Difference between equatorial and mediterranean climate
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Two wholly different climate designations that occasionally feature overlap in some seasons.
By definition, the tropical climates feature no months with a mean temperature below 18°C (64°F). Tropical climates are defined as non-arid and are moist overall — they are not deserts or semi-deserts although they may have defined dry seasons — and generally feature precipitation in excess of 30 inches per year or whatever amount ensures that falling precipitation firmly exceeds evapotranspiration. If these two criteria are met, the climate is defined as tropical in most classification systems. Other defining features are used to divide the tropical climates into subcategories, normally based on the annual precipitation distribution.
By definition, the Mediterranean climatesfeature an average temperature above 0 °C (32 °F), but below 18 °C (64 °F), in their coolest months and have a defined a dry summer month as a month with less than 30 mm (1.2 in) of precipitation (with less than one-third that of the wettest winter month). If these two criteria are met, the climate is defined as Mediterranean in most classification systems. Other defining features are used to divide the Mediterranean climates into subcategories, normally based on the average temperature thresholds reached in the summer months.
By definition, the tropical climates feature no months with a mean temperature below 18°C (64°F). Tropical climates are defined as non-arid and are moist overall — they are not deserts or semi-deserts although they may have defined dry seasons — and generally feature precipitation in excess of 30 inches per year or whatever amount ensures that falling precipitation firmly exceeds evapotranspiration. If these two criteria are met, the climate is defined as tropical in most classification systems. Other defining features are used to divide the tropical climates into subcategories, normally based on the annual precipitation distribution.
By definition, the Mediterranean climatesfeature an average temperature above 0 °C (32 °F), but below 18 °C (64 °F), in their coolest months and have a defined a dry summer month as a month with less than 30 mm (1.2 in) of precipitation (with less than one-third that of the wettest winter month). If these two criteria are met, the climate is defined as Mediterranean in most classification systems. Other defining features are used to divide the Mediterranean climates into subcategories, normally based on the average temperature thresholds reached in the summer months.
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In general, the rainfall of the humid subtropical climate is more or less evenly distributed throughout the year.In the Mediterranean climate, the summers are dryer than the winters. Additionally, the Mediterranean climate stays dryer throughout the year compared to the humid subtropical climate.
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