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Cyclonic storm tracks (summer convection)
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(a) Climograph for New York City (humid continental hot-summer, moist all year).
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(b) Climograph for Dalian, China (humid continental hot-summer, winter-dry).
Station: New York, New York Lat/long: 40° 46′ N 74° 01′ W Avg. Ann. Temp.: 13°C
Total Ann. Precip.: 112.3 cm
Elevation: 16 m Population: 8 092 000 Ann. Temp. Range: 24 C° Ann. Hr of Sunshine: 2564
Station: Dalian, China Lat/long: 38° 54′ N 121° 54′ E Avg. Ann. Temp.: 10°C
Total Ann. Precip.: 57.8 cm
Elevation: 96 m Population: 5 550 000 Ann. Temp. Range: 29 C° Ann. Hr of Sunshine: 2762
(c) Belvedere Castle, built in 1872, in New York’s Central Park; location of weather station from 1919 to 1960.
(d) Dalian, China, cityscape and park in summer.
▲Figure 10.12 Humid continental hot-summer climates, New York and China. [(c) Bobbé Christopherson. (d) Paul louis Collection.]
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