Climatographs
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How to Read a Climatograph:
 Every place on Earth has weather.
 However, different places on Earth have
different types of "typical" weather.
 Some places are dry, some are wet, some are
hot, some are cold, and some are a little of
everything!
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How to Read a Climatograph:
 You can find out what the weather is like where
you live by looking out the window or by stepping
outside.
 Weather refers to temperature, precipitation (rain and
snow), and the wind's direction and speed.
 Scientists who study the weather collect information
from different places on Earth and come up with
averages, or typical types of weather, for a particular
place.
 This average, or typical type of weather that occurs
during a year, is called the "climate."
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How to Read a Climatograph:
 A quick way to get an idea of the climate of
a particular place is to look at a "climategraph," or "climatograph."
 A climatograph is what scientists create to
show a particular location's average
temperature and precipitation during the
year.
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Sample Climatograph
 The bars on the graph
represent precipitation.
 Read it on the left.
 The line represents
temperature.
 Read it on the right.
 All these numbers are
averages per month.
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Sample Climatograph
 The months of the
year are along the
bottom of the
graph.
 The letters J, F, M,
etc., stand for
January, February,
March, etc.
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Climatograph: Answer the question using it.
 What is coldest month?
 Hottest month?
 Wettest month?
 Driest month?
 Temp. in July?
 Temp. in December?
 Hottest season?
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Use the climatograph to answer the
questions.
 What is coldest
month?
 Hottest month?
 Wettest month?
 Driest month?
 Temp. in May?
 Temp. in March?
 Hottest season?
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Celsius Temperature
Poem
 30 is hot.
 20 is nice.
 10 put a coat on,
 0 is ice.
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