Year 7 · Geography · Weather and climate · Lesson 3

Reading climate graphs

Reading climate graphs: rainfall bars and temperature lines, calculating range and total rainfall, and describing climates such as temperate maritime.

17-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Read a climate graph
Calculate temperature range
Calculate total rainfall
Describe and name a climate

The method

Read axes.
Temp stats.
Rain stats.
Describe + name.

Key words: climate graph, temperature range, rainfall, temperate maritime, average, axis.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What do the bars on a climate graph show?

Step 1: Blue

Answer: rainfall

Question 2

What does the line show?

Step 1: Red

Answer: temperature

Question 3

What unit is rainfall in?

Step 1: mm

Answer: mm