In pretty much every area of interest, human beings love to put things into boxes. They love to categorise and classify. From artistic subjects such as music and literary genres, to science including stars, chemical elements and animals. Our planet’s climate is no exception to this. And one at first might ask why is it necessary to put a label on weather patterns from one part of the globe to another. Knowing the patterns of temperature and rainfall is important mostly for understanding how the earth can support population in that area through farming. But general knowledge of this also impacts on other areas such as tourism and migration. Regardless, humans will be humans, and in the absence of any perceived application to such knowledge will still classify, for the love of science, or to improve understanding.
The Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification System
