User:40bus/New climate classification

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A: Tropical climate[edit]

Same as in Köppen climate classification: Group A: Tropical climates

This type of climate has every month of the year with an average temperature of 18 °C (64.4 °F) or higher, with significant precipitation.[1][2]

  • Af = Tropical rainforest climate; average precipitation of at least 60 mm (2.4 in) in every month.
  • Am = Tropical monsoon climate; driest month (which nearly always occurs at or soon after the "winter" solstice for that side of the equator) with precipitation less than 60 mm (2.4 in), but at least .[1][2]
  • Aw or As = Tropical wet and dry or savanna climate; with the driest month having precipitation less than 60 mm (2.4 in) and less than .[1][2]

B: Dry climate[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Beck was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Peel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).