This is the documentation page for Module:Climate
Usage edit source
Exports a function that calculates the Köppen climate classification of monthly average temperature and precipitation data in degrees Celsius and millimeters, based on the formulas described in the Wikipedia article.
Function edit source
|Koeppen_template=- Parameters:
|1=,|2=- Temperatures and precipitation figures (12, one per month), separated by any characters that are not digits (0-9), hyphen-minuses (-), or periods (.).
|3=yes- Indicates that the data is from a location in the Southern Hemisphere. The default is the Northern Hemisphere. This is used to determine the high-sun and low-sun halves of the year.
|alt_CD=- Use -3 °C as the dividing line between C and D climates. The default is 0 °C.
|alt_hk=- Cold semi-arid and arid climates (last letter k) have mean annual temperatures below 18 °C. The default is that they have at least one month below 0 °C.
|alt_w=- Dry-winter climates (last letter w) have more than 70% of precipitation in high-sun half of year. Default is that wettest summer month has ten times as much precipitation as driest winter month.
Examples edit source
- Key West: Aw
- Lagos, Nigeria: Aw
- Cheyenne: BSk
- Leh, India: BWk
- Lima: BWh
- Phoenix: BWh
- Los Angeles, California: Csa
- Rangpur, India: Cwa
- New York, New York: Cfa
- Issaguen, Morocco: Csb
- Maseru, Lesotho: Cwb
- Boone, North Carolina: Cfb
- Quito: Cfb
- La Paz, Bolivia: Cwc
- Balmaceda: Csc
- Sutu Khasa, Bolivia: Cwc
- Ushuaia: Cfc
- Seoul: Dwa
- Arak, Iran: Dsa
- Denver: Dfa
- South Lake Tahoe: Dsb
- Vladivostok: Dwb
- St. Petersburg: Dfb
- Anchorage: Dsc
- Khatgal, Mongolia: Dwc
- Fairbanks: Dfc
- Mount Washington, New Hampshire: ET
- Nagqu, Tibet: ET
- Alert: ET
- McMurdo Sound: EF
- El Alto, Bolivia: ET
- Anchorage: Dsc
- Brian Head, Utah: Dsc