Climate Zone

Winters are very cold here. Summers are a little warmer, but short. This climate zone gets a lot of snow but not much rain.

• Desert
• Polar

• Temperate
• Tropical

Rainfall is moderate. Winters are long and cold, with lots of snow.

• Northern Temperate

• Coastal

• Tropical

• Polar

It’s colder here than in lower areas nearby. Snow is common, but the area can be wet or dry, depending on local conditions.

• Subtropical

• Polar

• Mountain

• Northern Temperate

Seasonal and day-to-night temperature changes are smaller here than they are inland.

• Polar

• Arid

• Tropical

• Coastal

Rainfall here is moderate, and snow falls in the winter. The summers are warm and the winters are cold.

• Subtropical

• Temperate

• Semiarid

• Northern Temperate

Zones that have high rainfall, and hot and humid summers. The winters are drier and cooler.

• Polar

• Arid

• Subtropical

• Tropical

Precipitation, which falls as rain, is high. So is humidity – the amount of moisture in the air. It’s very hot most of the year.

• Mountain

• Tropical

• Coastal

• Arid

Very little rain falls in this zone. Temperatures change a lot between day and night. In some arid areas, they also change a lot from summer to winter.

• Arid

• Tropical rainforest
• Temperate

• Savanna

Here, summers are hot and dry, and winters are cool and wet.

• Mediterranean

• Coastal

• Tropical rainforest climate
• Subarctic climate

Rainfall here is low. Temperature changes are moderate between day and night and between summer and winter.

• Tropical

• Arid

• Semiarid

• Savanna