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Climate
The climate is extremely hot and humid in the tropical rainforest with annual precipitation amounting to around 250 cm. As tropical rainforests exist primarily along the equator, they experience high temperatures ranging from 20 to 34 degrees Celsius year-round. F8]

Temperature Range
Tropical rain forests are found in areas near the equator which makes them receives lots of direct sunlight.[ F1 ] This causes them to be lush and warm all year. The temperature of tropical rain forest also doesn’t change very much during the night and day as well. The average temperature of a tropical rain forest ranges from 70 to 85°F (21 to 30°C) [ F2 ]. [ F3 ]

Precipitation
Tropical rain forest are really wet with lots of precipitation. Precipitation in a tropical rain forest ranges from 50 to 300 inches of rainfall per year. The yearly rainfall ranges from 80 to 400 inches (200 to 1000 cm). It can downpour as much as 2 inches (5 cm) in an hour. [ F2 ].

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 Seasons
Tropical rain forests don’t have seasons. Instead of spring, autumn, fall and winter, tropical rain forests have dry season and wet season. The dry season and wet season each last 6 month.[ F4 ] In the amazon basin, the usual period for the wet season is from December to May, and the usual period for dry season is from June to November.[ F5 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000033; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">]

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000033; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The tropical forest receives 12 straight hours of sunlight each day. But only 2% of all sunlight ever reaches the ground. The tropical rain forest has dense vegetation and forms three different layers: the canopy, the under-story and the ground layer. Most of the sunlight reaches only the top canopy and some into the under-story. The canopy prevents sunlight from reaching down to the soil and thus, little vegetation can be found in the ground layer. [ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">F6 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000033; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">]

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000033; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Tropical rain forests experience only light winds, which make the climate feel lush and warm. The average speed above the canopy can go up to 10 kilometers(6.2 miles) per hour, though often these winds will only stay below 5 kilometers(3 miles) per hour. The wind speed below the forest canopy are slower compared the the wind speeds of the places higher than the forest canopy. Wind speed fluctuates depending on the time of year and the time of the day. Wind speed is slowest in the morning and is highest around noon.F7]

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