climatic

[klahy-mat-ik]

of or relating to climate.

(of ecological phenomena) due to climate rather than to soil or topography.

Also cli·mat·i·cal, cli·mat·al

[klahy-mi-tl] /ˈklaɪ mɪ tl/.

Origin of climatic

First recorded in 1820–30; climate + -ic

Related formscli·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbsub·cli·mat·ic, adjective

Can be confusedclimactic climatic

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It is, as it were, climatically insulated,—a sort of island on land.
Glimpses of Three Coasts
Helen Hunt Jackson
Climatically, New South Wales is divided into three marked divisions.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8
Various
It is climatically of the southland, but its industry and its influences have been greatly northern.
The Cathedrals of Southern France
Francis Miltoun
There are few more beautiful inland locations in the world, and climatically it is as perfect as it is scenically.
Picturesque Pala
George Wharton James
The range was the Puilboreaux Mountains which climatically divide the island into the north and south.
Haiti
J. Dryden Kuser

Word Origin and History for climatically

adj.

1828, from climate + -ic. There is a 1650 citation for climatical in OED. Related: Climatically.