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Climate of Kentucky
By: Shelley
Climate is the weather pattern over a long period of time. Each season in Kentucky has its own climate. Temperatures in winter are usually freezing or below freezing. Spring temperatures are usually in the 60's F. or 70's F. And summer is usually in the 80's or 90's F. Fall is usually in the 40's F. In spring and in summer there are more thunderstorms. Our winter snowfalls range between five and ten inches, which is almost equivalent to four or five inches of rainfall.
Climate is determined by these three things: distance from the equator, altitude (how high the land is,) and the direction of the wind.
Altitude is one cause of climate, because higher places have colder air which causes those places to be colder.
Precipitation is another part of climate. Kentucky gets about 10 inches of rain each year.
My materials were: Atlas of Kentucky and Kentucky by: Peggy Roney Walther and from KidsKonnect and Ask Jeeves