Biomes TEACHING TRANSPARENCY

Biome Climatograms: A

Tropical Rain Forest Temperate Deciduous Forest Taiga

(Limon, Costa Rica) (Stuttgart, Germany) (Edmonton, Canada)
50 40 50 40 50 40

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45 30 45 30 45 30

40 20 40 20 40 20

35 10 35 10 35 10

Precipitation (cm)

Precipitation (cm)
Precipitation (cm)

Temperature (˚C)

Temperature (˚C)
Temperature (˚C)

30 0 30 0 30 0

25 –10 25 –10 25 –10

20 –20 20 –20 20 –20

15 –30 15 –30 15 –30

10 –40 10 –40 10 –40

5 –50 5 –50 5 –50

0 –60 0 –60 0 –60

J F MAM J J A S OND J F MAM J J A S OND J F MAM J J A S OND
Months Months Months
Biomes TEACHING TRANSPARENCY

Biome Climatograms: B
Tropical Savanna Temperate Grassland Chaparral
(Nairobi, Kenya) (Wichita, Kansas) (Santa Barbara, California)
50 40 50 40 50 40

45 30 45 30 45 30

40 20 40 20 40 20

35 10 35 10 35 10
Precipitation (cm)

Precipitation (cm)

Precipitation (cm)
Temperature (˚C)

Temperature (˚C)

Temperature (˚C)

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30 0 30 0 30 0

25 –10 25 –10 25 –10

20 –20 20 –20 20 –20

15 –30 15 –30 15 –30

10 –40 10 –40 10 –40

5 –50 5 –50 5 –50

0 –60 0 –60 0 –60

J F MAM J J A S OND J F MAM J J A S OND J F MAM J J A S OND
Months Desert Months Tundra Months
(Cairo, Egypt) (Reykjavik, Iceland)
50 40 50 40

45 30 45 30

40 20 40 20

35 10 35 10
Precipitation (cm)

Precipitation (cm)
Temperature (˚C)

Temperature (˚C)
30 0 30 0

25 –10 25 –10

20 –20 20 –20

15 –30 15 –30

10 –40 10 –40

5 –50 5 –50

0 –60 0 –60
J F MAM J J A S OND J F MAM J J A S OND
Months Months