European climate and the North Atlantic Drift

GeographyRegions & CountriesAges 12–13

A hand-drawn map of Europe is shaded into four climate zones: polar and subpolar, oceanic in the west, continental in the east, and Mediterranean in the south. Click a weather station (Brest, Moscow, Rome, Murmansk) to see its 12-month temperature and rainfall chart; drag the month slider or press Run to watch temperatures across the continent change with the seasons. Turn on the North Atlantic Drift to see why western Europe is much warmer and wetter than places at the same latitude farther east.