Paper 2 · Weather instruments and climate
A town's climate graph shows its heaviest rainfall falling in June, July and August, with the highest temperatures occurring around April and a slight dip in temperature during the rainy season. In which hemisphere is this town most likely located?
ASouthern Hemisphere, where the rainy season falls between November and March, opposite the pattern shown.
BAn equatorial region with no seasonal variation in rainfall at all, receiving rain evenly throughout the year.
CNorthern Hemisphere, where the rainy season falls around the mid-year 'high-sun' months.
DA region where both hemispheres' seasons occur at once, giving two separate wet seasons each year.
Explanation: A rainy season centred on June-August is the mid-year, 'high-sun' period for the Northern Hemisphere, consistent with the ITCZ migrating north to bring monsoon-type rains; a Southern Hemisphere location would instead have its rainy season around November-March.
Derived from ZIMSEC Geography 2248/2 Paper 2, November 2015, Q2
