The Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification System
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Date: 2024-01-04
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-Moneytane1976
Excellent, the Koppen system works well for most places, but I feel northern New Zealand is robbed. Auckland is given a Cbf climate like Norway and England, yet its average annual temperature is 16c and winter averages are 11 - 12c, it has never had snow (The 2 alleged times in 1939 and 2011 were hail, but because its summer average is only 20 - 21c it is penalised. Compare this to Seattle, frequent snow and average temperature of only 8c and winter average of barely 0 gets subtropical. Melbourne Australia is also penalised unfairly. Between Bergen, Aberdeen and Oslo and Auckland and Melbourne saying they have the same climate, what do you think.
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Excellent, the Koppen system works well for most places, but I feel northern New Zealand is robbed. Auckland is given a Cbf climate like Norway and England, yet its average annual temperature is 16c and winter averages are 11 - 12c, it has never had snow (The 2 alleged times in 1939 and 2011 were hail, but because its summer average is only 20 - 21c it is penalised. Compare this to Seattle, frequent snow and average temperature of only 8c and winter average of barely 0 gets subtropical. Melbourne Australia is also penalised unfairly. Between Bergen, Aberdeen and Oslo and Auckland and Melbourne saying they have the same climate, what do you think.
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-decrox13
I just wanted to point out: your classification of the -subtropical highland- zone as only falling within the tropics isn't accurate. Koppen climate descriptions and maps identify subtropical highland climates in -some mountainous areas across southern Europe, mountainous sections of North America, including parts of the southern Appalachians, and the Northern and Central Tablelands in New South Wales, Australia-
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I just wanted to point out: your classification of the -subtropical highland- zone as only falling within the tropics isn't accurate. Koppen climate descriptions and maps identify subtropical highland climates in -some mountainous areas across southern Europe, mountainous sections of North America, including parts of the southern Appalachians, and the Northern and Central Tablelands in New South Wales, Australia-
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-Moneytane1976
Auckland, New Zealand should be CFA not CFB which is cold. If Seattle avg temp - 10c) is Cfa, then Akl (avg temp 16. 5c) should be CFA too. Auckland is marked down because average summer temps are under 22c, actually about 19 -21 in the area. Our winter average is 11c, som, e Cfb locatins don't even have that for summer.
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Auckland, New Zealand should be CFA not CFB which is cold. If Seattle avg temp - 10c) is Cfa, then Akl (avg temp 16. 5c) should be CFA too. Auckland is marked down because average summer temps are under 22c, actually about 19 -21 in the area. Our winter average is 11c, som, e Cfb locatins don't even have that for summer.
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fun-facts
You said that continental zones are grassland and I noticed while much of does line up with the steppe in central Asia and the great plains in America, most of those regions are actually naturally dense forest. What is both the cause for this difference and why is it not further subdivided to be accounted for?
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You said that continental zones are grassland and I noticed while much of does line up with the steppe in central Asia and the great plains in America, most of those regions are actually naturally dense forest. What is both the cause for this difference and why is it not further subdivided to be accounted for?
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-PremierCCGuyMMXVI
This was interesting, I-m really into Earth sciences such as climate science, meteorology, geology, ecology, etc. so this was cool thank you. I live in New Jersey so we are on the edge of a Humid Subtropical Climate (Cfa) 5: 47 and a Humid Continental Climate with Hot Summers (Dfa) 8: 46
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This was interesting, I-m really into Earth sciences such as climate science, meteorology, geology, ecology, etc. so this was cool thank you. I live in New Jersey so we are on the edge of a Humid Subtropical Climate (Cfa) 5: 47 and a Humid Continental Climate with Hot Summers (Dfa) 8: 46
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fun-facts
Hello. Just gone through your Casebook videos. Nice, informative quality content. Keep it up! Just a question, can we relate the classification to tourism and migration? How do populations from different climate areas decide to migrate or visit other areas?
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Hello. Just gone through your Casebook videos. Nice, informative quality content. Keep it up! Just a question, can we relate the classification to tourism and migration? How do populations from different climate areas decide to migrate or visit other areas?
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-TheRealGovika
I LOVE learning this sort of thing. I started glancing through Koppen climate a couple years ago but now it's hitting me again. I love these weather and biome classifications, I think they bring in lots of useful insight into further creative works.
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I LOVE learning this sort of thing. I started glancing through Koppen climate a couple years ago but now it's hitting me again. I love these weather and biome classifications, I think they bring in lots of useful insight into further creative works.
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-huongnguyen-pn2zt
I have suggested that there is another subclass of the polar climate - the polar maritime climate, referred to Icelandic climate -- EM. Rule set: max. temperature < 10 degrees celsius AND min. temperatures > -10 degrees celsius.
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I have suggested that there is another subclass of the polar climate - the polar maritime climate, referred to Icelandic climate -- EM. Rule set: max. temperature < 10 degrees celsius AND min. temperatures > -10 degrees celsius.
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-nimtuz9125
Nice video!
My area is a special case in terms of climate
I live in a small town around 200m above the tree line in the swiss alps (2600m)
I have trouble to understand if my climate is Dfc or ET, can someone help me please?
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Nice video!
My area is a special case in terms of climate
I live in a small town around 200m above the tree line in the swiss alps (2600m)
I have trouble to understand if my climate is Dfc or ET, can someone help me please?
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-JS-jh4cy
Send all the tourists to places like Sahara desert and the blazing sinola deserts in Mexico for vacation and sunburning so we can preserve the few regions left that can grow most food such as Mediterranean climate zones
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Send all the tourists to places like Sahara desert and the blazing sinola deserts in Mexico for vacation and sunburning so we can preserve the few regions left that can grow most food such as Mediterranean climate zones
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-Noobmaster-kf1hb
moscow gets higher precipitation than london yet humid continental is drier than oceanic? also the humid continental climate has plenty of forest which you didnt include in vegetation for some reason
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moscow gets higher precipitation than london yet humid continental is drier than oceanic? also the humid continental climate has plenty of forest which you didnt include in vegetation for some reason
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-roikkudev8677
This video claims my country's maximum temperature is about 18 Celsius. Whereas on many summers we've had temperatures over 30 C, so the Celsius meter is definitely off by about 15 units.
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This video claims my country's maximum temperature is about 18 Celsius. Whereas on many summers we've had temperatures over 30 C, so the Celsius meter is definitely off by about 15 units.
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-69Zuzzie
Thank you! I was actually thinking about this, trying to figure out what those letters stood for. A thing I haven-t learned. But watching it all in order gave me this shortcut. Awesome!
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Thank you! I was actually thinking about this, trying to figure out what those letters stood for. A thing I haven-t learned. But watching it all in order gave me this shortcut. Awesome!
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fun-facts
The A category weather is really unsuitable for people suffering from excessive sweating(hyperhidrosis.
I hv that condition. and i hate every minute of the weather here.
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The A category weather is really unsuitable for people suffering from excessive sweating(hyperhidrosis.
I hv that condition. and i hate every minute of the weather here.
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-kevinbwtauer4190
Geography isn't even my area, but I am very much into it, climates fascinate me and make me have an idea of how complex the world is, your video is a gem, thanks
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Geography isn't even my area, but I am very much into it, climates fascinate me and make me have an idea of how complex the world is, your video is a gem, thanks
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-heidiklotz7959
Is this a mistake? The video states that Cwa has a -hot dry 'summer'- yet the highest precipitation is in June, July, August. Very helpful video. Thank you.
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Is this a mistake? The video states that Cwa has a -hot dry 'summer'- yet the highest precipitation is in June, July, August. Very helpful video. Thank you.
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-hiqwerty7747
One thing that I found out that-s weird about geography, is that the hot summer Humid Continental can have a hotter summer than the hot summer Mediterranean.
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One thing that I found out that-s weird about geography, is that the hot summer Humid Continental can have a hotter summer than the hot summer Mediterranean.
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-djmudflaps2382
You rasp your voice. They call it -vocal fry-. You sound like Danny Torrence's imaginary friend Tony from the film The Shining.
RED RUM! RED RUM!
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You rasp your voice. They call it -vocal fry-. You sound like Danny Torrence's imaginary friend Tony from the film The Shining.
RED RUM! RED RUM!
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-osazeimohe3454
You said the third letter tells us how hot or cold it is with -a- being the hottest and -d- being the coldest. Then why-s there a -BWh- climate type?
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You said the third letter tells us how hot or cold it is with -a- being the hottest and -d- being the coldest. Then why-s there a -BWh- climate type?
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-oknotok10
Thanks a lot, i am preparing for my exam and you've helped me a lot in understanding this. was looking for a good explanation and finally found this.
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Thanks a lot, i am preparing for my exam and you've helped me a lot in understanding this. was looking for a good explanation and finally found this.
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-logandearborn2491
If the third leetter is supposed to describe how hot it is on a scale of a-c, then how come some of the climate end with h or k?
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If the third leetter is supposed to describe how hot it is on a scale of a-c, then how come some of the climate end with h or k?
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-Shaheen_Hassan
Write your favourite climates using symbols below my comment. My favourite ones are Af, Cfb, Cwb, Dwb and Dfb.
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Write your favourite climates using symbols below my comment. My favourite ones are Af, Cfb, Cwb, Dwb and Dfb.
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-niranjanborah6763
Nicely made. Very helpful indeed, have looked around many videos but this is only meet my standards. Thanks
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Nicely made. Very helpful indeed, have looked around many videos but this is only meet my standards. Thanks
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-thephoenix3155
About the UK-s climate is that England is just purely Cfb and Scotland has 4 which are Cfb, Cfc, Dfc and ET.
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About the UK-s climate is that England is just purely Cfb and Scotland has 4 which are Cfb, Cfc, Dfc and ET.
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-airiusagihara1261
Thx for the great content, I'm studying geography at high school now and this vid is really helpful ---
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Thx for the great content, I'm studying geography at high school now and this vid is really helpful ---
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