Tropical climate

Naples beach in Florida lined with coconut trees is an example of a tropical climate. Although it lies in the subtropics over a hundred miles north of the tropic of cancer, the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico give it a monthly mean temperature never under 64.4 °F (18.0 °C), classifying its climate as tropical.

A tropical climate is a kind of climate typical in the tropics. Köppen's widely-recognized scheme of climate classification defines it as a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures above 64.4 °F (18.0 °C).

Examples of tropical climates

Southern Florida, Hawaii, The Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Seychelles, or most of Brazil.

v • d • e Climate types under the Köppen climate classification

Class A	Equatorial (Af) · Monsoon (Am) · Savanna (Aw, As)

Class B	Desert (BWh, BWk) · Semi-arid (BSh, BSk)

Class C	Humid subtropical (Cfa, Cwa) · Oceanic (Cfb, Cwb, Cfc) · Mediterranean (Csa, Csb)

Class D	Humid continental (Dfa, Dwa, Dfb, Dwb) · Subarctic (Dfc, Dwc, Dfd, Dwd) · Continental (Dsa, Dsb) · Other continental (Dsc, Dsd)

Class E	Polar (ET, EF) · Alpine (ET/H)

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