Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table B1.1.1 Climate characteristics for representative stations in the five MTC regions: northern hemisphere summer (Jun, Jul, Aug) and winter (Dec, Jan, Feb);
southern hemisphere summer (Dec, Jan, Feb) and winter (Jun, Jul, Aug).
San
Francisco,
California,
USA
Los
Angeles,
California,
USA
Cape
Town,
South
Africa
Perth,
Western
Australia
Adelaide,
South
Australia
Sevilla,
Spain
Haifa,
Israel
Santiago,
Chile
Concepcio´ n
Chile
Oudtshoorn
South Africa
MTC region
Latitude (
)
37N
33N
38N
34N
33S
37S
34S
34S
38S
35S
Longitude (
)
6W
35E
122W
118W
70W
73W
18E
22E
115E
145E
Elevation (m)
30
10
15
100
520
15
20
335
60
45
Ppt Total (mm)
535
670
530
375
360
1295
505
255
890
525
Summer ppt (%)
3
1
2
1
2
22
6
21
4
14
Winter ppt (%)
39
70
60
79
67
52
47
22
57
35
Summer T mean (
C)
26.8
27.1
15.1
22.5
19.4
17.4
20.9
23.1
22.9
21.4
Winter T mean (
C)
11.4
14.8
11.7
13.9
8.5
9.3
13.1
12.2
13.4
11.8
Source: From Mu¨ ller (
1982
).
