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Factors affecting global distribution of temperature
The spatial and temporal distribution of temperature is very significant because different type of weather, climate, vegetation zones, animal and human life etc. depend on the distribution of temperature, whether horizontal or vertical. The spatial distribution of temperature is controlled by a variety of factors e.g. latitudes or distance from equator, height from sea level or altitude, distance from the sea coast, nature of land or water, property of ground surface, nature of slopes, ocean currents etc. 1. Cloud cover reflects back so much of incoming solar radiation to space.
 * 1) Latitude or Distance from equator: Resolution and tilt of earth determines positions of mid day sun. Sun's ray are vertical at the equator almost through out the year which causes high temperature (nearly 27 degree Celsius on an average ). Since the inclination of sun's ray increases as we go away from equator towards the pole, quantity of insolation received is reduced gradually which leads very low temperature at poles.
 * 2) Altitude or Height above sea level: As we go up in troposphere, temperature decrease at the rate of 6.5 degree Celsius per 1000 meters.
 * 3) Distance from coasts: The marine environment moderates the weather conditions of the coastal area because there is more mixing of temperature of land and ocean. Thus, in summer temperature of coastal region remains cooler compared to region which are far away from coasts or vice-versa.
 * 4) Ocean Currents: Deep flow of ocean offshore water, which is called ocean currents, are main agent of transferring heat from tropics to poles or vice-versa. The warm ocean current flowing from tropics to temperate or polar region increases temperature of these areas.
 * 5) Cloud and Rainfall: Regions wherever it rains more on an average do not experience high temperature. It has two reasons:

2. Rainfall reduces temperature.