1. Climate Graphing

2. What are we Graphing Here?

3. What is Temperature? Temperature:
The degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.

4. What are we measuring for Outdoor Temperature?

5. Temperature of the AIR
When we measure temperature on the Earth, we are measuring the temperature of the AIR around us
The Air (Atmosphere) is able to keep the Earth’s temperature quite stable!
Whereas a planet with no Atmosphere would witness MASSIVE differences in temperature from day to night!

6. What do we measure the Temperature in?

7. Celsius (C)
Of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
Everything else is relative to this
Much simpler than the Imperial scale of Fahrenheit!

8. What is Precipitation?

9. Precipitation
Any form of Water that falls to the Earth’s surface during the “Water Cycle”
Falls from condensed water vapour known as Clouds
Can be in the form of :
Rain
Sleet
Snow
Hail

10. Are Temperature and Precipitation Connected?
This you will discover on your own!

11. Why would this Climate Graph NOT WORK for Hamilton?

12. 2 Pieces of Data on a Graph
Temperature:
Left Side
Line Graph
0 degrees in the middle
Increase by “5” going upwards and downward
Up is positive and Down is Negative
Precipitation:
Right Side
Bar Graph
0 mm is on bottom of graph
Scale depends on the information that you are looking at

13. Let’s Convert this CHART into a Climate Graph!
Calgary
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Temperature
(C) -7 -5 -1 5 10 14 17 12 6 -2 -6
Precipitation
(mm) 11 20 40 60 80 85 65 44 23

14. A few More Calculations!

15. Approximate Average Temperature?
Calgary
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Temperature
(C) -7 -5 -1 5 10 14 17 12 6 -2 -6
Precipitation
(mm) 11 20 40 60 80 85 65 44 23

16. Approximate Average Temperature
Add the Highest and Lowest Temperatures together and divide by 2
Highest Temp: 17
Lowest Tem:
17 + (-7) = 10
10 / 2 = 5
Approximate Average Temp: 5 degrees C

17. Temperature Range? Calgary Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct
Nov
Dec
Temperature
(C) -7 -5 -1 5 10 14 17 12 6 -2 -6
Precipitation
(mm) 11 20 40 60 80 85 65 44 23

18. Temperature Range
The Difference between the Highest and Lowest Temperatures
Subtract the LOWEST from the HIGHEST
17 – (-7) = 24
Temperature Range: 24 degrees C

19. Total Precipitation? Calgary Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct
Nov
Dec
Temperature
(C) -7 -5 -1 5 10 14 17 12 6 -2 -6
Precipitation
(mm) 11 20 40 60 80 85 65 44 23

20. Total Precipitation Add up ALL of the Precipitations for each month
= 462
Total Precipition: mm

21. Your Task
Complete the steps that we have just done for 3 different parts of Canada
Lastly, Translate a GRAPH back into a CHART