word | | Climate |
| accumulate | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | ... humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; average annual rainfall is 24 inches in Stanley; occasional snow all year, except in January and February, but does not accumulate |
| across | Ukraine | ... north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south |
| affect | Pacific Ocean | ... by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in ... |
| affected | Vanuatu | tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October; moderate rainfall from November to April; may be affected by cyclones from December to April |
| affected | Yemen | mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east |
| Africa | Atlantic Ocean | tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequent from August ... |
| afternoon | Singapore | tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon (December to March) and Southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms |
| air | Kosovo | influenced by continental air masses resulting in relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns; Mediterranean and alpine influences create regional variation; maximum rainfall between October and December |
| air | Pacific Ocean | planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes ... |
| air | Western Sahara | hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew |
| Alaska | United States | mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter ... |
| Alpine | Italy | predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south |
| alpine | Kosovo | influenced by continental air masses resulting in relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns; Mediterranean and alpine influences create regional variation; maximum rainfall between October and December |
| altitude | Bolivia | varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid |
| altitude | Burundi | equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as ... |
| altitude | Switzerland | temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers |
| altitude | West Bank | temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters |
| altitude | Zambia | tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April) |
| altitude | Zimbabwe | tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March) |
| always | Equatorial Guinea | tropical; always hot, humid |
| always | Gabon | tropical; always hot, humid |
| always | Thailand | tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid |
| Amazonian | Ecuador | tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands |
| ameliorated | Netherlands Antilles | tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds |
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