word | | Climate |
| predominant | Croatia | Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast |
| predominantly | Italy | predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south |
| pressure | 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 ... |
| pressure | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | ... in) of annual rainfall occurs during the winter Palmyra Atoll: equatorial, hot; located within the low pressure area of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) where the northeast and southeast trade winds meet ... |
| prevailing | United Kingdom | temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast |
| prevailing | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | ... with cool, moist winters (December to February) and warm, dry summers (May to October); moderated by prevailing easterly winds; most of the 1,067 mm (42 in) of annual rainfall occurs during the ... |
| principally | Somalia | principally desert; northeast monsoon (December to February), moderate temperatures in north and hot in south; southwest monsoon (May to October), torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot ... |
| produce | Western Sahara | hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew |
| prolonged | Panama | tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May) |
| pronounced | Pacific Ocean | ... October and affect Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean ... |
| rain | Arctic Ocean | ... annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow |
| rain | Austria | temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers |
| rain | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | cold marine; strong westerly winds, cloudy, 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 ... |
| rain | Liechtenstein | continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers |
| rain | Saint Martin | temperature averages 80-85 degrees all year long; low humidity, gentle trade winds, brief, intense rain showers; July-Novemeber is the hurricane season |
| rain | Tuvalu | tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March) |
| rain | Western Sahara | hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew |
| rainfall | American Samoa | tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October); little seasonal temperature variation |
| rainfall | Burma | tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April) |
| rainfall | Burundi | ... degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and ... |
| rainfall | Dominica | tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall |
| rainfall | Dominican Republic | tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall |
| rainfall | Eritrea | hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest June to September); semiarid in western hills and lowlands |
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