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  2. Tropical rainforest climate - Wikipedia

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    Borneo, with the typical vegetation of tropical forests. Amazon rainforest, Manaus, Brazil. Tropical rainforests have a type of tropical climate (at least 18 C or 64.4 F in their coldest month) in which there is no dry season—all months have an average precipitation value of at least 60 mm (2.4 in). There are no distinct wet or dry seasons as ...

  3. Köppen climate classification - Wikipedia

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    Dwa = Monsoon-influenced hot-summer humid continental climate; coldest month averaging below 0 °C (32 °F) (or −3 °C (26.6 °F)), at least one month's average temperature above 22 °C (71.6 °F), and at least four months averaging above 10 °C (50 °F). At least ten times as much rain in the wettest month of summer as in the driest month of ...

  4. Tropical climate - Wikipedia

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    The Köppen climate classification is the most widely used climate classification system. [2] It defines a tropical climate as a region where the mean temperature of the coldest month is greater than or equal to 18 °C (64 °F) and does not fit into the criteria for B-group climates, classifying them as an A-group (tropical climate group). [3]

  5. Tropical rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Amazon River rain forest in Peru. Tropical rainforests are hot and wet. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C (64 °F) during all months of the year. [4] Average annual rainfall is no less than 1,680 mm (66 in) and can exceed 10 m (390 in) although it typically lies between 1,750 mm (69 in) and 3,000 mm (120 in). [5]

  6. Climate of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Between winter and summer, there is only a temperature swing of around 6 °F (3.3 °C). Coastal water temperatures average between 77 °F (25 °C) in February to 87 °F (31 °C) in August. The highest temperature ever recorded was 103 °F (39 °C) at San Lorenzo , while the lowest temperature ever recorded was 38 °F (3 °C) at Aibonito.

  7. Climate of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Köppen climate types of Brazil The subtropical highland climate during winter, with snowfall in Caxias do Sul, South Region The tropical climate during summer, in Porto de Galinhas, Northeast region The climate in Brazil varies considerably from mostly tropical north (the equator traverses the mouth of the Amazon ) to temperate zones south of ...

  8. Nearly 40% of Amazon rainforest most vital to climate left ...

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    Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday indicate huge swathes of the jungle that are most vital to the world's ...

  9. Climate of Peru - Wikipedia

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    The true tropical rainforest (Af) climate requires at least 60 mm (2.4 in) precipitation in all months of the year. Pucallpa (Am) has only one month that falls below that threshold; Puerto Esperanza (Aw) has three months below the Af threshold. The driest months are in the Southern Hemisphere's winter of June through August. [1]