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  2. Climate of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Southern Africa has a transition to subtropical and temperate climates (green and yellow), and more desert or semi-arid regions, centered on Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. [1] A map of Africa showing the ecological break around the Sahara Desert. The climate of Africa is a range of climates such as the equatorial climate, the tropical wet ...

  3. List of countries by average yearly temperature - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature.. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group, derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit.

  4. El Niño–Southern Oscillation - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, its Climate Prediction Center and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society monitors the sea surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region, the tropical Pacific atmosphere and forecasts that NOAA's Oceanic Niño Index will equal or exceed .5 °C (0.90 °F) for several seasons in a row. [108]

  5. Tropical savanna climate - Wikipedia

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    Tropical savanna climate. Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories Aw (for a dry "winter") and As (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than 60 mm (2.4 in) of precipitation and also less than mm of precipitation. [1]: 200–1.

  6. Mediterranean climate - Wikipedia

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    A Mediterranean climate (/ ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən / MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typically have dry summers and wet winters, with summer conditions being hot and ...

  7. Climate of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The climate of South Africa is determined by South Africa 's situation between 22°S and 35°S, in the Southern Hemisphere 's subtropical zone, and its location between two oceans, Atlantic and the Indian. It has a greater variety of climates than most other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and it has lower average temperatures than other ...

  8. Agulhas Current - Wikipedia

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    The current reaches its maximum transport near the Agulhas Bank where it ranges between 95 and 136 Sv. [4] The core of the current is defined as where the surface velocities reach 100 cm/s (39 in/s), which gives the core an average width of 34 km (21 mi). The mean peak speed is 136 cm/s (54 in/s), but the current can reach 245 cm/s (96 in/s).

  9. List of cities by average temperature - Wikipedia

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    National Weather Service Forecast Office, Kansas City/Pleasant Hill. Retrieved 29 August 2016. ^ "NOWData: Las Vegas Area monthly summarized data, 1981–2010, mean of monthly average temperatures". National Weather Service Forecast Office, Las Vegas, NV.