Amazon RainForest's Climate:
- Typically tropical climate
- Hot and Humid throughout the year
- Average temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and 80.7 degrees Fahrenheit
- The temperature in the Amazon Rainforest is above 25 degrees all year round
- The rainfall in the Amazon Rainforest varies all year round
- In January, February, March, April and May the rainfall is above 200 millimetres
- In June, July, August, September, October and November it is below 150 millimetres
- November has the least amount of precipitation it is well under 50 millimetres
- March has the most amount of rainfall it has over 300 millimetres
- October has the highest temperature at just a little bit less than 30 degrees but it isn’t really above the rest
- The coldest month is March it is just over 25 degrees the temperature doesn’t vary as much as the rainfall
- Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year
- The annual rainfall is around 2000 mm
- Climate Change: In recent times, warmer temperatures and less rainfall have produced historic droughts. The Amazon has suffered its worst droughts of the last 100 years in 2005 and 2010
http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Latin%20America&ThisCCode=BRA
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/forests.html
WorldWildlife.org. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 05 Jan. 2014. <http://worldwildlife.org/places/amazon>.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/forests.html
WorldWildlife.org. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 05 Jan. 2014. <http://worldwildlife.org/places/amazon>.