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E. Linacre and B. Geerts |
1/'98 |
Table 1 illustrates how important latitude is in the matching of climates. Other important factors are distance from the coast, east coast vs west coast, and sea surface temperature. For instance, Darwin and Acapulco both are on coasts facing the equator, within reach of the ITCZ. Sydney is on a east coast, as are Buenos Aires and Charleston. Annual temperature ranges are generally higher in the northern hemisphere because the continents there are larger.
Table 1. Homoclimes of places in Australia. Conditions in the warmest and the coldest months are compared. Data are obtained from (1).
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place |
Darwin |
Acapulco, Mexico |
Hobart |
Bordeaux, France |
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latitude: |
12 ° S |
17 ° N |
43 ° S |
45 ° N |
|
| January in the southern hemisphere, July in the northern hemisphere | |||||
|
Tmax (° C) |
32 |
32 |
22 |
25 |
|
|
Tmin (° C) |
25 |
25 |
12 |
14 |
|
|
precip (mm) |
386 |
256 |
48 |
56 |
|
|
raindays |
20 |
14 |
13 |
11 |
|
| July in the southern hemisphere, January in the northern hemisphere | |||||
|
Tmax (° C) |
31 |
31 |
11 |
9 |
|
|
Tmin (° C) |
19 |
22 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
precip (mm) |
0 |
6 |
53 |
90 |
|
|
raindays |
0 |
1 |
17 |
16 |
|
|
place |
Perth |
Lisbon, Portugal |
Sydney |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Charleston, S.Carolina |
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|
latitude: |
32 ° S |
39 ° N |
34 ° S |
35 ° S |
33 ° N |
|
| January in the southern hemisphere, July in the northern hemisphere | ||||||
|
Tmax (° C) |
29 |
27 |
26 |
29 |
31 |
|
|
Tmin (° C) |
17 |
17 |
18 |
17 |
24 |
|
|
precip (mm) |
8 |
3 |
89 |
79 |
185 |
|
|
raindays |
3 |
2 |
14 |
7 |
13 |
|
| July in the southern hemisphere, January in the northern hemisphere | ||||||
|
Tmax (° C) |
17 |
14 |
16 |
14 |
14 |
|
|
Tmin (° C) |
9 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
precip (mm) |
170 |
111 |
117 |
56 |
74 |
|
|
raindays |
19 |
15 |
12 |
8 |
10 |
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|
place |
Alice Springs |
Cairo, Egypt |
Adelaide |
Seville, Spain |
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|
latitude: |
24 ° S |
30 ° N |
35 ° S |
37 ° N |
|
| January in the southern hemisphere, July in the northern hemisphere | |||||
|
Tmax (° C) |
36 |
36 |
30 |
36 |
|
|
Tmin (° C) |
21 |
21 |
16 |
20 |
|
|
precip (mm) |
43 |
0 |
20 |
1 |
|
|
raindays |
4 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
| July in the southern hemisphere, January in the northern hemisphere | |||||
|
Tmax (° C) |
19 |
18 |
15 |
15 |
|
|
Tmin (° C) |
4 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
|
|
precip (mm) |
8 |
5 |
66 |
66 |
|
|
raindays |
1 |
1 |
16 |
8 |
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(1) Pearce, E.A. and C.G. Smith, 1990: The World Weather Guide (Hutchinson).