Why is the weather so different in different parts of the world?

Answer 1

weather patterns and climate..

Answer 2

Lots of factors play into weather.

Proximity to the ocean, equator, landscapes, currents..

If you are near a coast line, then it is noticeably cooler than inland, mainly because of how resistant water is to change in temp.

for example, a cup of water and a rock in the sun. The rock will heat AND cool faster right?

The air temp is affected by what it's sitting on, in other words the air on top of land that's been in the sun is going to be warmer than the air above the ocean.

The air above the land has lower air pressure, and the air above the ocean has a higher air pressure. SO, the air moves the cooler ocean air to the hotter land air.

Shabang, cool ocean breeze.

Why is the artic so cold? OTHER than the fact it's far from the equator?
Snow!
The white snow reflects the light back into the atmosphere. Usually, the light is absorbed by whatever (clothes, sand, land, water) and turned into infared(heat). but since white reflects most of the visible light, heat isn't retained.

And the equator is sort of a "duh" answer.
The equator gets the most light, and that results in visible --> infared --> really warm place.

I know also that it has to do with air currents and water currents as well, but I haven't done any studying on that so I just will hope someone else can address that part :P

Sorry it's so long @_@

Answer 3

There are countless factors that influence the weather. Just consider a few of the obvious ones:

Sunlight and the heat it generates
Cloud cover
Moisture (humidity)
SOURCES of moisture like lakes and oceans
Wind
Terrain

Now, consider the fact that the earth is round. By definition, that means the sun cannot hit all spots at the same angle and at the same distance; THEREFORE, the sun will heat some places on earth more and others less. Toss in the tilt of the earth on its axis and you see that the variability increases even more.

Some land masses are closer to substantial moisture supplies and some are farther away.

The basic flow of the jet stream is west to east, rarely soaring far north or plunging far south.

The mountains tend to "wring out" moisture in clouds as they pass over them, giving the areas to the west of the mountains MORE moisture and robbing areas to the east of lots of moisture.

I could go on forever! ALL these factors and more come together to produce general weather patterns, making some places consistently cooler (at the poles, less sunlight, farther away from the sun) and other places warmer (at the equator, more sunlight, closer to the sun). The same goes for moisture. I live in Topeka, KS and we are in a drought 30 percent of the time. That's because we are smack dab in the middle of the US, pretty much equi-distance from all moisture sources. If the jet stream comes directly west to east, the rockies rob our moisture. If it dips south, it picks up more gulf moisture, but it must then surge back north or we'll miss it. If the jet stream is coming out of the north, that's going to bring in colder air, but tends to keep the moisture south. And so on. But New Orleans, LA for instance is RIGHT ON THE WATER! They are bound to get more precipitation! Colorado Springs is VERY DRY, because it's just to the east of the Rocky Mountains.

It's not just random weather. Except for the freak snowstorm, ice storm, or tornado, much of the weather that occurs is typical for that area. Make sense?

Answer 4

a million. Altitudes could reason distinctive climates in distinctive areas of the international. the better you circulate the less warm it get's 2. Distances from the equator 3. no count in case you interior the southern hemisphere or northern hemisphere. { Northern hemisphere is plenty less warm than the southern} 4. no count while you're stricken by chilly fronts/ 5. in case you reside in desolate tract, or tropical area basically about all those aspects make contributions to distinctive climatic situations around the globe.

Answer 5

I can answer this in one sentence.That is,the variation in weather at different places is due to the variation of heat received by those places from the sun's rays.I will elaborate this.
This heat difference leads to temperature variations.This temperature of a particular place depnds upon many factors.They are,
(1)Latitude:-Due to the tilt of the earth's axis and the revolution of the earth around the sun,the inclination of the solar beam changes from place to place leading to diffence in the heat received.
(2)Land and sea distribution:-The interior of a land mass experiences extreme of heat and cold while the oceans and the adjacent land area enjoy more equable weather conditions.
(3) Altitude:-Temperature decreases with height as the earth is heated by the solar radiation from the bottom.So,places at an altitude get less heat.
(4)Prevailing winds:- Moving air normally carries the temperature of the place of origin,getting modified on its way owing to the different surfaces(land or water) over which it is flowing and the wind therefore arrives at a place as a warm or cold current.For example ,in coastal places sea-breeze and land-breeze affect the temperature in the day and night respectively.Monsoon winds(For example soth-west monsoon in India) travel thosands of kilometers over the ocean and bring lot of moisture causing heavy rain over land apart from bringing cold winds for three or four months in a year.
(5)Slope of the ground:-If the ground is appreciably steep,cold katabatic winds at night and warm anabatic winds at day may form.
(6)Nature of soil:-Bare soil and sandy soil are good absorbers and good radiators of heat,resulting extremes of temperatures on surface during the day and night.
(7)Presence of snow and ice covering:-Snow is a good reflector of heat and a fairly good radiator of long wave radiations.So the temperature over a snow surface goes down to very lower levels.Moreover the heat will only melt the ice and not increse its temperatures .That is why poles experience extremely low temperature conditions.
These are the important reasons for the variation in weather conditions of differnt places.Some more local factors also affect the weather but the effect is negligible.

Answer 6

There are many different types of land so this yields different weather.

Answer 7

the earth is tilted, due to this tilt different parts of the Earth receive different amounts of sunlight

Answer 8

cuz like when its summer here the part of the earth we're at is facing the sun and the other side isnt like china

Answer 9

different temperatures, land forms, currents (air and water), pollution

Answer 10

It's all in the design.