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Lesson 6 Climatographs

  Creating Climatographs

How do we create climatographs?


Climatographs can be created by hand or by using a spreadsheet program on a computer. No matter how you create your actual graph, there are a few rules you need to follow.

Always make sure the months of the year are along the x-axis.


D6.6 Months on x-axis


Make sure your average precipitation is measured in mm and place that variable along the left y-axis.


D6.7 Precipitation on the left y-axis


Make sure your average temperature is measured in ËšC and place that variable along the right y-axis.


D6.8 Temperature on the right y-axis


From here, you plot your data for your precipitation to make a bar graph.


D6.9 Precipitation plotted


Then plot your data for your temperature to make a line graph.


D6.10 Temperature plotted


Make sure you title the climatograph with the name of the city and the latitude it is found at. Make sure you also include a legend showing that the bar graph is precipitation and the line graph is temperature.


D6.11 Finished climatograph



Here is a video example of how to create a climatograph using a spreadsheet program. https://adlc.wistia.com/medias/4gxp7c8p3h
 

  Practice Questions

Complete the following practice questions to check your understanding of the concept you just learned. Make sure you write complete answers to the practice questions in your notes. After you have checked your answers, make corrections to your responses (where necessary) to study from.

  1. Using the data below, create a climatograph for Fort McMurray, Alberta. You can create your climatograph by hand or on a computer.

    Month
    		Average Precipitation (mm)
    		Average Temperature (°C)
    January 22 –20.7
    February 14 –14.8
    March
    		17 –8.2
    April 17
    		3.2
    May 33 10.6
    June 61 15.1
    July 80 17.2
    August 67 15.5
    September 43
    		9.5
    October 28 3.5
    November 25 –7.6
    December
    		24 –17.5

    Your climatograph should look similar to the following:


    D6.12 Climatograph of Fort McMurray, Alberta