Weather vs. Climate Weather: • Determines what clothes we wear • Changes over minutes, hours, days • Thunderstorm, blizzard, hurricane, drought, heat wave, cold snap Climate: • Determines what crops we plant; when we plant, when we harvest • Changes over seasons- decades- centuries • Persistent (decades long) heat-wave or drought
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Weather vs. Climate Weather: Determines what clothes we wear Changes over minutes, hours, days Thunderstorm, blizzard, hurricane, drought, heat wave, cold.
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Franklin County weather:January, 2010 Maximum Average Minimum TotalMax Temperature 54 °F 32 °F 15 °FMean Temperature 44 °F 24 °F 9 °FMin Temperature 33 °F 15 °F -5 °FPrecipitation 1.63 in 0.09 in 0.00 in 2.65 inWind 30 mph 5 mph 0 mphSea Level Pressure 30.31 in 29.90 in 29.23 in
July, 2010
Max Temperature 99 °F 85 °F 71 °F
Mean Temperature 85 °F 73 °F 57 °F
Min Temperature 73 °F 61 °F 46 °F
Precipitation 0.78 in 0.08 in 0.00 in 2.60 in
Wind 30 mph 3 mph 0 mph
Sea Level Pressure 30.21 in 29.94 in 29.69 inwww.wunderground.com
2010 Data
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New England Climate“humid continental” – Large seasonal distinctions– hot summers and cold winters
January:ColdPrecipitation comes from large stormsNor’easters—form in Gulf of Mexico and move up the northeast coast—lots of snow inland/rain on coast/wintry mix
July:WarmPrecipitation comes from thunderstorms T-storms form because the air is warm and humid; storms move from west to east. Slightly less precipitation in summer than in winter.