Climatic Characteristics of Rocky Mountain National Park

There is a great temperature difference between day and night. In summer, the average temperature is 22 degrees Celsius during the day and 7 degrees at night. In winter, the average temperature during the day is MINUS three degrees, and the average temperature at night is MINUS fifteen degrees. The climate of the Loki Mountains in British Columbia is slightly warmer in Alberta, Biar. Best tourist season: all seasons are suitable, each with its own characteristics.

The Rocky Mountains extend far from north to south, with diverse climates, with subtropical northern marginal climate at the southern end and Arctic climate at the northern end. However, the influence of mountains, high altitude and latitude changes in the southern continent is often weakened. There are two vertical climatic zones in most mountainous areas. The lower climate zone is cold temperate zone, and Leng Xia is cool in winter. In the south, 7000 above sea level? 10000 feet belongs to this climatic zone, and the higher the latitude, the lower the upper and lower limits. The higher climate zone is alpine climate and belongs to tundra type. Winter is cold, summer is short and cold; In the south, the snow on the highest peak can last until August, while in the north, there are still permanent glaciers in many high-altitude valleys. Generally, there is more precipitation in the north than in the south, and the precipitation in the north is about three times that in the south. The climate in the south is mostly dry. For example, the St. Louis Valley in Colorado has a mountainous wasteland climate and is one of the driest areas in the Rocky Mountains. Most of the annual rainfall in the south is winter snowfall, although there are often local and sometimes violent thunderstorms in summer afternoon. Because of the Pacific cyclone storm, the precipitation in the northern part of the Rocky Mountains is relatively uniform all year round. In every part of the Rocky Mountains, the growing season is almost short, and some places even have frost in July. The Rocky Mountains are an important climatic dividing line in the North American continent. It acts as a barrier to the eastward invasion of the polar Pacific air mass and the westward invasion of the polar Canadian air mass or the tropical Gulf of Mexico air mass, resulting in a huge difference in precipitation between the eastern and western parts of the mainland, which has a certain impact on the temperature distribution. The rain in winter is mainly in the west. Except for coastal areas and windward slopes north of latitude 40, the annual precipitation is below 500 mm, and the temperature in winter is higher than that in the eastern part of the same latitude. The eastern part is dominated by summer rain, and the annual precipitation is above 500 mm, except for the northern high latitude area and some great plains areas near the mountains. Rocky Mountain has a plateau climate, with an annual average temperature of 6℃, the highest in July, with an average temperature of 28℃, 10/4℃, and an annual average rainfall of 360mm. The Rocky Mountain area is warm and dry in summer and cold and humid in winter.