COOL TEMEPERATE WESTERN MARGIN (BRITISH) TYPE CLIMATE

 

■ COOL TEMEPERATE WESTERN MARGIN (BRITISH) TYPE CLIMATE.

□ DISTRIBUTION.

◇ Europe

• Most pronounced in and around Britain.

• Climatic belt stretches far inland into the lowlands of N-W europe.

◇ N.America.

• Confined mainly to the coastlands of British Columbia.

◇ Southern Hemisphere

• Climate is experienced in S.Chile, S.Australia, Tasmania, and most part of Newzealand.

□ CLIMATE.

◇ Temperature.

• Mean annual temperature - b/w 5° and 15°C.

• Winters abnormally mild because of warming effect of North atlantic drift.

◇ Rainfall

• Adequate rainfall throughout the year with a tendency towards a slight winter maximum.

◇ Seasons

• There are four distinct season :-

1. Winter is the season of cloudy skies, foggy and misty mornings.

2. Spring is the driest and most refreshing season.

3. Spring followed by Long, sunny summer.

4. Next is Autumn with the roar of Gusty winds, and the cycle repeats itself.

▪︎SOURCE - G.C. Leong.📕