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climate The prevalent or characteristic meteorological conditions of a place or region, in contrast with weather, which is the state of the atmosphere at any time. A marine climate is characteristic of coastal areas, islands, and the oceans, the distinctive features being small annual and daily temperature range and high relative humidity, in contrast with continental climate, which characteristic of the interior of a large land mass, and the distinctive features of which are large annual and daily temperature range and dry air with few clouds. Sources of climate data are given in the Source Book.

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