Tropical climate 456161 224443679 2008-07-08T21:30:20Z Gabriel Kielland 2014336 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/90.195.202.118|90.195.202.118]] identified as [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] to last revision by [[User:Gabriel Kielland|Gabriel Kielland]]. ([[WP:TW|TW]]) [[Image:Naplesbeach.jpg|thumb|300px|Naples beach in Florida lined with [[coconut]] trees is an example of a tropical climate. Although it lies in the [[subtropics]] over a hundred miles north of the [[tropic of cancer]], the warm waters of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] give it a monthly mean temperature never under 65°F, classifying its climate as tropical.]] A '''tropical climate''' is a kind of [[climate]] typical in the [[tropics]]. [[Wladimir Köppen|Köppen]]'s widely-recognized [[Köppen climate classification|scheme of climate classification]] defines it as a non-[[arid]] climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures above 18°C (64.4 °F). ==Examples of tropical climates== [[South Florida metropolitan area|Southern Florida]], [[Hawaii]], [[The Caribbean]], [[Southeast Asia]] [[Seychelles]], or most of [[Brazil]]. ==See also== *[[Köppen climate classification#GROUP A: Tropical/Megathermal climates|Köppen's tropical climate group]] {{Seasons}} {{Koppen}} [[Category:Tropics]] [[Category:Climate]] {{Ecology-stub}} [[ca:Clima tropical]] [[es:Clima tropical]] [[fr:Climat tropical]] [[gl:Clima tropical]] [[it:Clima tropicale]] [[he:אקלים טרופי]] [[ko:열대 기후]] [[lt:Atogrąžų klimatas]] [[no:Tropisk klima]] [[nn:Tropisk klima]] [[pt:Clima tropical]] [[ru:Тропический климат]] [[simple:Tropical climate]] [[sv:Tropiskt klimat]]