word | | Climate |
| tropical | Wake Island | tropical |
| tropical | 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 |
| tropical | 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 |
| tropical | Zambia | tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April) |
| tropical | Zimbabwe | tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March) |
| tundra | Russia | ... steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid ... |
| Turkish | Iraq | ... desert; mild to cool winters with dry, 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 ... |
| type | Guinea | generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds |
| type | Guinea-Bissau | tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds |
| typhoon | Marshall Islands | tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt |
| typhoon | Micronesia, Federated States of | tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage |
| typhoons | Pacific Ocean | ... a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December |
| uniformity | 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 ... |
| uplands | El Salvador | tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands |
| usually | Faroe Islands | mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy |
| Valley | Kyrgyzstan | dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone |
| valleys | Bhutan | varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas |
| valleys | Slovenia | Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east |
| variable | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow |
| variation | 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 |
| variation | Antigua and Barbuda | tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation |
| variation | Aruba | tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation |
| variation | 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 ... |
| variation | Cambodia | tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation |
| variation | Dominican Republic | tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall |
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