Climate Types and Related Map Samples Contained Within BONAP's Floristic Synthesis.

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Climate

Climate zones of the Lower 48, based on zones of the warmest 6 months, coldest month, and moisture index (ratio of precipitation and positive temperature average; 1971-2000 data from PRISM ©BONAP

Climate
Composite map of climate, soil texture, wetlands, soil pH, and topography.
©BONAP
Tmax
Average temperature of warmest month (July) in °C (Data from PRISM, based on 1971-2000 climate normals) ©BONAP
Tmin
Average temperature of coldest month (January) in °C (Data from PRISM, based on 1971-2000 climate normals) ©BONAP
pptcm
Annual precipitation in centimeters (Data from PRISM, based on 1971-2000 climate normals) ©BONAP
%ppt
Percent of annual precipitation falling May-October, the warmest 6 months of the year
(Data from PRISM, based on 1971-2000 climate normals) ©BONAP
sumbiot
Warmth index (positive temperature averages for the warmest 6 months; i.e. May - October averaged, whereby monthly temperatures less than 0
°C are assumed zero) ©BONAP
moisture
Moisture index (ratio of annual precipitation over annual evapotranspiration, where evapotranspiration is estimated by multiplying the annual positive temperature average, or Holdridge biotemperature, by58.93mm/
°C) ©BONAP

annualtemp
Holdridge biotemperature (annual positive temperature average with no maximum limit) ©BONAP
AllGlaciers

US County-level assessment of all glaciated areas ©BONAP

MaxExt

US County-level assessment of the maximum extent of glaciated areas ©BONAP
CordIce

US county-level assessment of the Cordileran Ice Sheet  ©BONAP

 MtGlac

US county-level assessment of mountain glaciers ©BONAP

WiscIce

US county-level assessment of the Wisconsin Ice Sheet ©BONAP

 USDA

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones

Climate

Hardiness Zones (Metric System) ©BONAP

Climate
Hardiness Zones (English System) ©BONAP
 

Last updated April 7, 2015.