Climate of Simeria
Hello fellow map makers. As I had briefly mentioned in my introductory thread, I'm working on a map for some friends and we plan to use it for a role play. The land is called Simeria, and it is a tall continent bigger than Africa but smaller than Asia. It is for the most part complete, but I'd like some feedback on my temperature and precipitation maps before I create the climates. I've used Pixie's tutorial for climate mapping so far. I'll provide maps so you may make your judgments accordingly.
Basic Geographic:
Simeria Geographic.png
30 N and S as well as equator Marked.
January Temperature and Precipitation:
Simeria January Temp.png Simeria January Precip.png
July Temperature and Precipitation
July Simeria Temp.png Simeria July Precip.png
I can provide other maps as well if need be.
So: how am I doing so far, guys?
Your maps look great but could we have a scale, or how big is a small square on your grid? I assume that the middle red line is the equator but what are the two other ones? I think that for a good climate map, you need to understand how ocean currents, pressure systems etc works, so you will probably need some more details about your map.
The other lines are 30 degrees north and south.
Temperature looks good, but have you checked the ocean currents? They can have a great influence on it (and on the precipitation too). The rainshadow from the mountains seems very plausible.
Making separate maps for temperature and precipitation - and especially for January and July - is a really thorough attitude! People often skip these stages and move straight on to the average climate map.
Thank you!Originally Posted by Jean-Abdel
To clarify, the grid is in 10 degree intervals. In addition to this, I have calculated the surface area of the continent by using a ratio between the surface area of the earth and the area of the map (I'm not sure this is the best or right way to do it), the continent itself using that math is about 13 million sq miles. I'm not quite sure how big each square is, but I could calculate it using the same ratio.
I have other maps which show pressure centers, wind movement, and current flow but I didn't want to flood my first post with lots of pictures. I'll make a second post with those.
It is difficult but definitely rewarding. As for currents, this is what i got at the moment:
Currents map.png
Color Code: Pink :: warm, Purple :: cold, Yellow :: Mild
The grid spacing is the same.
I think the most confusing current is the western warm one, just underneath the big peninsula. I didn't think the northern mild current would flow around and then west , but I also couldn't see the cold current crossing the equator. I imagine some water would travel north, maybe a mild current should join the two. Though if one did, I feel it wouldn't have any great affect on the climate, being equatorial and all.
I'd also like to note that there are other continents present on the map deflecting these currents. To the west and a bit north, a continent with a Mediterranean sea-like feature deflects a warm equatorial current northeast, back toward Simeria, where it becomes mild in transit. It flows a ways before travelling along the shelf back to the equator. I chose not to include those landmasses because I'm not concerned with their climates, choosing instead to focus solely on Simeria.
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