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Inland vs. Coastal Temperatures

Some cities are said to have much better weather than others. There are many contributing factors to the differences in weather. One of them is whether a city is inland or on the coast. Another factor is which coast the city is on! Graph and analyze average high and low temperatures of 2 cities at the same latitude. One is city is inland and one is on the western coast. Use 2 different colored map pencils to graph the average high and low temperatures for each month.

City / Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec
Austin, TX
HIGH / 62 / 65 / 72 / 80 / 87 / 92 / 96 / 97 / 91 / 82 / 72 / 63
LOW / 41 / 45 / 51 / 59 / 67 / 72 / 74 / 75 / 69 / 61 / 51 / 42
San Diego, CA
HIGH / 65 / 65 / 66 / 68 / 68 / 71 / 75 / 77 / 76 / 73 / 69 / 65
LOW / 49 / 51 / 53 / 56 / 59 / 62 / 65 / 67 / 65 / 61 / 54 / 48

Use the graphs to answer the following conclusion questions.

1. What do you observe about the average high and low temperatures when you compare the two cities?

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2. Which city has hotter summer temperatures?______

3. Which city has colder winter temperatures? ______

4. Which city has the biggest difference between high and low temperatures each month? ______

5. What conclusions can you make about coastal cities average temperatures compared to inland cities?

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6. If the cities are nearly the same latitude and receive the same amount of sunlight throughout the year,

why would they have different climates?

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7. Use the map of ocean currents to identify which ocean current is likely affecting the temperatures on the

coast of California (San Diego).

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8. Do you expect that this current brings warm waters or cool waters? ______

Why? ______

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Trace the cold currents in blue

and the warm currents in red!

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COMPLETED GRAPH SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:

Austin San Diego