The Gulf Stream brings warm winters to Ireland and the prevailing winds off the Atlantic carry with them rain. It means grass can grow almost all year round — creating the lush sweeping pastures of the Emerald Isle. Today they make up 93 percent of all farmland. No other country in Europe has quite as much grass as Ireland.

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Cork

Edmonton

Comparing Climate Data• Cork, Ireland and Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada are close to the same

latitude– Cork is 51°47'N – Edmonton is 53° 34' N

• Compare the climates for each using the graphs provided. You will have to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit and mm to inches to make comparison!

– Coldest month and average day and night temperatures– Warmest month and average day and night temperatures– Average summer high and low temperatures– Average winter high and low and temperatures– Temperature Mean for day and night– Month with greatest precipitation and least precipitation– Precipitation variation (amount of change from highest to lowest)– Temperature variation (amount of change from highest to lowest average day

and night temperatures)• Why are the climates for these two cities different? (Read Ch 21.7, pg. 415-

416 )

Comparing Climate Data• Cork, Ireland and Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada are close to the same latitude

– Cork is 51°47'N – Edmonton is 53° 34' N)

• Compare the climates for each using the graphs provided. You will have to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit and mm to inches to make comparison!

– Coldest month and average day and night temperatures (data is already averaged!)– Warmest month and average day and night temperatures (data is already averaged)– Average summer high and low temperatures (you average the temperature over three

summer months)– Average winter high and low and temperatures (you average the temperature over three

winter months)– Temperature Mean for day and night (average 12 day and 12 night temperatures)– Month with greatest precipitation and least precipitation – Precipitation variation (amount of change from highest to lowest)—difference between

highest and lowest– Temperature variation (amount of change from highest to lowest average day and night

temperatures)• Why are the climates for these two cities different? (read attachment on-line)

The Climate of San Francisco

• “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”

-anonymous (erroneously attributed to Mark Twain)

What does this statement mean?

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