Climographs work to show us a couple of different things at once. They show us the amount of precipitation and the temperature for each month of the year. They allow us to make correlations between temperature and rainfall. The note at the bottom of this map also helps us make our correlations in that we can see if the things we are seeing in the climograph differ from the averages. In this map, we see the amount of precipitation and temperature for Los Angeles, California. We see that the temperature stays somewhat the same throughout the year with minor fluctuations in the winter season. As far as rainfall goes, Los Angeles receives a relatively decent amount of rain in the winter and spring months, but as soon as summer hits, they receive virtually none. Since the humidity out west is very low, it makes sense that the summer months, the most dry, would receive the least amount of rain. Usually with these maps, there is a correlation between rainfall and temperature, but here, there doesn't seem to be. Altogether, these types of maps work to show us correlations between rain and temperature that can help us better understand weather patterns.
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