A climate graph combines a bar graph showing monthly rainfall measured in millimeters with a line graph showing monthly temperature measured in degrees. It displays this climate data for one location on a single grid. The document provides instructions for drawing a climate graph using the example of Hong Kong, including labeling the axes and inserting monthly rainfall and temperature values. It then has the student practice by creating their own climate graph using data for Christchurch, New Zealand.

1. Skills in Social
Studies
The Climate Graph

2. 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
Line Bar
Rainfall
Temperature
Millimetres
Bar
Degrees
Line

3. What is a Climate Graph?
5. _____ are located along the bottomMonths

4. Drawing a Climate Graph?
• You will need at least 19 lines to complete
this climate graph.
• Put the heading “Climate Graph for Hong
Kong” underline it.
• Miss a line and rule a vertical line 16 lines
down your page.
• Now rule a line that is 12 cm across the
page.
• Now turn this into a grid (see diagram).

5. Drawing a Climate Graph?
Climate Graph for Hong Kong
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Rainfall(mm)
40
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
Temperature
(°C)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Months
Months Rainfall Temp
Jan 40 18
Feb 55 19
Mar 75 22
Apr 140 25
May 290 28
June 390 30
July 370 32
Aug 360 30
Sept 250 29
Oct 120 27
Nov 40 24
Dec 30 21

6. Create your own Climate Graph
• You are now going to create your own
Climate Graph.
• Use the figures on the next page to create
a Climate Graph for Christchurch.
• To save time I am going to hand out an
outline for a Climate Graph.
• Remember the Key Features of Graphs

7. Climate Graph for Christchurch
Months Rainfall (mm) Temp (°C)
Jan 50 16
Feb 40 16
Mar 70 15
Apr 75 12
May 80 9
June 70 6
July 80 6
Aug 75 7
Sept 60 10
Oct 50 11
Nov 40 14
Dec 30 16

8. Climate Graph for Christchurch
Climate Graph for Christchurch
Months
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Rainfall(mm)
J
40
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
Temperature
(°C)DNOSAJJMAMF

9. Climate in Christchurch
• Now you have completed your graph I
want you to write some sentences
describing what your graph is showing.
• The first sentence is describing the rainfall
throughout the year.
• e.g. The rainfall in Christchurch over the
year is . . .

10. Climate in Christchurch
• The second sentence is describing the
temperature throughout the year.
• e.g. The temperature in Christchurch over
the year is . . .
• The third sentence is describing the
overall climate over the year.
• e.g In Chch in the winter it is …
• e.g In Chch in the summer it is …

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