Climates of the World (Storm Team)

Tropical Rain Forest

• hot and wet, lush vegetation, rain almost every day of the year

• the direst regions on earth

Tropical Savanna

• 4 distinct seasons (the US)

• warm all year, 2 distinct seasons, wet/summer, dry/winter

Humid Continental

• the driest regions on earth

• 4 distinct seasons

Deserts

• warm all year, 2 distinct seasons, wet/summer dry/winter

• the driest regions on earth

Ice Caps

• vertical elevations/ mountains

• polar regions, freezing cold ice and snow year round

Marine West

• cloudy mild summer/cool rainy winter, strong influence from the ocean

• area where one would see hurricanes and typhoons

Humid-Subtropical

• polar regions, freezing cold ice and snow year round

• area where one would see hurricanes and typhoons

Highlands

• vertical elevations/ mountains

• cloudy mild summer/ cool/rainy winter, strong influence from the ocean

Subarctic (Taiga)

• extremes of temperature, long cold winters/short warm summers

• permafrost, cold all year no trees

Tundra

• dry, sunny, warm summer and mild wet winter

• permafrost, cold all year no trees