Climate Zones

This climate is hot and wet all year

• highlands

• tropical wet

• tropical wet and dry

• humid subtropical

This climate is hot all year but has a very dry winter.

• highlands

• humid subtropical

• tropical wet

• tropical wet and dry

This climate has hotter summers, mild to cold winters and about 18 inches of rain a year.

• tropical wet

• arid

• semiarid

• humid subtropical

This climate has hot days, cold nights and only 5 inches of rain a year.

• tropical wet and dry

• humid subtropical

• semiarid

• Arid

This climate is common in southern Europe and has hot summers, cool winters and not too much rain.

• Marine West Coast

• Mediterranean

• humid subtropical

• semiarid

This climate has hot summers and cool winters but a higher than average amount of rain.

• Mediterranean

• humid subtropical

• semiarid

• tropical wet

This climate has warm summers and cool winters with a medium amount of rain.

• subarctic

• humid subtropical

• Marine West Coast

• arid

This climate has warm summers and cold winters and is closest to what we have here in New England.

• humid continental

• subarctic

• semi arid

• tropical wet and dry

This climate has cool summers, very cold winters and does not get a lot of rain.

• Ice Cap

• subarctic

• semiarid

• humid continental

This climate is common in northern Canada and Siberia and has cold summers, very cold winters and a small amount of rain.

• Tundra

• ice cap

• subarctic

• Arid