TDFWeather+Climate

The temperate deciduous forest occupies much of the europe. Rapid changes from cold and dry to wet and warm or to any of the other corners of the climate envelope are often swift and dramatic. Over the course of the year the climate will range from cold with precipitation in the form of snow, to hot, with precipitation in the form of rain. Precipitation may vary with the seasons as well, with some seasons being wetter than others. As the diagram indicates, the average annual temperature ranges up to about 20 C down to freezing. Precipitation ranges from around 50 cm year in the colder regions to over 200 cm/yr. In Ohio it tends to have most of the precipitation fall in the spring and early summer, with late summer and early fall being dry. It get rain or snow in the late fall and winter, depending on where you are.