Climate in Asia

The Climate Graph

What is a Climate Graph?1. A Climate Graph is a combination of a

____ and a ___ graph.

2. It combines the information about _____ and ________ for one place.

3. Rainfall, measured in _______ is up one side of the graph and is represented as a ___ graph.

4. Temperature, measured in _____ is up the other side of the graph and is represented by the ___ graph

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What is a Climate Graph?

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Drawing a Climate Graph?Climate Graph for Jakarta (Indonesia)

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Jan 300 26

Feb 235 26

Mar 205 27

Apr 195 27

May 100 28

June 90 28

July 60 27

Aug 45 28

Sept 65 29

Oct 105 28

Nov 145 27

Dec 200 26

Drawing a Climate Graph?Climate Graph for Ho Chi Mihn City (Vietnam)

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Feb 2 25

Mar 10 27

Apr 45 30

May 220 28

June 340 28

July 320 27

Aug 265 27

Sept 340 27

Oct 265 26

Nov 110 25

Dec 50 24

Climate in Asia

• Now you have completed your graphs I want you to write some sentences describing what your graphs are showing.

• The first sentence is describing the rainfall throughout the year.

• e.g. The rainfall in Jakarta (or Ho Chi Mihn City) over the year is . . .

Climate in Asia

• The second sentence is describing the temperature throughout the year.

• e.g. The temperature in Jakarta (or Ho Chi Mihn City) over the year is . . .

• The third sentence is describing the overall climate over the year.

• e.g In Jakarta in the winter it is …

• e.g In Jakarta in the summer it is …

The Monsoons• There are two seasons or monsoons in

Asia.• The wet monsoon lasts from May to

October in the Northern Hemisphere (and December to April in the Southern Hemisphere).

• During the wet monsoon it rains almost every day with very heavy downpours lasting for an hour or two.

• The air is very humid and sticky during these downpours.

The Monsoons (continued)

• During the dry monsoon there is no rain for several months and the temperatures are a little cooler.

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