Climate Journal

Thomas J. Garcia

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Final Climate Journal

Professor Tracey Baker

Climate Station Name: PBO ANANTAPUR 

Latitude: 14.583                      Longitude: 77.633                   Elevation: 364 ft

Number of years on record: ~66 years

Standard Deviation:

MONTH	Precipitation (mm)	Minimum   Temperature (C°)	Maximum Temperature (C°)
January	14.9	3.5	1.8
February	26.6	3.7	2.0
March	13.7	3.2	1.8
April	25.9	3.3	1.7
May	43.9	3.3	2.5
June	51.9	3.5	2.3
July	54.0	3.5	1.9
August	81.1	3.3	1.8
September	93.6	3.5	2.1
October	72.4	3.6	2.0
November	50.2	3.9	1.9
December	20.8	3.6	1.6

Climate characteristics: 

Anthrome characteristics: This station is a city in Adhra Pradesh, India located 221 miles south of the state’s capital. It is located in inland southeastern India.  The Anantapur district is part of the Red Corridor, which is a term used to describe the eastern part of India that is impoverished and has a high rate of illiteracy and population. The city has a population of 516,359. The northern and central portions of this district are on a plateau and there are six rivers that run through.  

Koppen climate classification: Anantapur’s classification is Aw. These climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18°C in every month of the year.  They typically have a distinct dry season, with the driest month having precipitation less than 60 mm. It is different than a tropical monsoon climate because tropical savanna climate tends to either see less rainfall than a tropical monsoon climate or have more distinct dry seasons than a tropical monsoon climate.

	Precipitation				Minimum Temperature				Maximum Temperature
MONTH	1911	1950	1992	2011	1962	1980	1989	2010	1962	1980	1989	2010
January	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	16.1	17.0	17.1	18.3	29.5	30.5	30.8	31.1
February	0.0	2.8	8.9	3.0	19.4	19.9	17.5	19.0	30.9	34.2	34.0	36.0
March	0.8	0.0	0.0	61.1	22.5	22.4	22.0	22.4	37.4	37.3	35.4	39.6
April	32.3	0.0	0.0	57.4	25.1	26.3	25.9	25.7	39.5	39.2	39.5	40.8
May	59.7	79.8	2.0	210.9	25.9	26.8	26.6	26.2	37.6	40.4	40.2	39.3
June	72.6	36.3	12.2	143.7	24.5	25.2	24.7	25.1	35.4	34.5	35.9	36.1
July	15.9	42.9	55.0	12.2	24.0	24.5	23.6	23.5	33.9	34.1	32.6	32.5
August	25.9	61.5	63.3	108.4	23.6	24.0	23.6	23.2	31.6	33.7	32.9	32.5
September	126.0	89.2	35.4	81.4	23.2	24.1	23.2	23.1	31.1	33.8	31.7	32.6
October	51.3	122.9	59.2	7.9	23.0	22.8	22.5	22.7	30.4	34.4	32.7	33.3
November	22.7	31.2	48.6	68.4	19.2	20.4	19.7	21.2	30.7	30.5	30.5	31.1
December	37.6	0.0	0.0	115.9	18.6	18.5	18.9	16.8	28.5	31.2	29.6	29.9

Climate Station: Berlin/Dahlem

Latitude: 52.5  degrees                                                                                 

Longitude: 13.3 degrees

Elevation: 51m

Numbers of years on record: 125

Koppen Climate Classification:Cfb. Mild, humid climate. Coldest month has a temperature under 18 degrees Celsius. Moist precipitation in all months with no dry season and a warm summer season.

Standard Deviation:

MONTH	Precipitation (mm)	Min. Temp ( C)	Max. Temp ( C )
January	26.97	5.3	4.7
February	26.44	5.0	4.7
March	26.83	3.9	4.9
April	30.81	3.5	4.9
May	40.19	3.7	5.0
June	48.71	3.2	4.6
July	53.78	2.8	4.2
August	55.12	2.8	4.0
September	37.50	3.1	4.0
October	31.62	3.7	4.2
November	32.17	3.8	4.0
December	28.45	4.5	4.3

Anthrome: Mostly urban, immediately surrounded with dense settlements and rainfed mosaic villages. The area around Berlin is mostly residential, rain-fed mosaic.

Climate Characteristics: Has a summer and winter season. All seasons experience some amount of precipitation. June through August receive the highest amount of precipitation. Winter is experienced in January and February. Highest temperatures are experienced in July through August.

	Precipitation (mm)					Minimum Temperature ( C )					Maximum Temperature ( C )
MONTH	Long Term	1876	1938	1990	2001	Long Term	1876	1938	1990	2001	Long Term	1876	1938	1990	2001
Jan	43.8	19.6	86.0	33.8	35.4	-2.8	-4.1	-0.8	1.6	-1.7	2	-0.1	4.1	5.8	2.9
Feb	37.2	86.1	24.7	65.6	43.3	-2.2	0.0	-1.0	2.8	-1.9	3.5	4.5	5	10.6	5
Mar	39.1	134.3	30.4	29.4	50.9	0.3	2.4	3.6	4.2	0.2	7.8	7.8	12.8	12	6.4
Apr	40.2	31.7	36.0	23.3	30.9	3.9	6.2	2.3	4.5	3.8	13.2	13.9	10.5	14.4	12.9
May	49.8	12.9	75.7	35.1	44.7	8.3	6.6	6.4	8.9	9.1	18.8	14.4	18	21	20.2
Jun	61.8	63.5	27.6	157.5	59.3	11.6	14.4	11.3	12.3	9.7	22	23	22.1	21	19.8
Jul	70.1	46.7	51.0	21.3	66.8	13.5	15.4	13.2	12.4	13.7	23.6	24.5	24.3	22.7	24.9
Aug	61.6	31.9	125.7	74.7	38.1	13.0	15.4	15.3	13.6	14.1	22.9	24.2	24.6	24.8	24.7
Sept	46.6	69.4	48.9	52.4	145.5	9.7	11.2	9.7	9.3	9.5	18.9	17.4	20	16.6	16
Oct	43.6	17.1	77.0	9.8	40.2	5.7	9.1	6.7	6.7	8.8	13	15	12.9	15.3	16.6
Nov	45.2	59.4	35.2	56.6	44.3	1.7	0.1	5.3	3.2	0.8	6.7	3.8	10.6	7.4	6.5
Dec	48.4	65.0	35.3	73	48.9	-1.2	-1.0	-3.6	-1.1	-2.4	3.1	3.1	0.6	2.8	1.7

Charts:

Climate station name: BURDEKIN SHIRE COUNCIL, ASN00033001

Latitude:-19.5775                             Longitude:147.4075                        Elevation:  10.7

Number of years on record: 1887-2010; 123 years

Standard deviation:

Month	PRCP	TMIN	TMAX
January	218.8	2.1	2.5
February	209.6	2.5	2.3
March	148.0	2.5	1.9
April	84.6	2.7	1.9
May	47.6	3.5	1.8
June	41.6	3.9	2.2
July	37.3	4.0	2.1
August	21.0	3.4	2.1
September	47.3	3.0	2.2
October	34.0	2.7	2.2
November	54.7	2.3	2.0
December	103.5	2.3	2.2

Climate characteristics: Burdekin Shire Council lies in a humid subtropical zonewhere the summers are humid and wet and the winters are dry.

Anthrome characteristics: residential irrigated cropland surrounded by populated rangelands and residential rainforest mosaics

Köppen climate classification: humid tropical to subtropical climatewith typically warm and humid summers and dry winters.  Has the highest amount of precipitation with frequent thunderstorms in the summer and is prone to cyclonic storm activity in the winter.

Precipitation:

Temperature Minimum:

Temperature Maximun:

Climate Station Name: Orlinga, Russia

Latitude: 56.05˚ North                      Longitude:  105.833˚ East                                 Elevation: 338 feet

Number of years on record: 57 years. The precipitation recordings began in 1932, but in order to make a more cohesive comparison of temperatures and precipitations, we chose to analyze the values beginning in 1954 when adequate temperature data began.

Climate characteristics: Orlinga has a seasonal climate, with the summer months of May-August being the warmest. The summer temperatures are very mild, averaging around 62˚F in July. The winter months, between November and February usually stay below freezing. Despite the cold weather, it is an arid climate with very low precipitation averages with only about 13 inches of total precipitation a year.

Anthrome characteristics: Orlinga, Russia is located in a wild and remotely forested area of south-eastern Siberia within the Irkutsk Oblast province. There are also a few areas of populated forest. The topography consists mainly of hills and valleys within the Central Siberian Plateau. The region in which Orlinga is located is very sparsely populated, with an average of 3.5 people per square kilometer in the rural regions.

Koppen climate classification: Cool continental climate/subarctic climate (Dwc).

MONTH	AVERAGE	STDEV	MIN	MAX	1954	1982	1990	2010
January	-33.3	9.3	-42.6	-24.0	-29.9	-39.2	-38.1	-37.0
February	-31.5	9.0	-40.6	-22.5	-35.1	-30.3	-24.8	-36.9
March	-23.6	8.5	-32.1	-15.1	-28.8	-25.4	-15.1	-26.7
April	-10.0	6.6	-16.6	-3.4	-11.7	-5.9	-8.9	-16.1
May	-16.4	3.4	-19.8	-13.0	-2.2	-1.7	0.4	-0.3
June	5.7	4.1	1.6	9.7	6.6	7.2	4.1	5.7
July	9.6	3.6	6.1	13.2	10.0	9.8	9.2	11.0
August	7.3	3.6	3.7	11.0	7.4	7.5	9.1	6.3
September	0.9	4.2	-3.3	5.1	0.9	-0.1	-1.3	-0.5
October	-7.5	6.2	-13.6	-1.3	-5.8	-7.5	-4.9	-6.1
November	-19.9	9.3	-29.2	-10.6	-18.6	-15.7	-17.7	-17.0
December	-29.1	9.6	-38.7	-19.5	-28.9	-21.9	-25.5	-35.6

Average Maximum Temperatures

Month	Average	STDEV	Min Range	Max Range	1954	1982	1990	2010
January	-21.5	8.8	-30.3	-12.6	-24.9	-26.1	-24.5	-29.7
February	-14.6	7.9	-22.5	-6.7	-15.8	-12.3	-10.8	-19.8
March	-2.9	6.7	-9.7	3.8	-5.1	-4.1	5.0	-5.3
April	5.9	5.4	0.5	11.3	3.5	8.7	5.9	4.8
May	14.6	6.1	8.5	20.7	12.2	14.2	19.3	14.3
June	22.5	5.8	16.7	28.3	24.4	21.2	22.0	23.6
July	25.3	4.7	20.5	30.0	24.2	22.8	26.9	25.5
August	21.6	5.0	16.6	26.6	24.7	20.5	23.4	19.3
September	13.6	5.6	8.0	19.2	11.7	11.8	14.2	13.1
October	2.9	5.8	-2.8	8.7	2.9	0.7	8.6	2.9
November	-9.4	8.2	-17.5	-1.2	-11.1	-5.8	-7.3	-6.4
December	-18.8	9.4	-28.2	-9.4	-20.1	-12.2	-16.3	-26.6

Average Precipitation

MONTH	PRCP	STDEV	Min Range	Max Range	1954	1982	1990	2010
January	15.1	8.4	6.8	23.5	20.1	14.3	15.2	22.1
February	10.7	4.7	6.0	15.4	8.1	9.2	19.8	7.0
March	9.7	6.4	3.3	16.1	10.0	12.7	4.6	13.1
April	13.6	7.5	6.1	21.0	9.1	18.1	17.7	10.1
May	27.4	13.3	14.1	40.8	19.6	43.2	12.1	41.8
June	52.0	30.6	21.3	82.6	24.7	56.1	63.7	38.3
July	74.4	39.9	34.5	114.2	153.2	94.5	45.2	108.5
August	70.0	30.0	40.0	100.0	43.1	56.4	48.4	24.4
September	38.6	15.4	23.3	54.0	51.0	45.1	33.9	40.3
October	25.0	12.4	12.6	37.4	18.8	36.4	25.9	67.9
November	24.1	14.6	9.5	38.6	21.9	29.5	20.1	23.3
December	21.2	8.4	12.8	29.6	19.3	32.1	20.5	21.6

Climate station name: Cherry Point MCAS

Latitude:  34.9                  Longitude:  -76.8833˚                    Elevation: 11

Number of years on record:  66

Standard deviation:

Months	Precipitation (mm)	Minimum Temp (C˚)	Maximum Temp. (C˚)
1	52.6	56.4	63.1
2	47.5	53.3	59.8
3	255.5	51.5	55.3
4	42.5	46.5	46.1
5	64.0	38.9	37.8
6	61.1	29.7	32.0
7	97.0	22.8	26.1
8	119.9	21.2	25.8
9	101.4	31.9	32.3
10	63.8	49.8	39.7
11	55.9	53.5	50.6
12	49.0	56.1	64.7

Climate Characteristics:  Fairly high in precipitation with changing seasons.

Koppen Climate Classification: (CFA)   This region is a mild and humid climate that has moist, adequate precipitation in all months, no dry seasons.  It is also classified as being a tropical, rainy climate with an average temperature of every month is above 18 ᵒC

Climate Conclusions

Many conclusions may be made from the collection and interpretation of data from all of climate stations.  There are many factors that contribute to climate characteristic distribution throughout the world.  It is easier for one to arrive at a conclusions based on climate distribution by visually representing the data in graphs and tables.  By observing some of the graphs and tables I made I came to the conclusion that many factors effect climate distribution.  Longitude and latitude play a significant role in climate distribution.  If a region is far from the equator, it will most likely result in lower average annual temperatures in comparison to a region closer to the equator.  Equatorial regions generally portray tropical rainy climates.  Places of higher elevation experience little change in temperature and remain more at a constant level annually, whereas places of lower altitudes experience greater fluctuations of annual temperature.  It is evident that areas with high human populations, such as within cities, can affect the average maximum temperatures.
 

Human activity, especially construction, affects the lands ability to absorb heat and precipitation.  With increased impervious surfaces, a heat island affect is created; areas with highly dense urban populations are usually found to be considerably hotter than areas with more vegetative cover.  Impervious surfaces also affect the transpiration rate and can affect precipitation.  Decreasing the amount of vegetation leads to increased surface runoff, the water that should be absorbed by the plants and soil travels with gravity and usually finds its way to a water treatment facility.  This has the potential to decrease the annual precipitation of a region because surface runoff waters are not being returned to the system.  A combination of factors affect the climate of a region; longitude, latitude, elevation, distance from oceans, and human impacts.