Climate

What is Climate?

Climate is defined as the average state of the weather (or atmospheric) conditions of a place measured over a period of time, usually measured between 30 to 40 years.

In order to understand climatic data and how they are derived, we need to understand how calculations are made so as to get an insight into what the climate of a place is. For instance, let’s discuss how temperature readings and recordings are derived. Listed below is an explanation for such terms;

• Daily Temperature: This means daily minimum temperature plus daily maximum temperature divided by 2.

• Daily (Diurnal) Temperature Range: This is the daily minimum temperature subtracted from the daily maximum temperature.

• Mean Monthly Temperature: This is the sum of the daily temperature for one Month divided by the number of days in the Month.

• Mean Annual Temperature: This is the sum of the mean Monthly temperatures over the year divided by 12.

• Mean Annual Range of Temperature: Here we take the lowest mean Monthly temperature and subtract it from the highest mean Monthly temperature.