Climate vs. Weather

Polar

long-term

Temperature

wind speed

humidity (amount of moisture in the air)

what you expect

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

What climate zone is represented by PURPLE?

a pattern of weather

average temperature

5 major zones

Flood

hurricane

What climate zone is represented by BROWN?

What climate zone is represented by GREEN?

Precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, hail

atmospheric conditions

short-term changes

some depend on latitude

native plant life

what you get each day or hour or minute

particular place

average precipitation

the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area

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

What climate zone is represented by YELLOW?

cloudy

Blizzard

Thunder and Lightning

What climate zone is represented by RED?

Highland

helps you decide what clothes to wear each day

Drought

Temperate

defines a large area or region

looks at 30 years of data

Dry

Tropical