1. Factors that effect Climate
Climate the weather in a region over a long period of time.

2. Latitude
Low latitudes-between 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south (tropics region)
Mid-Latitudes-between 30 degrees and 60 degrees north and between 30 and 60 degrees south (mid-latitude region)
High Latitudes-between 60 and 90 degrees north and 60 and 90 degrees south (arctic region)

3. Amazon Rainforest- Equator
Sahara Desert-25 N Lat
Glaciers of Norway-70 N Lat

5. Elevation Elevation feet above sea level
As elevation increases temperature decreases

7. South Dakota Mid-latitudes
Summer
Spring
Fall
Winter

8. Average Temperature 81 day, 65 night
Ocean Currents
Average Temperature 81 day, 65 night
Record High 95, Low 52

9. Iceland
Average Temperature 52 in July 30 in January

10. Landforms
Mountains have a huge effect with the windward side receiving a significant different kind of climate than the windward side.

11. Atacama Desert (Rain shadow of the Andes Mts.

12. Sahara Desert (rain shadow of the Atlas Mts.)

13. Gobi Desert (rain shadow of the Altia Mts and Himalayas)

14. Death Valley (rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada Mts)