Alpine climate

Alpine climate is the average weather (climate) for the regions above the tree line but below the place where the snow never melts.[1][2][3] This is a mountain or highland climate.

White Mountain, an alpine environment at 4,300 metres (14,000 ft) in California

No month has a mean temperature higher than 10 °C (50 °F).[4]

References

"Alpine habitats". New Zealand Department of Conservation. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
"World Biomes: Alpine". Kids Ecology. University of California at Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
"Alpine (High Elevation) Life Zones". Biomes of the World. Radford University. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
McKnight, Tom L; Hess, Darrel (2000). "Climate zones and types: the Köppen system". Physical geography: a landscape appreciation. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. pp. 235–7. ISBN 0-13-020263-0.

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[NZ-1] "Alpine habitats". New Zealand Department of Conservation. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[UC-2] "World Biomes: Alpine". Kids Ecology. University of California at Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[Radford-3] "Alpine (High Elevation) Life Zones". Biomes of the World. Radford University. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[4] McKnight, Tom L; Hess, Darrel (2000). "Climate zones and types: the Köppen system". Physical geography: a landscape appreciation. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. pp. 235–7. ISBN 0-13-020263-0.