Question

directions: create a climograph based on the city that you have been given below. remember the golden rule that temperature - line graph and precipitation/rain - bar graph. rain is listed in inches while temperature is in fahrenheit. next answer the questions about the climograph you completed that are listed below your climograph. remember a city is in the southern hemisphere if june, july, and august are the coldest months out of the year. bamako, mali

jan	feb	mar	apr	may	jun	jul	aug	sep	oct	nov	dec	month
0	0	0	0.4	1.8	4.6	8.1	10.1	6.4	1.6	0.4	0	rain

climograph for the city of bamako, mali

1. how many months of the year is the temperature below 65°f?
2. how hot does it get in september?
3. which month does bamako receive the least amount of rain?
4. in june the temperature is about
5. what is the highest temperature in bamako? what month does it occur in?
6. what is the difference between the high and low temperature in bamako?
7. is this city located north or south of the equator? (if june, july, august are colder than it is)
8. what is the coldest month in bamako?

Explanation:

Step1: Check temperature data

From the table, the temperatures are 77°F (Jan), 81°F (Feb), 88°F (Mar), 91°F (Apr), 90°F (May), 85°F (Jun), 80°F (Jul), 79°F (Aug), 80°F (Sep), 81°F (Oct), 80°F (Nov), 77°F (Dec).

Step2: Answer question 1

Count months with temperature below 65°F. There are 0 months.

Step3: Answer question 2

Temperature in September is 80°F.

Step4: Answer question 3

From rainfall data 0 inches (Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec), 0.4 inches (Apr), 1.8 inches (May), 4.6 inches (Jun), 8.1 inches (Jul), 10.1 inches (Aug), 6.4 inches (Sep), 1.6 inches (Oct), 0.4 inches (Nov), 0 inches (Dec), least rainfall is in Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec.

Step5: Answer question 4

Not clear what "in four the temperature" means. Assuming it's a mis - type. If you mean "in June", temperature is about 85°F and precipitation is about 4.6 inches.

Step6: Answer question 5

Highest temperature is 91°F in April.

Step7: Answer question 6

Highest temperature is 91°F (Apr), lowest is 77°F (Jan, Dec). Difference is 91 - 77=14°F.

Step8: Answer question 7

Since June, July, August are not the coldest months, the city is in the northern hemisphere, so north of the equator.

Step9: Answer question 8

Coldest months are Jan and Dec with 77°F.

Answer:

1. 0 months
2. 80°F
3. Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
4. If referring to June, temp is about 85°F and precipitation is about 4.6 inches
5. 91°F in April
6. 14°F
7. North of the equator
8. Jan and Dec