Meaning & use

climograph

noun·Academic

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A graph that displays a location's average monthly temperature and precipitation together, used to summarize its climate.

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The geography students plotted a climograph to compare the seasons in two cities.

A climograph quickly reveals whether a region has a wet season and a dry season.

A note on using this word

A combination of "climate" and "-graph," this chart typically overlays a temperature line on a precipitation bar chart across twelve months.

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climate graph

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