Types of Climate

Objective
- Describe and explain the distribution
- Characteristic of the climate in terms of temperature, precipitation and humidity
- Singapore's weather and climate

3 types of climate
- Equatorial climate,
- monsoon climate (wet and dry)
- Cool temperate climate

(Lecture notes page 24)

Homework
P63 and 64 : Q12 Bedok North

12                        Identify and describe the main features of the climate shown in Fig 8.               [4]

Study the climatic data for a weather station in an Asian City shown below.

Station 2m above sea level, Latitude 13oN
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Temp	26	28	29	30	29	29	28	28	28	26	25	26
Rainfall	8	20	36	58	198	160	160	175	305	206	66	5

                                                                                          Fig 8

·        Tropical Monsoon Climate

·        High mean annual temperature of 27.7^oC.

·        Have distinct wet and dry seasons.

·        From November to January, it is the cool and dry season which temperature is lower and little rain.

·        From February to April, it is the hot and dry season which temperature is slightly higher than the cool and dry season and there is little rain.

·        From May to September, it the hot and wet season which the temperature and rainfall is high due to the southwest monsoon.

(a) Study Figs. 3 and 4, which show the climographs of Peru and India.       (i) With reference to Figs. 3 and 4, compare the characteristics of the climate of Peru and India.                                                                                                                   [4]    Rainfall ·        Peru’s rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year while India’s rainfall is seasonal/unevenly distributed. ·        India experiences high seasonal rainfall from June to September and low seasonal rainfall from October to May. ·        Peru’s annual rainfall is about 2885mm while India’s annual rainfall is about 3345mm. Temperature ·        Both Peru and India experience high temperature of around 27°C throughout the year. ·        India has a larger annual temperature range of about 4°C while Peru has a small annual temperature range of 1°C. (ii) Account for the distribution of rainfall in India.                                                                                                                                [4]    ·        From June to September, India is experiencing southwest monsoon that travels over the Indian Ocean. ·        It bring moisture/rain to India; resulting in high rainfall. ·        From October to April, India is experiencing northeast monsoon wind that travels across the continental land. ·        The monsoon wind was able to receive moisture hence India did not receive much rain during this period of time.