word | | Climate |
| 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 | Curacao | tropical marine climate, ameliorated by northeast trade winds, results in mild temperatures; semi-arid with average rainfall of 600 mm/year |
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