Template:Climate

Climate	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

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To have common look throughout all articles, this legacy template transforms into {{Climate chart}}. Similarly, also {{Weather box}} results in the same result and allows simple adding of wikipedia data.

As of now, only precipitation, snowfall and low/high air temperatures are shown in the graph. Both imperial and metric units are supported. If precipitation is too high and mangles the graph, add 'maxprecip' argument to clamp it down.

Quick how-to

At a minimum, this template should be used to display average high and low temperatures. There's really no place where travellers wouldn't want to know the average temperatures. Here's what the climate chart for Dallol, Ethiopia, the hottest inhabited place on Earth, would look like:

Climate	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Daily highs (°C)	36	36	39	41	44	47	46	45	43	42	39	37
Nightly lows (°C)	25	25	26	27	28	30	32	31	32	30	27	26
In summary, it's really hot, all the time.

If they're relevant, precipitation (which is technically defined as all forms of water: rain, snow, etc.) and snowfall can be shown too.

Of those, precipitation is often nice to have, and snowfall is useful in places with a lot of snow, especially in ski resorts and other places where people go to find snow.

Usage

Autogenerating

For U.S. destinations, http://mountaininterval.org/wikivoyage/climate.html can be used to automatically generate {{climate}} templates populated with data from the NOAA monthly normal dataset (1981-2010) that can then be copied into Wikivoyage articles.

Manual entry

Template parameters:

title

Table title. If the parameter is omitted, the article name will be displayed as the table title. If the parameter is included, but with no value, no title will be displayed.

units

Either "metric" or "imperial". Set units = Metric if the table is using Metric units (Celsius and centimeters) or to units = Imperial for Imperial units (Fahrenheit and inches). Please use units of measure appropriate to the location the page describes (Imperial in USA but Metric almost everywhere else) per Project:Measurements.

align

Either "right", "left", "center" or "none". Default is "right". A value of "none" will display the table inline.

xxxhigh

The average high temperature for the month, in °C (metric) or °F (imperial).

xxxlow

The average low temperature for the month, in °C (metric) or °F (imperial).

xxxprecip

The average rainfall amount for the month, in millimeters (metric) or inches (imperial).

description

maxprecip

Maximum rainfall of any months - used to clamp the graph in case of extreme values that don't fit.

Optional text that will be displayed at the bottom of the climate table. This field is often used to include the {{forecastNOAA}} daily forecast or other information related to the climate data.

Temperatures should be populated for every month, but for the other values (precipitation, snowfall), instead of 0 you can put a hyphen (-) to make it visually clearer that "there is no precipitation/snowfall this month". (See the example for McMurdo Station, Antarctica, above.)

Copy and paste the below wiki markup into a page and give values to as many of the parameters as you wish to use (empty parameters will be gracefully ignored by the template).

{{Climate| units = Metric
| janhigh =
| febhigh =
| marhigh =
| aprhigh =
| mayhigh =
| junhigh =
| julhigh =
| aughigh =
| sephigh =
| octhigh =
| novhigh =
| dechigh =
| janlow =
| feblow =
| marlow =
| aprlow =
| maylow =
| junlow =
| jullow =
| auglow =
| seplow =
| octlow =
| novlow =
| declow =
| janprecip =
| febprecip =
| marprecip =
| aprprecip =
| mayprecip =
| junprecip =
| julprecip =
| augprecip =
| sepprecip =
| octprecip =
| novprecip =
| decprecip =
| jansnow =
| febsnow =
| marsnow =
| aprsnow =
| maysnow =
| junsnow =
| julsnow =
| augsnow =
| sepsnow =
| octsnow =
| novsnow =
| decsnow =
| description = '''Here''' type some descriptive text about the location's climate. No literal line breaks are permitted in this text but <br/> and other correctly formatted HTML is okay. See [[Template talk:ClimateDev1#Note]] if an '''equal sign''' is needed in the text.
}}

Related templates

• {{forecast/US}} - Given a latitude and longitude, this template will provide a link to a National Weather Service website that provides an up-to-date weather forecast for the specified locale. This feature is only available for U.S. locales.
• {{forecast/AU}} - the same as {{forecast/US}}, but works for Australian locales instead.
• {{forecast/CA}} - the same as {{forecast/AU}}, but works for Canadian locales instead.
• {{forecastNOAA}} - the same as {{forecast/US}}, but it is for inline use and only generates the link to the NOAA forecast.

Template data

This template formats simple climate info. Give it Metric or Imperial units of measure depending which is appropriate for the location you describe. Note: For US destinations http://mountaininterval.org/wikivoyage/climate.html can be used to automatically generate {{climate}} templates populated with data from the NOAA monthly normal dataset (1981-2010) that can then be copied into Wikivoyage articles.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Location title	title	Optional field. By default, the article name will be displayed location of where the information in this template pertains to. If this field is set, it will replace the the article name with what is specified in this field. Example Sydney	Unknown	optional
Template alignment	align	Alignment of where the template will be displayed relative the text of of the article. Either "right", "left", "center" or "none". Default is "right". A value of "none" will display the table inline. Suggested values left right center none Default right	String	optional
Units of measurement	units	Specify "metric" or "imperial". If set to "metric" the template will indicate the temperature units of measure are in Celsius (C), and rain and snow units of measurement are in millimeters (mm). If set to "imperial" the template will indicate the temperature units of measure are in Fahrenheit (F), and rain and snow units of measurement are in inches. Suggested values metric imperial	String	required
Description	description	For identifying the source of the data in this template and for linking to forecasts. This field is often used to include the {{forecastNOAA}} daily forecast or other information related to the climate data. Example Source: Wikipedia. See a five day forecast for XXX here.	String	required
Jan average high temp	janhigh	Average daily high temperature during January. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example -5	Number	suggested
Feb average high temp	febhigh	Average daily high temperature during February. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example -2	Number	suggested
Mar average high temp	marhigh	Average daily high temperature during March. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 2	Number	suggested
Apr average high temp	aprhigh	Average daily high temperature during April. Average daily high temperature during April. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 5	Number	suggested
May average high temp	mayhigh	Average daily high temperature during May. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 10	Number	suggested
Jun average high temp	junhigh	Average daily high temperature during June. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 15	Number	suggested
Jul average high temp	julhigh	Average daily high temperature during July. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 20	Number	suggested
Aug average high temp	aughigh	Average daily high temperature during August. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 18	Number	suggested
Sep average high temp	sephigh	Average daily high temperature during September. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 18	Number	suggested
Oct average high temp	octhigh	Average daily high temperature during October. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 12	Number	suggested
Nov average high temp	novhigh	Average daily high temperature during November. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 7	Number	suggested
Dec average high temp	dechigh	Average daily high temperature during December. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example -3	Number	suggested
Jan average low temp	janlow	Average daily low temperature during January. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example -20	Number	suggested
Feb average low temp	feblow	Average daily low temperature during February. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example -17	Number	suggested
Mar average low temp	marlow	Average daily low temperature during Marh. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example -10	Number	suggested
Apr average low temp	aprlow	Average daily low temperature during April. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 0	Number	suggested
May average low temp	maylow	Average daily low temperature during May. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 3	Number	suggested
Jun average low temp	junlow	Average daily low temperature during June. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 8	Number	suggested
Jul average low temp	jullow	Average daily low temperature during July. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 12	Number	suggested
Aug average low temp	auglow	Average daily low temperature during August. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 9	Number	suggested
Sep average low temp	seplow	Average daily low temperature during September. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 7	Number	suggested
Oct average low temp	octlow	Average daily low temperature during October. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example 2	Number	suggested
Nov average low temp	novlow	Average daily low temperature during November. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example -8	Number	suggested
Dec average low temp	declow	Average daily low temperature during December. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in Celcius (C). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in Fahrenheit (F). Example -15	Number	suggested
Jan average rain	janprecip	Average total rain for January. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Feb average rain	febprecip	Average total rain for February. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Mar average rain	marprecip	Average total rain for March. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Apr average rain	aprprecip	Average total rain for April. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
May average rain	mayprecip	Average total rain for May. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Jun average rain	junprecip	Average total rain for June. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Jul average rain	julprecip	Average total rain for July. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Aug average rain	augprecip	Average total rain for August. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Sep average rain	sepprecip	Average total rain for September. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Oct average rain	octprecip	Average total rain for October. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Nov average rain	novprecip	Average total rain for November. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Dec average rain	decprecip	Average total rain for December. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	suggested
Jan average snowfall	jansnow	Average total snowfall for January. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Feb average snowfall	febsnow	Average total snowfall for February. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Mar average snowfall	marsnow	Average total snowfall for March. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Apr average snowfall	aprsnow	Average total snowfall for April. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
May average snowfall	maysnow	Average total snowfall for May. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Jun average snowfall	junsnow	Average total snowfall for June. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Jul average snowfall	julsnow	Average total snowfall for July. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Aug average snowfall	augsnow	Average total snowfall for August. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Sep average snowfall	sepsnow	Average total snowfall for September. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Oct average snowfall	octsnow	Average total snowfall for October. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Nov average snowfall	novsnow	Average total snowfall for November. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Dec average snowfall	decsnow	Average total snowfall for December. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 2	Number	optional
Maximum Monthly Precipitation	maxprecip	Useful in case the graph is mangled, to clamp down the bars. If the units of measurement are metric, this value is in millimetres (mm). If the units of measurement are imperial, this value is in inches (in). Example 24	Number	optional

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