climatic

[ klahy-mat-ik ]

/ klaɪˈmæt ɪk /

of or relating to climate.

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

Nearby words

Also cli·mat·i·cal, cli·mat·al

[klahy-mi-tl] /ˈklaɪ mɪ tl/.

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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The range was the Puilboreaux Mountains which climatically divide the island into the north and south.
Haiti|J. Dryden Kuser
Climatically, the Mesa Verde is arid; precipitation averaged 18.41 inches per year for a period of 37 years.
Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado|Sydney Anderson
San Remo and the Western Riviera, climatically and medically considered.
Roumania Past and Present|James Samuelson
It is, as it were, climatically insulated,—a sort of island on land.
Glimpses of Three Coasts|Helen Hunt Jackson

It is climatically of the southland, but its industry and its influences have been greatly northern.
The Cathedrals of Southern France|Francis Miltoun

Word Origin and History for climatically

adj.

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