# climate (weather)

the recurring pattern of weather conditions over a long period in a region

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: environment.surroundings  ·  Arena: climate

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [weather](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-weather.atmospheric), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [long](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-long.size), [occurs](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-occurs.event), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [region](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-region.spatial), [usual](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-usual.common), [condition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-condition.state), [period](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-period.temporal)

**Through:** weather conditions across space and time form a recurring, typical pattern characteristic of a region over extended durations

**Novel properties:**
- recurring spatial-temporal pattern
- regional atmospheric consistency
- long-term weather regularity

## Examples
- The Köppen climate classification maps Earth's regions based on decades of temperature and precipitation patterns. *(geography)*
- Mars has a polar climate with average winter temperatures below -100°C, measured by NASA's InSight lander. *(planetary science)*
- The Sahara Desert maintains an arid climate, with less than 100mm annual rainfall recorded over 50 years. *(meteorology)*

## Used by
- [summer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-summer.season) (L21)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-climate.weather*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-climate.weather.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*