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Climate charts provide an overview of the climate in a particular place. Climate charts can be made with Template:Climate chart.

[edit] How to read a climate chart

The letters in the top row stand for months: January, February, etc. The bars and numbers convey the following information: The blue bars represent the amount of precipitation (rain, snow etc.) that falls in each month. The blue numbers are the amount of precipitation in millimeters or liters per square meter. The red numbers are the average daily high and low temperatures for each month, and the red bars represent the average daily temperature span for each month. The thin red line is 0 °C, the point of freezing, for orientation.

[edit] Examples

Climate chart for Tokyo
J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
49   10 2	60   10 2	114   13 5	130   18 11	128   22 15	165   25 19	161   29 23	155   31 24	209   27 21	163   22 15	93   17 10	40   12 5
temperatures in °C • precipitation totals in mm source: [1]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     1.9   50 36     2.4   50 36     4.5   55 41     5.1   64 52     5   72 59     6.5   77 66     6.3   84 73     6.1   88 75     8.2   81 70     6.4   72 59     3.7   63 50     1.6   54 41 temperatures in °F • precipitation totals in inches

Climate chart for Labuan
J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
112   30 24	117   30 24	150   31 24	297   32 24	345   32 24	351   31 24	318   31 25	297   31 24	417   31 24	465   31 24	419   31 24	285   30 24
temperatures in °C • precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     4.4   86 75     4.6   86 75     5.9   88 75     11.7   90 75     13.6   90 75     13.8   88 75     12.5   88 77     11.7   88 75     16.4   88 75     18.3   88 75     16.5   88 75     11.2   86 75 temperatures in °F • precipitation totals in inches

Climate chart for Cuzco
J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
163   20 7	150   21 7	109   21 7	51   22 4	15   21 2	5   21 1	5   21 -1	10   21 1	25   22 4	66   22 6	76   23 6	137   22 7
temperatures in °C • precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     6.4   68 45     5.9   70 45     4.3   70 45     2   72 39     0.6   70 36     0.2   70 34     0.2   70 30     0.4   70 34     1   72 39     2.6   72 43     3   73 43     5.4   72 45 temperatures in °F • precipitation totals in inches

As we can see from the chart, Tokyo has a temperate climate with warm summers and fairly cold winters. It lies in the northern hemisphere, so the temperatures peak in July and August. The temperature in Labuan, which lies in the tropics, hardly changes through the year. Instead of summers and winters, there is a dry season in the beginning of the year, followed by a wet season with a lot of rain. Cuzco, which also lies near the equator, but at high altitude, is much dryer. Like in Labuan, the daily high temperature barely changes through the year, but because of the altitude, nights are much colder than days, especially in June and July.