1. LACEMOPS

2. L- Latitude
A location’s latitude affects its overall climate High latitudes = year round low temperatures Middle latitudes = seasonality (experience all 4 seasons) Low latitudes = year round high temperatures

3. A- Air masses
Air Masses: Cold air comes from Polar Regions and Warm air comes from Tropics

4. C- Continentality
Places on the same LATITUDE will experience different climates if one is located near a LARGE body of water
Cause: Water heats and cools slower than on land
Effect: Coastal climates have a lower range of temperatures

5. E- Elevation
Places at the SAME latitude will experience DIFFERENT climates if they have different elevations.

6. M- Mountain Barriers
Mountain serve as a BARRIER for precipitation.

7. O- Ocean Currents
Ocean Currents affect the climate of COASTAL locations.
Warm water comes from THE TROPICS
Cold water comes from the POLAR REGIONS

8. P- Pressure and Prevailing Winds
Pressure: Pressure moves from HIGH to LOW
High Pressure = heavy and cold
Low Pressure = light and warm

9. S-Storms
A storm is a DISTURBED state of the atmosphere and brings atypical TEMPERATURES, PRECIPITATION or WIND to a location.

10. Climographs
Climate is defined as the temperature and precipitation patterns of a specific region over time
Measures precipitation (usually in inches of rainfall) and temperature (usually in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius) over the course of a year

11. Type of Biome associated with that place (not always present)
Climograph: Measures precipitation (rainfall) and temperature over the course of a year
Type of Biome associated with that place (not always present)
Place where the temperature and precipitation were measured
Scale used to indicate inches of precipitation
Months of the year
Temperature scale in degrees Fahrenheit (sometimes in Celsius)
Bar graph showing the average precipitation
Line graph showing the average monthly temperature

12. Climographs that have ‘mountain’ like temperature line tell us that city is located in the Northern Hemisphere
Climographs that have a ‘smile’ like temperature line tells us that city is in the Southern Hemisphere