1. Climate Graphs
Facts to know

2. What do climate graphs tell us?
As the name indicates: Climate graphs give us information about the climate of a specific place, e.g. New York or Stuttgart.
The monthly temperature and precipitation are the AVERAGES of about 30 years!
They do NOT tell us anything about the WEATHER there!

3. How to get the data
Measure the rainfall and add the quantities (throughout the year)
Read the thermometer
at 7 a.m
at 2 p.m.
at 9 p.m. (counts double)
The daily averages are turned into monthly averages ( average of 30 years)

4. Let's take a closer look…
average annual temperature
climate station / height above sea level [m]
average annual precipitation
latitude / longitude
precipitation line
temperature line

5. Temperature and Precipitation
NOTE: The values on the precipitation axis are double the values of the temperature axis.
10°C  40 mm

6. Presenting a climate graph
Remember: Numbers are killers!
Way out: Compare with what we know!
Compare with Boeblingen or Stuttgart.
Name the climate type (arctic, polar, arid, humid, continental, maritime, etc)

7. Fairbanks and Berlin
Semi-continental climate
Sub-polar climate

8. What the climate graph tells us?
Is a month arid or humid?
arid: the temperature line is above the precipitation line / column
humid: the other way round (precipitation above temperature)
Do plants grow?
The monthly average temperature is above 5°C
Do crops (Kulturpflanzen) grow?
The monthly average temperature is above 10°C
Is winegrowing possible?
Yes, if the annual average temperature is 10°C or higher

9. Vocabulary average = durchschnittlich annual = jährlich
height above sea level = Höhe über N.N.
arid/aridity = trocken, Trockenheit
humid/humidity = feucht, Feuchtigkeit
temperature range = Temp.bereich [Kelvin]
amount of… = Menge an…
semi-continental = Übergangsklima