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The following table contains temperature and rainfall data of a station in the southern hemisphere |||| |---|---|---| | Month | Temp. 0C | Precipitation (mm) | | January | 23 | 8 | | February | 23 | 13 | | March | 22 | 18 | | April | 19 | 40 | | May | 16 | 125 | | June | 14 | 175 | | July | 13 | 165 | | August | 13 | 145 | | September | 14 | 84 | | October | 16 | 54 | | November | 18 | 20 | | December | 22 | 15 |

The data is indicative of:

  1. sub-tropical dry summer

  2. tropical dry summer

  3. sub-tropical humid climate

  4. marine west coast climate
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Explanation

The provided data shows warm, dry summers (low precipitation in December, January, February in the southern hemisphere) and cool, wet winters (high rainfall from May to August). This thermal and precipitation regime is characteristic of a sub-tropical dry summer, also known as a Mediterranean climate.

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