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The entry for Pacific Ocean published Climate in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Climate in every entry.
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- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Climate” (1990 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
the western Pacific is monsoonal--a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean
the western Pacific is monsoonal--a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean
the western Pacific is monsoonal--a monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer
months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a
dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land
mass back to the ocean
the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean
the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer
summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the
land, and a
from the Asian land
the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean
the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs
during the
ocean over the
dry winds blow
- planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east;
- trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations;
- tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America;
- continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean;
- the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean;
- tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and East Asia from May to December
Rewritten: too little of the 1995 text remains to mark the changes.
planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind
patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade
winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by
seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south
of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central
America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much
less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same
latitude in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is
monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when
moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry
season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian
land mass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike
southeast and East Asia from May to December
- planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east;
- trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations;
- tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America;
- continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean;
- the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean;
- tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and East Asia from May to December
planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind
exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade
westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by
fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south
from June to October and affect Mexico and Central
continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much
pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same
the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is
season occurs during the summer months, when
from the ocean over the land, and a dry
months, when dry winds blow from the Asian
ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike
from May to December
- planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east;
- trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations;
- tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America;
- continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean;
- the western Pacific is monsoonal-a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean;
- tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and East Asia from May to December
planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns
exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and
westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal
fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico
from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America;
continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less
pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in
the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is monsoonal - a monsoonal-a rainy
season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow
from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter
months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the
ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and East Asia
from May to December
- planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east;
- trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations;
- tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America;
- continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean;
- the western Pacific is monsoonal--a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean;
- tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December
planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns
patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade
winds andseasonal
seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south
of MexicoAmerica;
America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less
less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same
latitude inmonsoonal-a rainy
monsoonal--a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when
moisture-laden winds blow
season during the winterland mass
landmass back to the
southeast and East east Asia
The same text in 21 editions, 2000 to 2020.
- planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east;
- trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations;
- tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America;
- continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean;
- the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean;
- tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December
planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind
monsoonal--a
The same text in 5 editions, 2021 to 2025.
Published as “Climate”
- planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east;
- trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations;
- tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America;
- continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean;
- the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean;
- tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December
Published as “Climate”
- planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east;
- trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations;
- tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America;
- continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean;
- the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean;
- tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December
planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December
planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Pacific Ocean: Climate.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/pacific-ocean/climate.