Koppen System

Question 1

“A”

Answer 1

Tropical Humid

Question 2

f

Answer 2

Wet all year. Every month has at least 2.4 in. of Rainfall. Neither s nor w.

Question 3

m

Answer 3

Monsoon pattern. Short dry season, pronounced rainy season

Question 4

w

Answer 4

Winter dry season of 3 to 6 months. Wettest summer motnh has at least 10x precipitation of driest winter month

Question 5

B

Answer 5

Dry Climates

Question 6

-W

Answer 6

Desert

Question 7

-S

Answer 7

Steppe, semiarid grassland

Question 8

h

Answer 8

Hot, average annual temp greater than 64.4 degrees

Question 9

k

Answer 9

Cold, average annual temp less than 64.4 degrees

Question 10

C

Answer 10

Mild Mid-Latitude (Mesothermal)

Question 11

D

Answer 11

Severe Mid-Latitude. Warmest month greater than 50 degrees

Question 12

s

Answer 12

Summer dry. Wettest winter month has at least 3x precipitation of the driest summer month

Question 13

a

Answer 13

Hot summer. Warmest month above 71.6 degrees

Question 14

b

Answer 14

Warm summer. Warmest month less than 71.6 degrees, at least 4 months less than 50 degrees

Question 15

c

Answer 15

Cool summer. Warmest month less than 71.6 degrees, 1 to 3 months less than 50 degrees.

Question 16

d

Answer 16

Severe Winter. Coldest month less than -36.4 degrees

Question 17

E

Answer 17

Polar Climates. Temperatures of every month below 50 degrees

Question 18

T

Answer 18

Tundra. At least one month greater than 32 degrees

Question 19

F

Answer 19

Ice Cap. All months less than 32 degrees

Question 20

H

Answer 20

Highland climates.