Planetocopia Map Thread

Forbiddenparadise64 · 2024-05-12T17:10:48-0400

I did an expanded Köppen-Geiger climate key, because…why not?

For clarification, X type climates have at least part of the year with monthly averages surpassing 45C, at which point photosynthesis for Earth-based plants becomes functionally impossible, and Xx is like that year round, being uninhabitable for anything except microbes at best, regardless of humidity.

Aisha Clan-Clan · 2024-05-12T18:06:53-0400

What do you mean by "extrreme" for the mention of extreme climates in the temperate ones. This I'm legit curious about. 🍿

Forbiddenparadise64 · 2024-05-13T03:43:18-0400

Well, the small x on those signifies that the warmest month in those zones averages at least 30C instead of the standard “hot summer” 22C cutoff point, signifying very hot summers along with winters too cool to be considered tropical. A similar deal is with the hypercontinental climates on the right, which frankly are convoluted and sound horrendous to live in. But high obiquity worlds would face this at high latitudes

Aisha Clan-Clan said:
What do you mean by "extrreme" for the mention of extreme climates in the temperate ones. This I'm legit curious about. 🍿

Aisha Clan-Clan · 2024-05-13T11:30:45-0400

Forbiddenparadise64 said:
Well, the small x on those signifies that the warmest month in those zones averages at least 30C instead of the standard “hot summer” 22C cutoff point, signifying very hot summers along with winters too cool to be considered tropical. A similar deal is with the hypercontinental climates on the right, which frankly are convoluted and sound horrendous to live in. But high obiquity worlds would face this at high latitudes

Good lord. This makes some of the hypothetical climate zones in his obliquity/eccentricity maps not only make more sense but become far more horrifying in context.