climate

n. [ F. climat, L. clima, -atis, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, slope, the supposed slope of the earth (from the equator toward the pole), hence a region or zone of the earth, fr. &unr_; to slope, incline, akin to E. lean, v. i. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Clime. ] 1. (Anc. Geog.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life. [ 1913 Webster ]