Country ranking for field: climate 1994

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This entry includes a brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year; in the Word entry only, it includes four subfields that describe climate extremes:|ten driest places on earth (average annual precipitation) describes the annual average precipitation measured in both millimeters and inches for selected countries with climate extremes.

	World	two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones from a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates
1	Afghanistan	0
2	Palmyra Atoll	equatorial hot and very rainy
3	New Caledonia	tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot humid
4	New Zealand	temperate with sharp regional contrasts
5	Nicaragua	tropical in lowlands cooler in highlands
6	Niger	desert; mostly hot dry dusty; tropical in extreme south
7	Nigeria	varies; equatorial in south tropical in center arid in north
8	Niue	tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
9	Norfolk Island	subtropical mild little seasonal temperature variation
10	North Korea	temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer
11	Northern Mariana Islands	tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June rainy season July to October
12	Norway	temperate along coast modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior; rainy year-round on west coast
13	Oman	dry desert; hot humid along coast; hot dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon
14	Pacific Ocean	the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land and a dry season during the winter months when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean
15	Pakistan	mostly hot dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
16	Panama	tropical; hot humid cloudy; prolonged rainy season
17	Nepal	varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south
18	Papua New Guinea	tropical; northwest monsoon
19	Paracel Islands	tropical
20	Paraguay	varies from temperate in east to semiarid in far west
21	Peru	varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west
22	Philippines	tropical marine; northeast monsoon
23	Pitcairn Islands	tropical hot humid modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season
24	Poland	temperate with cold cloudy moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
25	Portugal	maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north warmer and drier in south
26	Puerto Rico	tropical marine mild little seasonal temperature variation
27	Qatar	desert; hot dry; humid and sultry in summer
28	Romania	temperate; cold cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms
29	Russia	ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast
30	Rwanda	temperate; two rainy seasons
31	Réunion	tropical but moderates with elevation; cool and dry from May to November hot and rainy from November to April
32	Netherlands Antilles	tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds
33	Navassa Island	marine tropical
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis	subtropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season
35	Malta	Mediterranean with mild rainy winters and hot dry summers
36	Lesotho	temperate; cool to cold dry winters; hot wet summers
37	Liberia	tropical; hot humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers
38	Libya	Mediterranean along coast; dry extreme desert interior
39	Liechtenstein	continental; cold cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm cloudy humid summers
40	Lithuania	maritime; wet moderate winters and summers
41	Luxembourg	modified continental with mild winters cool summers
42	Macau	subtropical; marine with cool winters warm summers
43	Macedonia	hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall
44	Madagascar	tropical along coast temperate inland arid in south
45	Malawi	tropical; rainy season
46	Malaysia	tropical; annual southwest
47	Maldives	tropical; hot humid; dry northeast monsoon
48	Mali	subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy humid and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February
49	Marshall Islands	wet season May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt
50	Nauru	tropical; monsoonal; rainy season
51	Martinique	tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season
52	Mauritania	desert; constantly hot dry dusty
53	Mauritius	tropical modified by southeast trade winds; warm dry winter
54	Mayotte	tropical; marine; hot humid rainy season during northeastern monsoon
55	Mexico	varies from tropical to desert
56	Midway Islands	tropical but moderated by prevailing easterly winds
57	Moldova	moderate winters warm summers
58	Monaco	Mediterranean with mild wet winters and hot dry summers
59	Mongolia	desert; continental
60	Montserrat	tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation
61	Morocco	Mediterranean becoming more extreme in the interior
62	Mozambique	tropical to subtropical
63	Myanmar	tropical monsoon; cloudy rainy hot humid summers
64	Namibia	desert; hot dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
65	Saint Helena	tropical; marine; mild tempered by trade winds
66	Saint Lucia	tropical moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to April rainy season from May to August
67	Latvia	maritime; wet moderate winters
68	United Arab Emirates	desert; cooler in eastern mountains
69	Togo	tropical; hot humid in south; semiarid in north
70	Tokelau	tropical; moderated by trade winds
71	Tonga	tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season
72	Trinidad and Tobago	tropical; rainy season
73	Tromelin Island	tropical
74	Tunisia	temperate in north with mild rainy winters and hot dry summers; desert in south
75	Turkey	temperate; hot dry summers with mild wet winters; harsher in interior
76	Turkmenistan	subtropical desert
77	Turks and Caicos Islands	tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry
78	Tuvalu	tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds
79	U.S. Virgin Islands	subtropical tempered by easterly tradewinds relatively low humidity little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season May to November
80	Uganda	tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons
81	Ukraine	temperate continental; subtropical only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed highest in west and north lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country hot in the south
82	United Kingdom	temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than half of the days are overcast
83	The Gambia	tropical; hot rainy season
84	United States	mostly temperate but tropical in Hawaii and Florida and arctic in Alaska semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
85	Uruguay	warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
86	Uzbekistan	mostly midlatitude desert long hot summers mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
87	Vanuatu	tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds
88	Venezuela	tropical; hot humid; more moderate in highlands
89	Vietnam	tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot rainy season
90	Wake Island	tropical
91	Wallis and Futuna	tropical; hot rainy season
92	West Bank	temperate temperature and precipitation vary with altitude warm to hot summers cool to mild winters
93	Western Sahara	hot dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew
94	Western Samoa	tropical; rainy season
95	Yemen	mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot dry harsh desert in east
96	Zaire	tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season April to October dry season December to February; south of Equator - wet season November to March dry season April to October
97	Zambia	tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season
98	The Netherlands	temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters
99	The Bahamas	tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season
101	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	variable with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow
102	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	cold and wet with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy
103	San Marino	Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm sunny summers
104	Saudi Arabia	harsh dry desert with great extremes of temperature
105	Senegal	tropical; hot humid; rainy season
106	Serbia and Montenegro	in the north continental climate
107	Seychelles	tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon
108	Sierra Leone	tropical; hot humid; summer rainy season
109	Singapore	tropical; hot humid rainy; no pronounced rainy or dry seasons; thunderstorms occur on 40% of all days
110	Slovakia	temperate; cool summers; cold cloudy humid winters
111	Slovenia	Mediterranean climate on the coast continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east
112	Solomon Islands	tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
113	Somalia	desert; northeast monsoon
114	South Africa	mostly semiarid; subtropical along coast; sunny days cool nights
115	South Korea	temperate with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
116	Thailand	tropical; rainy warm cloudy southwest monsoon
117	Spain	temperate; clear hot summers in interior more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy cold winters in interior partly cloudy and cool along coast
118	Spratly Islands	tropical
119	Sri Lanka	tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon
120	Sudan	tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season
121	Suriname	tropical; moderated by trade winds
122	Svalbard	arctic tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen keeping water open and navigable most of the year
123	Swaziland	varies from tropical to near temperate
124	Sweden	temperate in south with cold cloudy winters and cool partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
125	Switzerland	temperate but varies with altitude; cold cloudy rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm cloudy humid summers with occasional showers
126	Syria	mostly desert; hot dry sunny summers
127	São Tomé and Príncipe	tropical; hot humid; one rainy season
128	Taiwan	tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon
129	Tajikistan	midlatitude continental hot summers mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
130	Tanzania	varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
131	Lebanon	Mediterranean; mild to cool wet winters with hot dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
132	Laos	tropical monsoon; rainy season
133	Albania	mild temperate; cool cloudy wet winters; hot clear dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter
134	China	extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
135	British Virgin Islands	subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade winds
136	Brunei	tropical; hot humid rainy
137	Bulgaria	temperate; cold damp winters; hot dry summers
138	Burkina Faso	tropical; warm dry winters; hot wet summers
139	Burundi	temperate; warm; occasional frost in uplands
140	Cabo Verde	temperate; warm dry summer; precipitation very erratic
141	Cambodia	tropical; rainy monsoon season
142	Cameroon	varies with terrain from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north
143	Canada	varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
144	Cayman Islands	tropical marine; warm rainy summers
145	Central African Republic	tropical; hot dry winters; mild to hot wet summers
146	Chad	tropical in south desert in north
147	Chile	temperate; desert in north; cool and damp in south
148	Christmas Island	tropical; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds
149	Brazil	mostly tropical but temperate in south
150	Clipperton Island	tropical
151	Cocos Islands	pleasant modified by the southeast trade wind for about nine months of the year; moderate rain fall
152	Colombia	tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands
153	Comoros	tropical marine; rainy season
154	Congo	tropical; rainy season
155	Cook Islands	tropical; moderated by trade winds
156	Coral Sea Islands	tropical
157	Costa Rica	tropical; dry season
158	Croatia	Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters dry summers along coast
159	Cuba	tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season
160	Cyprus	temperate Mediterranean with hot dry summers and cool wet winters
161	Czech Republic	temperate; cool summers; cold cloudy humid winters
162	Côte d'Ivoire	tropical along coast semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry
163	Denmark	temperate; humid and overcast; mild windy winters and cool summers
164	British Indian Ocean Territory	tropical marine; hot humid moderated by trade winds
165	Bouvet Island	antarctic
166	Dominica	tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
167	Australia	generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
168	Algeria	arid to semiarid; mild wet winters with hot dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
169	American Samoa	tropical marine moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages 124 inches; rainy season from November to April dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation
170	Andorra	temperate; snowy cold winters and cool dry summers
171	Angola	semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool dry season
172	Anguilla	tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds
173	Antarctica	severe low temperatures vary with latitude elevation and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate; higher temperatures occur in January along the coast and average slightly below freezing
174	Antigua and Barbuda	tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation
175	Arctic Ocean	polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness cold and stable weather conditions and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight damp and foggy weather and weak cyclones with rain or snow
176	Argentina	mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
177	Armenia	highland continental hot summers cold winters
178	Aruba	tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation
179	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	tropical
180	Atlantic Ocean	tropical cyclones
181	Austria	temperate; continental cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain in lowlands and snow in mountains; cool summers with occasional showers
182	Botswana	semiarid; warm winters and hot summers
183	Azerbaijan	dry semiarid steppe
184	Bahrain	arid; mild pleasant winters; very hot humid summers
185	Baker Island	equatorial; scant rainfall constant wind burning sun
186	Bangladesh	tropical; cool dry winter
187	Barbados	tropical; rainy season
188	Bassas da India	tropical
189	Belarus	cold winters cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
190	Belgium	temperate; mild winters cool summers; rainy humid cloudy
191	Belize	tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season
192	Benin	tropical; hot humid in south; semiarid in north
193	Bermuda	subtropical; mild humid; gales strong winds common in winter
194	Bhutan	varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas
195	Bolivia	varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
196	Bosnia and Herzegovina	hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short cool summers and long severe winters; mild rainy winters along coast
197	Djibouti	desert; torrid dry
198	Dominican Republic	tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
199	Kyrgyzstan	dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest
200	Isle of Man	cool summers and mild winters; humid; overcast about half the time
201	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	antarctic
202	Holy See	temperate; mild rainy winters
203	Honduras	subtropical in lowlands temperate in mountains
204	Hong Kong	tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter hot and rainy from spring through summer warm and sunny in fall
205	Howland Island	equatorial; scant rainfall constant wind burning sun
206	Hungary	temperate; cold cloudy humid winters; warm summers
207	Iceland	temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild windy winters; damp cool summers
208	India	varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
209	Indian Ocean	northeast monsoon
210	Indonesia	tropical; hot humid; more moderate in highlands
211	Iran	mostly arid or semiarid subtropical along Caspian coast
212	Iraq	mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry hot cloudless summers; northernmost regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows
213	Ireland	temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
214	Israel	temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
215	Guyana	tropical; hot humid moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons
216	Italy	predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot dry in south
217	Jamaica	tropical; hot humid; temperate interior
218	Jan Mayen	arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog
219	Japan	varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
220	Jarvis Island	tropical; scant rainfall constant wind burning sun
221	Jersey	temperate; mild winters and cool summers
222	Johnston Atoll	tropical but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation
223	Jordan	mostly arid desert; rainy season in west
224	Juan de Nova Island	tropical
225	Kazakhstan	continental cold winters and hot summers arid and semiarid
226	Kenya	varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior
227	Kingman Reef	tropical but moderated by prevailing winds
228	Kiribati	tropical; marine hot and humid moderated by trade winds
229	Kuwait	dry desert; intensely hot summers; short cool winters
230	Haiti	tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
231	Guinea	generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season
232	Ecuador	tropical along coast becoming cooler inland
233	French Polynesia	tropical but moderate
234	Egypt	desert; hot dry summers with moderate winters
235	El Salvador	tropical; rainy season
236	Equatorial Guinea	tropical; always hot humid
237	Eritrea	hot dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands
238	Estonia	maritime wet moderate winters cool summers
239	Ethiopia	tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
240	Europa Island	tropical
241	Falkland Islands	cold marine; strong westerly winds cloudy humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; occasional snow all year except in January and February but does not accumulate
242	Faroe Islands	mild winters cool summers; usually overcast; foggy windy
243	Federated States of Micronesia	tropical; heavy year-round rainfall especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasional severe damage
244	Fiji	tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation
245	Finland	cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current Baltic Sea and more than 60000 lakes
246	France	generally cool winters and mild summers but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean
247	French Guiana	tropical; hot humid; little seasonal temperature variation
248	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	antarctic
249	Guinea-Bissau	tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season
250	Gabon	tropical; always hot humid
251	Gaza Strip	temperate mild winters dry and warm to hot summers
252	Georgia	warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
253	Germany	temperate and marine; cool cloudy wet winters and summers; occasional warm tropical foehn wind; high relative humidity
254	Ghana	tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
255	Gibraltar	Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers
256	Glorioso Islands	tropical
257	Greece	temperate; mild wet winters; hot dry summers
258	Greenland	arctic to subarctic; cool summers cold winters
259	Grenada	tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
260	Guadeloupe	subtropical tempered by trade winds; relatively high humidity
261	Guam	tropical marine; generally warm and humid moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June rainy season from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation
262	Guatemala	tropical; hot humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands
263	Guernsey	temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
264	Zimbabwe	tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season

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