|
Country |
Climate |
| Afghanistan
| arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers |
|
Albania
| mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers;
interior is cooler and wetter |
| Algeria
| arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast;
drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden
wind especially common in summer |
| American
Samoa | tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual
rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season from November to April, dry season from
May to October; little seasonal temperature variation |
|
Andorra
| temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers |
| Angola
| semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season
(May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April) |
|
Anguilla
| tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds |
|
Antarctica
| severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance
from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its
higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate; higher temperatures
occur in January along the coast and average slightly below freezing |
| Antigua
and Barbuda | tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation
|
| Arctic
Ocean | polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively
narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness,
cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by
continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow
|
| Argentina
| mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest |
| Armenia
| highland continental, hot summers, cold winters |
|
Aruba
| tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation |
| Ashmore
and Cartier Islands | tropical |
| Atlantic
Ocean | tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa
near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur
from May to December, but are most frequent from August to November |
| Australia
| generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in
north |
| Austria
| temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain in lowlands
and snow in mountains; cool summers with occasional showers |
|
Azerbaijan
| dry, semiarid steppe |
| Bahamas,
The | tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream |
| Bahrain
| arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers |
| Baker
Island | equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun |
| Bangladesh
| tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to
June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) |
|
Barbados
| tropical; rainy season (June to October) |
|
Bassas
da India | tropical |
| Belarus
| cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental
and maritime |
| Belgium
| temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy |
| Belize
| tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season
(February to May) |
| Benin
| tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north |
|
Bermuda
| subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter |
| Bhutan
| varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in
central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas |
| Bolivia
| varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid |
| Bosnia
and Herzegovina | hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation
have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast
|
| Botswana
| semiarid; warm winters and hot summers |
|
Bouvet
Island | antarctic |
| Brazil
| mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
|
British
Indian Ocean Territory | tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by
trade winds |
| British
Virgin Islands | subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade
winds |
| Brunei
| tropical; hot, humid, rainy |
| Bulgaria
| temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers |
|
Burkina
Faso | tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers |
| Burma
| tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon,
June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity
during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April) |
|
Burundi
| equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m
to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from
23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude
is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; wet seasons from February
to May and September to November, and dry seasons from June to August and December
to January |
| Cambodia
| tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December
to April); little seasonal temperature variation |
|
Cameroon
| varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in
north |
| Canada
| varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north |
| Cape
Verde | temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very
erratic |
| Cayman
Islands | tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and
cool, relatively dry winters (November to April) |
|
Central
African Republic | tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers
|
| Chad
| tropical in south, desert in north |
| Chile
| temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and
damp in south |
| China
| extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north |
| Christmas
Island | tropical; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds |
| Clipperton
Island | tropical; humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees C, rains
May-October |
| Cocos
(Keeling) Islands | tropical with high humidity, moderated by the
southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year |
|
Colombia
| tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands |
| Comoros
| tropical marine; rainy season (November to May) |
|
Congo,
Democratic Republic of the | tropical; hot and humid in equatorial
river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern
highlands; north of Equator - wet season April to October, dry season December
to February; south of Equator - wet season November to March, dry season April
to October |
| Congo,
Republic of the | tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season
(June to October); constantly high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating
climate astride the Equator |
| Cook
Islands | tropical; moderated by trade winds |
|
Coral
Sea Islands | tropical |
| Costa
Rica | tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy
season (May to November); cooler in highlands |
|
Cote
d'Ivoire | tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons
- warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June
to October) |
| Croatia
| Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with
hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast |
| Cuba
| tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April);
rainy season (May to October) |
| Cyprus
| temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters |
| Czech
Republic | temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters |
| Denmark
| temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
|
| Djibouti
| desert; torrid, dry |
| Dominica
| tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall |
| Dominican
Republic | tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation;
seasonal variation in rainfall |
| East
Timor | tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons |
| Ecuador
| tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical
in Amazonian jungle lowlands |
| Egypt
| desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters |
|
El
Salvador | tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November
to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands |
|
Equatorial
Guinea | tropical; always hot, humid |
|
Eritrea
| hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the
central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually); semiarid in western hills
and lowlands; rainfall heaviest during June-September except in coastal desert
|
| Estonia
| maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers |
|
Ethiopia
| tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation |
| Europa
Island | tropical |
| Falkland
Islands (Islas Malvinas) | cold marine; strong westerly winds, cloudy,
humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; average annual rainfall
is 24 inches in Stanley; occasional snow all year, except in January and February,
but does not accumulate |
| Faroe
Islands | mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy
|
| Fiji
| tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation |
| Finland
| cold temperate; potentially subarctic, but comparatively mild because
of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than
60,000 lakes |
| France
| generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers
along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly
wind known as mistral |
| French
Guiana | tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation
|
| French
Polynesia | tropical, but moderate |
|
French
Southern and Antarctic Lands | antarctic |
|
Gabon
| tropical; always hot, humid |
| Gambia,
The | tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry
season (November to May) |
| Gaza
Strip | temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers |
| Georgia
| warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast |
| Germany
| temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional
warm foehn wind |
| Ghana
| tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and
humid in southwest; hot and dry in north |
| Gibraltar
| Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers |
|
Glorioso
Islands | tropical |
| Greece
| temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers |
|
Greenland
| arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters |
|
Grenada
| tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds |
|
Guadeloupe
| subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity |
| Guam
| tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade
winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season from July to December; little
seasonal temperature variation |
| Guatemala
| tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands |
| Guernsey
| temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are
overcast |
| Guinea
| generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November)
with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan
winds |
| Guinea-Bissau
| tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June
to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly
harmattan winds |
| Guyana
| tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy
seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January) |
|
Haiti
| tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds |
| Heard
Island and McDonald Islands | antarctic |
|
Holy
See (Vatican City) | temperate; mild, rainy winters (September to
mid-May) with hot, dry summers (May to September) |
|
Honduras
| subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains |
|
Hong
Kong | tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from
spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall |
|
Howland
Island | equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun |
| Hungary
| temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers |
| Iceland
| temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters;
damp, cool summers |
| India
| varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
| Indian
Ocean | northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June
to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the
northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean |
| Indonesia
| tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
|
Iran
| mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast |
| Iraq
| mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers;
northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold
winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing
extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq |
|
Ireland
| temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters,
cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time |
| Israel
| temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas |
| Italy
| predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
|
| Jamaica
| tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior |
|
Jan
Mayen | arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog |
| Japan
| varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north |
| Jarvis
Island | tropical; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun |
| Jersey
| temperate; mild winters and cool summers |
|
Johnston
Atoll | tropical, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds
with little seasonal temperature variation |
| Jordan
| mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) |
| Juan
de Nova Island | tropical |
| Kazakhstan
| continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid |
| Kenya
| varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior |
| Kingman
Reef | tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds |
| Kiribati
| tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds |
| Korea,
North | temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer |
| Korea,
South | temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter |
| Kuwait
| dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters |
| Kyrgyzstan
| dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest
(Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone |
|
Laos
| tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December
to April) |
| Latvia
| maritime; wet, moderate winters |
| Lebanon
| Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon
mountains experience heavy winter snows |
| Lesotho
| temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers |
| Liberia
| tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights;
wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers |
|
Libya
| Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior |
| Liechtenstein
| continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to
moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers |
| Lithuania
| transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters
and summers |
| Luxembourg
| modified continental with mild winters, cool summers |
| Macau
| subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers |
| Macedonia,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of | warm, dry summers and autumns and
relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall |
| Madagascar
| tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south |
| Malawi
| sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
|
| Malaysia
| tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October
to February) monsoons |
| Maldives
| tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy,
southwest monsoon (June to August) |
| Mali
| subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and
mild June to November; cool and dry November to February |
|
Malta
| Mediterranean with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers |
| Man,
Isle of | temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about
one-third of the time |
| Marshall
Islands | wet season from May to November; hot and humid; islands
border typhoon belt |
| Martinique
| tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October);
vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average;
average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid |
| Mauritania
| desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty |
| Mauritius
| tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to
November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May) |
|
Mayotte
| tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon
(November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November) |
|
Mexico
| varies from tropical to desert |
| Micronesia,
Federated States of | tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially
in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally
severe damage |
| Midway
Islands | subtropical, but moderated by prevailing easterly winds
|
| Moldova
| moderate winters, warm summers |
| Monaco
| Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers |
| Mongolia
| desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges) |
| Montserrat
| tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation |
| Morocco
| Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior |
| Mozambique
| tropical to subtropical |
| Namibia
| desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic |
|
Nauru
| tropical; monsoonal; rainy season (November to February) |
| Navassa
Island | marine, tropical |
| Nepal
| varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical
summers and mild winters in south |
| Netherlands
| temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters |
|
Netherlands
Antilles | tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds |
| New
Caledonia | tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot, humid
|
| New
Zealand | temperate with sharp regional contrasts |
| Nicaragua
| tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands |
|
Niger
| desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
| Nigeria
| varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
| Niue
| tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
|
Norfolk
Island | subtropical, mild, little seasonal temperature variation
|
| Northern
Mariana Islands | tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds,
little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season
July to October |
| Norway
| temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior
with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast
|
| Oman
| dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest
summer monsoon (May to September) in far south |
|
Pacific
Ocean | planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns
exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and westerly
winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical
cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect
Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to
be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude
in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season
occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean
over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow
from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike
southeast and east Asia from May to December |
| Pakistan
| mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
| Palau
| wet season May to November; hot and humid |
|
Palmyra
Atoll | equatorial, hot, and very rainy |
|
Panama
| tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to
January), short dry season (January to May) |
| Papua
New Guinea | tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast
monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation |
| Paracel
Islands | tropical |
| Paraguay
| subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions,
becoming semiarid in the far west |
| Peru
| varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid
in Andes |
| Philippines
| tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon
(May to October) |
| Pitcairn
Islands | tropical, hot, humid; modified by southeast trade winds;
rainy season (November to March) |
| Poland
| temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent
precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers |
| Portugal
| maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
|
| Puerto
Rico | tropical marine, mild; little seasonal temperature variation
|
| Qatar
| arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers |
| Reunion
| tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool and dry from
May to November, hot and rainy from November to April |
|
Romania
| temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers
with frequent showers and thunderstorms |
| Russia
| ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of
European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters
vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm
in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast |
| Rwanda
| temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January);
mild in mountains with frost and snow possible |
|
Saint
Helena | Saint Helena - tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade
winds; Tristan da Cunha - temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade winds (tends
to be cooler than Saint Helena) |
| Saint
Kitts and Nevis | tropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little
seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November) |
| Saint
Lucia | tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from
January to April, rainy season from May to August |
|
Saint
Pierre and Miquelon | cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring
and autumn are windy |
| Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines | tropical; little seasonal temperature
variation; rainy season (May to November) |
| Samoa
| tropical; rainy season (October to March), dry season (May to October)
|
| San
Marino | Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers
|
| Sao
Tome and Principe | tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October
to May) |
| Saudi
Arabia | harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes |
| Senegal
| tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast
winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind |
| Serbia
and Montenegro | in the north, continental climate (cold winters and
hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion, continental
and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic climate along the coast, hot,
dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland
|
| Seychelles
| tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late
May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) |
| Sierra
Leone | tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December);
winter dry season (December to April) |
| Singapore
| tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern
monsoon from December to March and Southwestern monsoon from June to September;
inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms |
| Slovakia
| temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters |
| Slovenia
| Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to
hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east |
| Solomon
Islands | tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
|
| Somalia
| principally desert; December to February - northeast monsoon, moderate
temperatures in north and very hot in south; May to October - southwest monsoon,
torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods
(tangambili) between monsoons |
| South
Africa | mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days,
cool nights |
| South
Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | variable, with mostly westerly
winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation
falls as snow |
| Southern
Ocean | sea temperatures vary from about 10 degrees Celsius to -2
degrees Celsius; cyclonic storms travel eastward around the continent and frequently
are intense because of the temperature contrast between ice and open ocean; the
ocean area from about latitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest
average winds found anywhere on Earth; in winter the ocean freezes outward to
65 degrees south latitude in the Pacific sector and 55 degrees south latitude
in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatures well below 0 degrees Celsius;
at some coastal points intense persistent drainage winds from the interior keep
the shoreline ice-free throughout the winter |
| Spain
| temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy
along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
|
| Spratly
Islands | tropical |
| Sri
Lanka | tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest
monsoon (June to October) |
| Sudan
| tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region
(April to November) |
| Suriname
| tropical; moderated by trade winds |
| Svalbard
| arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold
winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen,
keeping water open and navigable most of the year |
|
Swaziland
| varies from tropical to near temperate |
|
Sweden
| temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy
summers; subarctic in north |
| Switzerland
| temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters;
cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers |
|
Syria
| mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy
winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically
in Damascus |
| Taiwan
| tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August);
cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year |
|
Tajikistan
| midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar
in Pamir Mountains |
| Tanzania
| varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands |
| Thailand
| tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September);
dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot
and humid |
| Togo
| tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north |
|
Tokelau
| tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November) |
| Tonga
| tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool
season (May to December) |
| Trinidad
and Tobago | tropical; rainy season (June to December) |
| Tromelin
Island | tropical |
| Tunisia
| temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert
in south |
| Turkey
| temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
|
| Turkmenistan
| subtropical desert |
| Turks
and Caicos Islands | tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny
and relatively dry |
| Tuvalu
| tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly
gales and heavy rain (November to March) |
| Uganda
| tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February,
June to August); semiarid in northeast |
| Ukraine
| temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast;
precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser
in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther
inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south
|
| United
Arab Emirates | desert; cooler in eastern mountains |
| United
Kingdom | temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over
the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast |
| United
States | mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic
in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid
in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest
are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from
the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains |
| Uruguay
| warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown |
| Uzbekistan
| mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid
grassland in east |
| Vanuatu
| tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds |
|
Venezuela
| tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
|
Vietnam
| tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May
to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March) |
| Virgin
Islands | subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively
low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season May to November
|
| Wake
Island | tropical |
| Wallis
and Futuna | tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool,
dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); average
temperature 26.6 degrees C |
| West
Bank | temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude,
warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters |
| Western
Sahara | hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents
produce fog and heavy dew |
| World
| two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate
zones form a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates |
| Yemen
| mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western
mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert
in east |
| Zambia
| tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April) |
| Zimbabwe
| tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March) |
