays yearly temperature and precipitation statistics for a particular location.
How is precipitation measured?
Climate graphs are used to illustrate the average temperature and rainfall experienced at a particular place over a period of time. The graphs consist of a red line graph showing average monthly temperature, and a simple column graph showing average monthly rainfall figures. Rainfall is shown in blue.
How is the temperature measured on a climate graph?
Some graphs show both the average daily high and low temperatures for each month. They do this by including two line graphs – the average monthly maximum temperature in red and the average monthly minimum in blue.
Example: The range of temperature between Summer and Winter is ….
Dec.
Max: 26.5
Min: 11.9
Jan.
Max: 28.5
Min: 13.5
Feb.
Max: 28.1
Min: 13.8
June
Max: 12.3
Min: 1.4
July
Max: 11.5
Min: 0.0
Aug.
Max: 13.5
Min: 1.3
The lowest maximum temperature of the coldest month: 11.5 from July
Compared to the highest maximum temperature of the warmer month: 28.5 from January
Answer: 17°C
