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1) latitude - affects the degree st which the suns rays strike the earth

2) altitude - the higher the colder: environmental lapse rate: every 150m a 1 degree (celcius) drop occurs

3) distance from large bodies of water land temperatures are modified due to the ocean (cooler in summer and warmer in winter) also the air masses that blow over the bodies of water absorb moisture from it and blow it over land

4) ocean currents affect the temperature of the air masses that blow over it. the temperature of the current depends on where the current originates. (i.e if it forms in the tropics the current will be warm etc.)

5)Mountain barriers (when moist warm wind blows up the windward side of a mountain it is forced to cool, and cool air cannot hold in the moisture. this causes precipitation which leads to a rain shadow on the leeward side of the mountain.

6) air masses volumes of air blowing due to unequal heating from the sun. where an air mass is formed affects the temperature of the air mass, and wherever the air mass blows is affected by the temperature of the air mass

7) prevailing wind systems - wind absorbs the heat and moisture from oceans and blows onto land.

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