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Question
Study the climatic data provided below and answer the questions that follow:
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Station A (sea level) | ||||||||||||
| Temperature (°C) | 24.4 | 28.4 | 20.7 | 29.3 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 29.8 | 27.8 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 25.1 | 24.8 |
| Rainfall (cm) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 26.6 | 29.6 | 30.5 | 26.5 | 11.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Station B (800 m above sea level) | ||||||||||||
| Temperature (°C) | 8.1 | 8.9 | 15.6 | 20.1. | 25.2 | 24.3 | 24.1 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 14.1 | 9.6 |
| Rainfall (cm) | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
- Calculate the annual range of temperature of Station A Suggest a reason why the range is small one.
- Which of the two Stations has the lower temperature? Why?
- Calculate the annual rainfall of Station B.
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Solution
- The annual range of temperature of Station ‘A’ is 9.3°C. The range of tempera-ture is small because the Station ‘A’ is situated close to sea.
- Station ‘B’ has the lower temperature because it is situated 800m above sea level (as we move on the higher altitude the temperature decreases).
- The annual rainfall of station B is = 28.8 cm.
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