What is Polar climate?
[[File:Arctic.svg|thumb|200px|Areas inside the red line have a polar climate]] [[Image:Antarctica-Region.png|thumb|right|The [[Antarctic]] Region also has a polar climate]] '''Polar climate''' has temperatures below {{convert|0|°C|°F}} for much of the year. According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], a polar climate is one in which no monthly average goes above {{convert|10|°C|°F}}.<ref>Robert Gabler; James Petersen; L. Trapasso, ''Essentials of Physical Geography'' (Belmont, CA: Thomson-Brooks/Cole, 2007), pp. 210–11</ref> If the temperature is between {{convert|0|°C|°F}} and {{convert|10|°C|°F}} in the warmest month, it is a [[tundra]] climate. If the average temperature is below {{convert|0|°C|°F}} in the warmest month, it is an [[ice cap]] climate. These climates are found near the [[pole]]s and on high [[mountain]]s. There is usually little [[precipitation]] because the [[air]] is so dry. Ice cap climates are in the [[Arctic Ocean]], [[Greenland]], [[Iceland]], [[Antarctica]] and at high altitude. About 20% of the Earth has a polar climate.<ref>Kenneth J Gregory, ''The Earth's Land Surface: Landforms and Processes in Geomorphology'' (Los Angeles: Sage, 2010), p. 166</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Köppen climate classifications]] {{weather-stub}}