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Climate Zones

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The Köppen climate classification is a widely used climate classification system. It divides climates into five main groups, each with multiple subtypes.

University of Melbourne; Peel MC, Finlayson BL, and McMahon TA

A map depicts various climate zones across the globe, each marked with distinctive colors to represent different climatic conditions.

Tropical rain forests (A f), highlighted in dark green, are located in regions such as the Amazon Basin in South America, the Congo Basin in Central Africa, and Southeast Asia. Tropical monsoon climates (A m), shown in a yellow-green color, are found on the west coast of India, parts of Southeast Asia, and areas in Central and South America. Tropical savannas (A w), depicted in light green, span areas like central Brazil, central Africa, Myanmar, Vietnam, North East India, and northern Australia. Dry climates are represented by shades of brown and yellow. Tropical and subtropical hot deserts (B W h), in dark red, cover northern Africa Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mexico, and much of Australia. Midlatitude cold deserts (B W k), shown in light brown, are found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and China and parts of North America and South America, Tropical and subtropical hot steppes (B S h), colored in light yellow, are present in the Sahel region of Africa, parts of India, parts of south America, and northern and western Australia. Midlatitude cold steppes (B S k), marked in dark yellow, stretch across central Asia and the western North American Great Plains, parts in South America, Spain, and South Africa.

Mesothermal climates are represented in shades of light blue, green, and purple. Humid subtropical climates (C f a), in light blue, are located in southeastern U S A, eastern China, Japan, southeast Australia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Humid subtropical climates with winter dryness (C w a), shown in teal, are found in parts of northern India and southeastern China, southern Africa, and parts of South America. Marine west coast climates (C f b, C f c), depicted in darker blue, occur in northwestern Europe and parts of outer America. Mediterranean climates (C s a, C s b), in brown, cover the Mediterranean Basin, parts of California, central Chile, and parts of Europe.

Microthermal climates, marked in varying shades of purple and pink, include humid continental climates with hot summers (D f a, D w a) in northeastern U S A, eastern China, and Korea. Humid continental climates with mild summers (D f b, D w b), shown in light purple, span northeastern Europe, parts of Canada, and northern Japan. Subarctic climates with cool summers (D f c, D w c, D s c), in dark blue, are found in Siberia, parts of Canada, and Scandinavia. Subarctic climates with cold winters (D f d, D w d, D s d), in the darkest shade of purple, cover northern Siberia.

Finally, polar and highland climates are represented by light and dark grey. Tundra climates (E T), in light grey, are located in the coastal regions of the Arctic, northern Alaska, northern Canada, and parts of Greenland. The darkest grey areas indicate ice cap climates (E F), covering the interior of Greenland and Antarctica.

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Display by:	Climate Zones														Ocean Bathymetry					Political Units, 1950		Change in U.S. Annual Temperature from the 1901-1960 Period to the 1986-2016 Period
	Tropical rain forest (Af)	Tropical monsoon (Am)	Tropical savanna (Aw)	Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh)	Midlatitude cold desert (BWk)	Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh)	Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk)	Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa)	Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc)	Mediterranean (Csa, Csb)	Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa)	Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb)	Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc)	Tundra (ET)	Sea Level to -200	-201 to -2000	-2001 to -3000	-3001 to -4000	-4001 to -5000	Canada	United States	Coastal Plain	Northeast	South Central	North Central	Upper Plains	Prairie	East Central	East Central	South Central	Southeast	Southwest	Central	Southwest	Central	Upper Delta	Northeast	South Central	Southwest	Northern Valley	Southwest	Central	Piedmont Plateau	Southeast	Gulf	Northwest	Southeast	Southeast	Northwest	East Central	South Central	Coastal	Southeast	Bootheel	East Central	Appalachian Mountain	Eastern	West Central	Central	Eastern Valley	South Central	Lower Delta	Northwest	North Central	West	Central	West Olympic Coast	Eastern	West Central	Middle	West Ozarks	North Central	Northeast	South Central	West Central	Northeast	East Texas	Central	East Ozarks	Western	West Central Plains	Cumberland Plateau	Northwest	West Central	Northeast	Southern Mountains	North Central	Western	Southwest	Northwest Prairie	Northeast Prairie	North Central	East Central	Mountain	Central	Southeast	North Central	Okanogan Big Bend	Central	Edwards Plateau	South Central	Puget Sound Lowlands	Northeast	East Central	Southern	Central	South Panhandle	West Southwest	West Central	Panhandle	Southern Coastal Plain	East Olympic Cascade Foothills	Northeast	Northwest	Central Mountains	South Central	East Central	Southeast	Southeast	Northern Cascades	Central	Southwestern Mountain	Northeast	North Central	West Central	Allegheny Plateau	North Central	Southwestern	South Central	Low Rolling Plains	Southwest	Southeast	North Central	Northeast	North	West Central	Aleutians	North Central	East Southeast	Willamette Valley	Southwest	Central Piedmont	Central Mountain	Southwest Plateau	North Central	South Central Mountains	Southwest	Central Coastal Plain	Cascade Mountains West	Western Plateau	Central	Northeastern	Blue Grass	Northwest	South Central	Western Piedmont	Southern	Southeast	Central	Northern Coastal Plain	Northern Mountains	Southern Piedmont	Snake Drainage	East Central	Southeast	Central Basin	South Central	Central	West Central	North Central	Northwest	Northeastern	Northern Piedmont	Northwestern	Southeast	Southwest	East Central	East Central	Coastal Area	Southwestern Valleys	South Central	East Slope Cascades	Northeast	North Central Prairies	Southwest	Upper Susquehanna	Lower Valley	South	Northeast	Eastern Piedmont	Southwest	North Central Canyons	Central	East	Middle Susquehanna	Northwest	North Central	Southeast	South Central	North Central	Northeast	Southwest	Northwest	Northeast Gulf	Southwestern Highlands	Central	Sacramento Drainage	Southwest	Tidewater	North Central	South Central	Central Hills	High Plains	Panhandle	Upper Coast	South Central	Central Lakes	Northwestern	North Coast Drainage	Northeast	Southwest	West Central	Appalachian Mountains	Northeastern	Arkansas Drainage	South Central	Southeast	Northwest	Southeast	High Plateau	Upper Snake River Plains	Southeastern	Eastern Highlands	Mohawk Valley	Southwestern Valleys	Central Mountains	Central	Eastern Plateau	West Central	Cheyenne Niobrara Drainage	Northwest	Southwest Lower	Northeast Interior Basins	Northwest Plateau	Western	Northwest	Black Hills	East Central	Northeastern	North Central	South Central Lower	Palouse Blue Mountains	Central	North Central	Northeast Hills	Everglades and Southwest Coast	Northern Mountains	Northwest Gulf	Panhandle	Wind River	Southeast	Southwest	North Central	South Central	Platte Drainage	Northern	Western	West Central	Northeastern Valleys	Southwestern Mountains	Rio Grande Drainage	Northwestern Plateau	Southeast Interior	Southwestern	Northeastern Plains	Central Plains	Lower Southern	Northeast	South Central	Great Lakes	Green and Bear Drainage	Yellowstone Drainage	East Upper	West Central	San Joaquin Drainage	Kansas Drainage	North Central	Lower East Coast	Belle Fourche Drainage	Lower Susquehanna	North Central	Northeast	Trans Pecos	Northeastern Shore	Powder, Little Mo and Tongue Drainages	South Central	Dixie	Upper Southern	Northwest	Central	Northeast	Northern Mountains	Southern Desert	North Central	West Upper	Southeast	Big Horn	West Central Lower	Central	Southeast Lower	Cook Inlet	East Central	Central Coast Drainage	Pocono Mountains	North	West	North	Lower Platte	Northeastern	Central Eastern Shore	Coastal	Northern Plateau	South	Central Lower	South Interior	East Central Lower	Northwest	Upper Platte	Champlain Valley	Central	Northeast	East Central Mountains	Southeastern Shore	Southeastern Plains	Northwest	Central Valley	Southeastern	Central	Western	Hudson Valley	Northwest	Northeast	Southeastern Piedmont	Extreme Southern	Colorado Drainage	Central Highlands	Bristol Bay	Coastal	Southeast Desert Basins	Coastal	Northern	Southeast	East Central	Northeast Lower	North Central	East Central	Northeast Interior	Southern	Rhode Island (Entire State)	South Central	Uinta Basin	Southwest	South Central	North Central	Southern	St	Northwest Lower	Northern	Coastal	South Coast Drainage	Coastal	West Coast	Central Interior	North Slope
Yukon													98.1%	1.84%	0.521%					100%
Northwest Territories												0.348%	72.6%	0.290%	5.35%	0.496%				98.7%
Nunavut													11.8%	17.3%	13.1%	0.925%				96.8%
Nova Scotia												75.7%			25.6%					93.8%
Prince Edward Island												89.3%			100%					61.6%
Saskatchewan							0.467%					36.8%	57.3%							99.9%
Hawaii	6.90%	5.68%	2.83%			0.523%									1.62%	37.5%	4.46%	2.11%	0.113%		74.5%
New Brunswick												97.3%			4.32%					98.6%	0.334%
Newfoundland and Labrador												13.1%	63.7%	9.22%	3.93%					98.6%
Alberta							3.24%					63.2%	13.0%							100%
Québec											0.104%	20.2%	62.1%	14.6%	1.33%					99.5%
Manitoba												33.0%	66.8%		0.281%					99.9%
Ontario											0.290%	53.6%	42.8%		0.732%					99.9%
Alaska									0.263%			0.281%	82.1%	11.6%	5.00%	0.196%					97.8%
Arizona				23.6%	2.88%	10.7%	39.0%			0.733%		5.07%									100%
Utah					0.588%		61.0%				7.26%	6.12%									100%
District of Columbia								100%													100%
Florida		4.03%	1.55%					91.4%							5.18%						98.6%
Idaho					2.91%		30.2%				3.27%	54.9%	1.18%								100%
New Hampshire												76.3%	23.7%							0.233%	99.8%
Rhode Island											13.3%	69.7%			12.2%						92.2%
Vermont												99.7%	0.255%							0.398%	99.6%
Washington					5.04%		1.86%		1.11%	24.0%		43.6%			0.845%						98.9%
Wyoming					7.26%		46.3%				0.567%	32.4%	12.0%								100%
Montana							57.3%					38.2%	1.27%								100%
Maine												93.3%	6.03%		1.83%					0.515%	98.3%
North Dakota							10.1%				1.48%	86.6%									100%
Kentucky								92.1%			7.93%										100%
Virginia								80.5%	3.31%		4.25%	9.08%			1.98%						99.2%
Delaware								86.7%			10.3%				0.467%						96.8%
Mississippi								99.8%													99.9%
West Virginia								29.5%			25.5%	4.76%									100%
Nebraska							17.7%				79.4%	2.90%									100%
Texas					2.54%	13.8%	23.0%	60.1%							0.376%						99.7%
Missouri								26.4%			72.3%										100%
Louisiana								97.6%							2.97%						98.1%
North Carolina								91.1%	3.09%			0.441%			1.71%						98.5%
Oregon					6.51%		31.0%			31.1%		15.4%	5.08%								99.9%
Alabama								100%							0.218%						99.9%
New Mexico					0.730%		68.2%	0.895%	2.27%	0.265%	0.661%	14.3%	0.207%								100%
Kansas							22.6%	9.98%			67.4%										100%
Wisconsin											21.4%	78.5%									100%
British Columbia					0.184%		0.977%		0.593%	0.282%		40.5%	47.6%		3.13%	0.166%				96.4%	2.51%
New Jersey								24.0%			56.9%	17.8%			10.6%						96.9%
South Carolina								99.3%	0.150%						0.154%						99.9%
Michigan											16.9%	83.0%	0.172%							0.114%	99.9%
Connecticut											51.3%	48.4%			2.84%						99.4%
Pennsylvania								0.122%			52.0%	44.8%									100%
Colorado							56.3%				2.11%	28.6%	8.17%	0.521%							100%
Nevada				8.09%	6.39%		39.1%			0.125%	1.34%	0.631%									100%
Massachusetts											1.16%	78.7%			10.2%				0.220%		93.6%
Georgia								99.6%	0.332%												99.9%
New York											2.68%	93.4%			2.96%					0.190%	99.1%
Maryland								29.2%			31.9%	5.56%			6.45%						97.4%
Oklahoma							9.80%	90.2%													100%
Tennessee								98.2%	1.29%			0.470%									100%
California				19.3%	2.56%	1.48%	0.371%			49.0%		7.52%			1.53%	0.275%					99.5%
Arkansas								100%													100%
South Dakota							41.0%				41.2%	15.3%									100%
Ohio								3.59%			81.0%	15.0%									100%
Indiana								6.32%			92.9%	0.816%									100%
Minnesota											15.1%	84.4%								0.159%	99.8%
Iowa											96.5%	0.309%									100%
Illinois								6.99%			89.9%	1.23%									100%

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