Climate graphs

## Introduction

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Climate graphs show average rainfall and temperatures at a specific location .

## Starter

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What can you tell me from looking at the graph ?

## Teacher demo

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A place's climate influences the types of vegetation and animals that live there.

* How do you think temperature and precipitation effects these places differently?

## Example data

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### London Heathrow (airport); average rainfall and temperature

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Month  | Jan  | Feb  | March  | April  | May  | June  | July  | Aug  | Sept  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec

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Rainfall (mm)  | 56  | 40  | 50  | 51  | 50  | 53  | 48  | 50  | 49  | 81  | 61  | 58
Temperature (°C)  | 7  | 8  | 10  | 12  | 16  | 20  | 23  | 22  | 19  | 15  | 12  | 8