The Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification System

The Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification System

In this reference work, I cover the basics on every climate zone within the world’s most established climate classification system, the Koppen-Geiger. Evolved over 150 years by Wladimir Koppen and refined by Rudolf Geiger, this system is composed of five basic regions:

  • A – Tropical (Hot Year Round with Rain Year round or part year)
  • B – Dry (Low rainfall year round in Subtropical and Continental areas)
  • C – Temperate (Moderate temperatures with mixed rainfall patterns in the mid-latiitudes)
  • D – Continental (More extreme temperature ranges in continental interiors in the mid to high latitudes)
  • E – Polar (Very cold regions in the poles of our planet)