Geography and history
department. IES FRAY PEDRO DE URBINA
OUTLINE TO COMMENT climographs
A climograph is a graphical representation
of basic climatic parameters,
that is monthly average temperature and precipitation,
at a certain location. It is used for a quick-view of the climate of a
location.
1. Introduction to comment sentence.
2. Regarding precipitation:
• How it rains (annual total, is it wet or dry
climate?)
• When it rains (number of dry months, higher rainfall
seasons, rainiest month, driest month ...)
• Why does it rain? Frontal rains (passing Lows),
convective (thunderstorms, cold drop ...) or orographic (mountain areas).
3. Regarding the temperatures:
• Annual average temperature (cold climate, warm, hot
...)
• Warmest month
• Coldest month
• Annual temperature gradient or range (Is it low / high? And
why?)
• How are the summers (hot,> 25 °; warm, 20-25 °)
• How are the winters (fresh,> 10 °; cold, <10
°) and how much they last (they will be long, if over five months or more do not
reach 10 º)
4. Climate type, characteristics, areas in which it
occurs. Why do you think it is that and not another?
5. What plant vegetation and landscapes are associated
with this kind of climate? (Forests, shrub or herbaceous steppes, altitudinal
zones of vegetation in mountains, etc.).
6. Concluding sentence (you can insist on the kind of
climate that is).
