Handout #10a - Malcolm Shabazz City High School, Madison WI

Average Monthly Temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit
City: San Francisco, St. Louis,
California
Missouri
Latitude: 38° N, 122° W 39° N, 90° W
January 50 33
February 53 37
March 55 45
April 56 56
May 57 66
June 59 76
July 59 81
August 59 79
September 62 71
October 61 61
November 57 46
December 52 36
January 50 33
Summary Questions:
Your teacher will tell you where to respond to these questions…
1. From the table of monthly temperatures, compute the average temperature for the year for the two cities.
How can you explain the close agreement of these two temperatures
2. Compare the yearly temperature range of St. Louis to that of San Francisco.
3. Compare the summer temperatures -- June, July, and August -- of St. Louis to those of San Francisco.
4. Compare the winter temperatures -- December, January, and February -- of the two cities.
5. If both of these cities receive the same, maximum amount of solar energy on ~June 21st, why doesn’t St.
Louis reaches its' peak temperature until July Why doesn’t San Francisco reach its' peak average
temperature until September
ISP Online Document Page: http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/jmm/isp/ispindex.htm
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