| A | B |
| latitude | temperature decreases as this increases from 0* to 90* |
| elevation | temperature decreases as this increases from sealevel |
| coastal | cities here have lower temperature changes |
| obliquity | warmer summers if this increases |
| eccentricity | shape of the earth's orbit |
| ocean | less change in temperature from summer to winter |
| inland | greater change in temperature from summer to winter |
| windward | cold and rainy |
| leeward | warn and dry |
| warm current | makes coastal cities warmer |