f the year
Swaziland
varies from tropical to near temperate
Sweden
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly
cloudy summers; subarctic in north
Switzerland
temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy,
rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with
occasional showers
Syria
mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and
mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather
with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus
Taiwan
tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June
to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year
Tajikistan
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters;
semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
Tanzania
varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
Thailand
tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to
September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March);
southern isthmus always hot and humid
Togo
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
Tokelau
tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Tonga
tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to
May), cool season (May to December)
Trinidad and Tobago
tropical; rainy season (June to December)
Tromelin Island
tropical
Tunisia
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry
summers; desert in south
Turkey
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher
in interior
Turkmenistan
subtropical desert
Turks and Caicos Islands
tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds;
sunny and relatively dry
Tuvalu
tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to
November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
Uganda
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to
February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
Ukraine
temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern
Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest
in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from
cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm
across the greater part of the country, hot in the south
United Arab Emirates
desert; cooler in eastern mountains
United Kingdom
temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds
over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days a
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