This document provides instructions on how to analyze a climate graph by examining the average and seasonal temperatures, precipitation amounts and distribution, and using that information to deduce the type of climate and related ecosystem. Key parts to analyze are the average and extreme temperatures throughout the year, whether seasons are hot/cold/mild, total precipitation and how it is distributed between wet and dry seasons or months.

1. How to Analyze a
Climate Graph

2. • TEMPERATURES
• Average annual temperature:
– Hot temperatures
– Cold temperatures
• Seasons or distribution of temperatures:
– Winters: cold or very cold, mild
– Summers: hot, cool or fresh
– The month with the highest temperature
– The month with the lowest temperature

3. • Annual Range of Temperatures or
Temperature Range:
– Big or Small
• Hemisphere:
– Northern or Southern

4. • PRECIPITATION
• Total Amount of Precipitation:
– Abundant Precipitation
– Little Precipitation
• Distribution:
– Regular, or equally distributed
– Irregular (dry seasons)
– Months with abundant precipitation
– Months with little precipitation
• Hemisphere

5. DEDUCTIONS
• Type of climate and its characteristics
• Ecosystem related to this climate

6. DEDUCTIONS
• Type of climate and its characteristics
• Ecosystem related to this climate