Tropical rainforest climate

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Paramaribo, Suriname
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A tropical rainforest climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as Bermuda, the coast of southernmost Florida, United States (Florida Keys), and Okinawa, Japan that fall into the tropical rainforest climate category. They experience high mean annual temperatures, small temperature ranges, and rain that falls throughout the year. Regions with this climate are typically designated Af by the Köppen climate classification. A tropical rainforest climate is typically hot, very humid, and wet with no dry season.

Tropical rainforests have a type of tropical climate (at least 18 C or 64.4 F in their coldest month) in which there is no dry season—all months have an average precipitation value of at least 60 mm (2.4 in). There are no distinct wet or dry seasons as rainfall is high throughout the months. One day in a tropical rainforest climate can be very similar to the next, while the change in temperature between day and night may be larger than the average change in temperature during the year.^[1]

Equatorial climates and tropical trade-wind climates

When tropical rainforest climates are more dominated by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) than the trade winds (and with no or rare cyclones), so usually located near the equator, they are also called equatorial climates. Otherwise, when they are more dominated by the trade winds than the ITCZ, they are called tropical trade-wind climates. In pure equatorial climates, the atmospheric pressure is almost constantly low so the horizontal pressure gradient is low. Consequently, the winds are rare and usually weak (except sea and land breezes in coastal areas) while in tropical trade-wind climates, often located at higher latitudes than the equatorial climates, the wind is almost permanent which incidentally explains why rainforest formations are impoverished compared to those of equatorial climates due to their necessary resistance to strong winds accompanying tropical disturbances.^[2]^[3]

Asia

Malacca - Car Nicobar,^[4] India
Balikpapan, Indonesia
Banjarmasin, Indonesia
Bogor, Indonesia
Ipoh, Indonesia
Medan, Indonesia
Padang, Indonesia
Palembang, Indonesia
Pontianak, Indonesia
Ishigaki, Japan
Kuching, Malaysia
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Davao City, Philippines
Polomolok, Philippines
Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines
Singapore
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka (bordering on Am)
Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka (bordering on Am)
Orchid Island, Taiwan
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Narathiwat, Thailand (bordering on Am)

Oceania

Pago Pago, American Samoa
Tubuai, Austral Islands
Innisfail, Queensland, Australia
Avarua, Cook Islands
Palikir, Federated States of Micronesia
Suva, Fiji
Hagåtña, Guam
Atuona, French Polynesia
Mata Utu, French Polynesia
Papeete, French Polynesia
Tarawa, Kiribati
Majuro, Marshall Islands
Yaren, Nauru
Alofi, Niue, New Zealand
Koror, Palau
Tabubil, Papua New Guinea
Lae, Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Island
Apia, Samoa
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Funafuti, Tuvalu
Hilo, Hawaii, United States
Port Vila, Vanuatu

Africa

Moroni, Comoros
Kisumu, Kenya
Harper, Liberia
Antalaha, Madagascar
Manakara, Madagascar
Toamasina, Madagascar
Victoria, Seychelles
Kampala, Uganda

Americas

Punta Gorda, Belize
Hamilton, Bermuda (bordering on Cfa)
Villa Tunari, Bolivia
Belém, Brazil
Macaé, Brazil
Manaus, Brazil
Salvador, Brazil
Santos, Brazil
Easter Island, Chile (bordering on Cfa)
Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Florencia, Colombia
Leticia, Colombia
Quibdó, Colombia
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Limón, Costa Rica
Higüey, Dominican Republic (bordering on Am)
Puyo, Ecuador
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana
St. George's, Grenada
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (bordering on Am)
Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
Georgetown, Guyana
La Ceiba, Honduras
Port Antonio, Jamaica
Bluefields, Nicaragua
Changuinola, Panama
Iquitos, Peru
Castries, Saint Lucia (bordering on Am)
Lelydorp, Suriname
Paramaribo, Suriname
Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States (bordering on Am)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States (bordering on Am)

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J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
80 31 19	100 32 20	150 32 20	140 31 20	130 31 20	110 30 19	100 30 17	100 29 17	200 30 19	210 30 19	190 30 19	120 30 19
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J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
3.1 88 66	3.9 90 68	5.9 90 68	5.5 88 68	5.1 88 68	4.3 86 66	3.9 86 63	3.9 84 63	7.9 86 66	8.3 86 66	7.5 86 66	4.7 86 66
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J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
260 32 23	215 33 23	254 33 23	292 33 23	256 33 23	212 33 23	201 33 22	180 33 23	295 33 23	329 33 23	400 32 23	302 32 22
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J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
10 90 73	8.5 91 73	10 91 73	11 92 74	10 91 74	8.3 92 74	7.9 91 72	7.1 92 73	12 91 73	13 91 73	16 90 73	12 90 72
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J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
227 33 24	193 33 24	270 34 25	302 34 25	230 34 25	146 33 25	165 33 24	174 33 25	220 33 24	284 33 24	356 32 24	281 32 24
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J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
8.9 91 75	7.6 92 75	11 93 76	12 93 76	9.1 92 77	5.7 92 77	6.5 91 76	6.9 91 76	8.7 91 76	11 91 76	14 90 75	11 90 75
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J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
140 31 23	109 31 23	108 32 24	125 33 24	159 33 25	187 32 24	165 32 24	170 32 24	170 32 24	175 32 24	138 32 24	113 31 24
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J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
5.5 87 74	4.3 88 74	4.3 90 74	4.9 91 76	6.2 91 76	7.4 89 76	6.5 89 75	6.7 89 75	6.7 89 75	6.9 90 75	5.4 90 75	4.4 89 75
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J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
579 30 23	505 30 23	526 30 23	655 31 23	776 31 23	762 31 23	803 31 23	852 31 23	702 31 23	654 30 23	728 30 23	589 30 23
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23 86 73	20 86 74	21 87 74	26 87 74	31 88 74	30 88 73	32 88 73	34 88 73	28 87 73	26 87 73	29 86 73	23 85 73
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[1]
McKnight, Tom L; Hess, Darrel (2000). "Climate Zones and Types". Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 205–8. ISBN 978-0-13-020263-5.
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Climatologie Pierre Estienne Alain Godard, pages 309 and 316
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Seidel, Dian J.; Fu, Qiang; Randel, William J.; Reichler, Thomas J. (January 2008). "Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate". Nature Geoscience. 1 (1): 21–24. Bibcode:2008NatGe...1...21S. doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.38. ISSN 1752-0908.
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[McKnight-1] [1]
McKnight, Tom L; Hess, Darrel (2000). "Climate Zones and Types". Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 205–8. ISBN 978-0-13-020263-5.

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Climatologie Pierre Estienne Alain Godard, pages 309 and 316

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Seidel, Dian J.; Fu, Qiang; Randel, William J.; Reichler, Thomas J. (January 2008). "Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate". Nature Geoscience. 1 (1): 21–24. Bibcode:2008NatGe...1...21S. doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.38. ISSN 1752-0908.

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"Nicobar Islands rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

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