Climate vs. Weather

what you get each day or hour or minute

particular place

humidity (amount of moisture in the air)

Highland

average temperature

average precipitation

Temperate

defines a large area or region

what you expect

short-term changes

wind speed

What climate zone is represented by YELLOW?

Drought

cloudy

Flood

What climate zone is represented by GREEN?

native plant life

Polar

What climate zone is represented by RED?

looks at 30 years of data

Dry

Temperature

the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area

Tropical

the way the atmosphere is behaving at any given time in a specific place

Precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, hail

5 major zones

Blizzard

Thunder and Lightning

What climate zone is represented by PURPLE?

hurricane

a pattern of weather

What climate zone is represented by BROWN?

some depend on latitude

long-term

helps you decide the type of clothing you need to buy (raingear, warm jackets, sandals)

atmospheric conditions

helps you decide what clothes to wear each day