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What Factors Control Your Local Climate?

1. Factors that control climate include:

2. Why might one place have cold, snowy winters, while it rarely snows at another place only a hundred miles
away?

3. Provide a justification for each factor you indicated as having major influence on the climates of Phoenix, AZ and
Flagstaff, AZ.

4. Summarize the major differences in climate between Boston, MA and North Bend, OR.

5. Provide a justification for each factor you indicated as having major influence on the climates of Boston, MA and
North Bend, OR.

6. Summarize the major differences in climate between Fargo, ND and Dallas, TX.

7. Provide a justification for each factor you indicated as having major influence on the climates of Fargo, ND and
Dallas, TX.

8. In the space below, write a description of the local climate in Denver, CO. Discuss characteristics such as timing
and types of precipitation you receive, minimum and maximum temperatures and their timing, and any other
aspects you think most accurately describe your local climate.

9. Describe how each of the climate control factors in Data Table 2 influences our local climate.
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DATA TABLE 1: COMPARATIVE CLIMATES
PHOENI FLAGSTA BOSTON NORTH FARGO DALLAS ASHBUR
X FF BEND N
Locational Elevation
Informatio (ft)
n Latitude

Longitud
e

Temperatu Jan/July
re (max)
Maximu
m

Temperatu Jan/July
re (min)
Minimu
m

Precipitati Jan/July
on (rain)
Average

Precipitati Jan/July
on (snow)
Average

DATA TABLE 2: RATING THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CONTROL FACTORS ON LOCAL CLIMATE
Climate Control Phoeni Flagstaf Boston North Bend Fargo Dallas Ashburn
Factors x f
Latitude
Elevation
Water
Ocean Current
Topography
Prevailing Winds
Vegetation
Key: Major = major influence m = minor influence

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