word | | Climate |
| dry | Sierra Leone | tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April) |
| dry | Syria | mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus |
| dry | 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 |
| dry | Timor-Leste | tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons |
| dry | Tunisia | temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south |
| dry | Turkey | temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior |
| dry | Turks and Caicos Islands | tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry |
| dry | Uganda | tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast |
| dry | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | ... Islands: equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun Johnston Atoll and Kingman Reef: tropical, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation Midway Islands: subtropical with cool, moist ... |
| dry | Vietnam | tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March) |
| dry | Wallis and Futuna | tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C |
| dry | Western Sahara | hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew |
| dry | World | a wide equatorial band of hot and humid tropical climates - bordered north and south by subtropical temperate zones - that separate two large areas of cold and dry polar climates |
| dry | Yemen | mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east |
| dust | Algeria | ... semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer |
| dusty | Mauritania | desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty |
| dusty | Niger | desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
| early | Iraq | ... hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq |
| early | 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 |
| Earth | Southern Ocean | ... about latitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest average winds found anywhere on Earth; in winter the ocean freezes outward to 65 degrees south latitude in the Pacific sector ... |
| East | Antarctica | severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate; higher ... |
| east | Australia | generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north |
| east | Haiti | tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds |
| east | 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 ... |
| east | Peru | varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes |
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