Climate Zones

High latitude

Cold and snowy winter and warm humid summer

London, Seattle, Ireland, U.K.

Northern Canada and northern Russia

Long hot summer, short mild winter

Grapes, olives, palm trees

Temperatures between -40 to 85

Hot summer and short mild rainy winter

Hot and rainy all year

Permafrost

Hot and wet and hot and dry seasons.

semi arid

Arid

Windless region near equator

Cool to warm summer and mild rainy winter

Conifers and deciduous trees, grasses and shrubs

Palm trees, evergreens, shrubs, and grasses

Sahara, Gobi, Kalahari, and Death Valley

Evergreen forests and the Taiga are here

Wisconsin and eastern Europe

Bitter cold winter, short cool summer, lichens and mosses for plants

Below freezing all year

10-20 inches of rain a year in this climate zone