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Climatograms

Lisbon, Portugal	San Luis Opispo, California


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California Data

Zone	Temp	Rain	Altitude	Indicator
DESERTS
1. Lower Sonoran	10 to 130^o F	0 - 5"	0 - 500'	Barrel cactus, Washington palm, Ocotillo, Smoke tree, Kit fox, Road runner, Sidewinder, Kangaroo rat.
2. Mojave	-5 to 120^o F	5 - 9"	500 - 5000'	Joshua tree, Creosote bush, Desert sheep, Scott Oriole, Desert Tortoise
3. Grasslands (Coastal Valleys)	62^o F Ave. 10 - 90^o F	10 - 20"	10 - 500'	Natural pasture and grasses, Sage brush, Mocking bird, Mule deer, Tule elk.
TRANSITIONAL
4. Upper Sonoran	10 - 90^o F	15 - 25"	0 - 5000'	Chaparral, Yucca, Scrub oak, Pinyon pine, Gray fox, Chipmunk, Scrub jay, Quail, Manzanita, Poison oak
5. Sierra Transitional	-5 - 90^o F	30 - 50"	5000 - 7000'	Yellow pine, White fir, Sequoia, Black oak, Elk, King Snake, White tail deer
6. Humid Transitional	30 - 80^o F	30 - 50"	0 - 3000'	Oakwood, Park Lands White tail deer
7. Coastal Redwood	30 - 80^o F	70 - 100"	0 - 3000'	Redwoods, Hemlock, Cedars, Banana Slug, Madrone
MOUNTAIN
8. Mountain	-20 - 70^o F	4 - 70" snow	5000 - 14000'	Jeffrey pine, Aspen, Dwarf willow, pika, Marmot, Great horned owl, Alpine chipmunk, Snowshoe rabbit

Yearly Averages of
Temperature and Rainfall

Station	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	Yearly Avg. Mo. Temp ^oF
Blythe	51.5	56.5	63	70.5	77.5	84.5	98	91	85.5	73	60.5	53.5	72.08^o F
4.33"	.49	.51	.46	.15	.02	.03	.24	.81	.38	.52	.98	2.86	72.08^o F
Escondido	51	53	56	60	63.5	67	73	73.5	71.5	64.5	57.5	53	61.96^o F
17.59"	2.70	3.56	2.70	1.38	.25	.01	.20	.27	.98	1.42	4.02	2.86	61.96^o F
Indio	53.5	57.5	6.45	72	80	82	92	91	85.5	75	62.5	55.5	72.58^o F
3.91"	.51	.47	.28	.11	.02	.01	.14	.41	.52	.26	.35	.84	72.58^o F
Long Beach	55	56	58	60.5	63.5	66	70.5	71	70	65.5	61	57	62.83^o F
13.80"	2.31	3.40	2.03	.80	.09	.06	T	.05	.23	.45	1.21	3.17	62.83^o F
Palm Springs	53.5	57	63	70	76	82.5	90.5	88.5	80.5	74	63	55.5	71.17^o F
7.07"	1.22	1.32	.75	.25	.02	.03	.29	.27	.40	.33	.47	1.72	71.17^o F
Riverside	51	53	55.5	60.5	65	69.5	80.5	80	73	63.5	58	53	63.71^o F
11.96"	1.79	2.58	2.00	.91	.18	.04	.01	.20	.11	.60	.87	2.67	63.71^o F
San Bernardino	51.5	53	56.5	61	65	69.5	72.5	77	74	66.5	58.5	53	63.17^o F
18.97"	2.89	4.14	2.98	1.67	.32	.11	.04	.19	.20	.98	1.42	4.03	63.17^o F
San Fernando	53.5	53.5	57	61	64	66.2	74	73.5	71.5	70.5	60.5	54.5	63.31^o F
18.63"	3.64	4.09	3.07	1.27	.18	.10	.01	.05	.24	.54	1.34	4.10	63.31^o F
San Luis Obispo	51.5	53.5	55	57.5	59	66	65	65	65	63	59	53.5	59.08^o F
22.44"	4.38	4.50	3.43	1.60	.37	.20	.04	.04	.07	.83	1.73	5.25	59.08^o F
Oxnard	53	53.5	55.5	57	59	61.5	64	64.5	64	61.5	58	54.5	58.83^o F
15.41"	3.15	3.08	2.43	.94	.11	.06	T	.04	.11	.48	1.11	3.90	58.83^o F
Santa Barbara	52	53.5	56	58.5	61	62.5	67	62	61.5	63	58.5	54.5	59.17^o F
18.17"	3.65	3.80	3.16	1.17	.26	.10	.04	.06	.06	.60	1.23	4.04	59.17^o F
Santa Catalina	52	52.5	53	56.5	58	60.5	68	70	70.5	64	59.5	54.5	59.92^o F
12.88"	1.98	2.97	1.88	.93	.26	.07	T	.04	.14	.76	.90	2.95	59.92^o F

^{^o}C = ^{^o}F - 32 x 5/9
cm = inches x 2.54

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California Data

Yearly Averages of Temperature and Rainfall

Yearly Averages of
Temperature and Rainfall