climograph
(ˈklaɪməʊgrɑːf, -græf)
[irreg. f. climate n. + -o + -graph.]
A graphical representation of the differences between various types of climate.
| 1916 G. Taylor in Bull. Commonw. Bur. Meteorol., No. 14 7 Upon a graticule whose ordinates represent relative humidity and wet-bulb temperatures, the monthly means are plotted... The resulting twelve-sided polygon is the climograph. 1934 Brit. Birds XXVIII. 177 By drawing a series of ‘climographs’ of the combinations of night and day air temperature, possible and actual sunshine, precipitation and wind velocity..the writer is able to show where the limits of tolerance are actually approached. |