Global Climate Patterns

Which latitudes consist of 0-23.5?

• Low latitudes

• Middle latitudes

• High latitudes

What latitudes include 23.5-66.5?

• Middle latitudes

• High latitudes

• Low latitudes

Which latitudes include 66.5-90?

• High latitudes

• Middle latitudes

• Low latitudes

tropical rainforests, lush vegetation, and daily rain (50-260 inches per year); low latitudes

• Humid tropical

• Humid subtropical

• Humid continental

• Tropical savanna

Monsoons 2x a year, distinct rainy and dry seasons; low latitudes

• Tropical savanna

• Humid tropical

• Humid subtropical

• Humid continental

Wide temperature ranges, usually near a desert; flat grasslands common

• Steppe

• Highlands

• Humid continental

• Tropical savanna

Driest places of Earth, less than 10 inches of precipitation per year

• Desert

• Steppe

• Tundra

• Humid tropical

dry sunny summers, mild wet winters; Northern California; middle latitudes

• Mediterranean

• Humid continental

• Steppe

• Humid subtropical

rainy, gray skies, overcast; strong influence from the ocean; Seattle is an example

• Marine west coast

• Mediterranean

• Humid tropical

• Subarctic / taiga

Four distinct seasons; this is our climate; middle latitudes

• Humid continental

• Humid subtropical

• Mediterranean

• Marine west coast