Climate Regions

Area that gets 10 inches or less of rainfall per year. 

• desert
• highlang
• semi-arid 
• tundra

Climate region that is covered with taiga. 

• subarctic
• tundra
• highland
• icecap

Permafrost is found throughout the land in this climate region. 

• icecap
• tundra
• taiga
• subarctice

This climate region as warm/rainy summers and cool/dry winters.

• humid subtropical
• tropical wet and dry
• tropical wet 
• mediterranean

A cloudy and damp atmosphere is found in this climate region with a constant temperature all year. 

• marine west coast
• mediterranean
• humid sub-tropical
• tropical wet and dry

This climate region is located around deserts and gets about 16 inches of rainfall a year. 

• highland
• semi-arid
• humid continental
• tundra

This climate region is full of mountains and has a variety of climates that change with elevation.  

• highland
• desert
• semi-arid
• tundra

Dry/hot summers and cool/rainy winters are found in this region. 

• marine west coast
• tropical wet
• mediterranean
• tropical wet and dry

This climate region has an average temperature of 80 degrees F with little variation throughout the year. 

• humid sub-tropical
• tropical wet
• tropical wet and dry
• humid continental

Long, hot, and humid summers cause hurricanes to form in this climate region.

• humid continental
• humid sub-tropical
• tropical wet
• tropical wet and dry