Laga's climate is similar to Earth's. Laga also has four main climates. They are cold climates, equatorial (hot and wet) climates, dry climates and temperate climates. British Ocean is the largest ocean on Laga. It covers about 40% of the surface.
  Air and water currents
  Land and sea areas vary sharply in temperature; there are sea and land breezes. In the daytime, a coastline warms up more quickly from the sun rays than the water offshore does. Thus warm air rises from the land and is replaced by cooler sea air. The opposite happens at night. The sea has kept its heat while the land has quickly cooled off. Warm air rising over the sea is replaced by cooler air from the land. Sea and land reezes" can also happen on a much larger scale. They can take place over whole continents and oceans-not by day and night, but by season.

Rainfall Maps
  Climates Regions
Rain comes from depressions and also from thunderstorms, which form on hot afternoons. Generally, the rainfall decreases from east about 42 inches to west about 40 inches every year.
Equatorial Climates Regions
Low-lying equatorial regions are rainy. They seldom have less than 30 inches of rain every year, while the average yearly rainfall over large areas often exceeds 120 inches. There is no dry season: some rain falls in every month of the year. Much of the rain comes from thunderstorms, but highlands near the coast get rain as moist winds from the sea sweep inland.
Dry Climates Regions
In dry regions, they have an average annual rainfall of from 20 inches to 30 inches. Most of the rain comes in the winter from depressions that move into the area. In the summer dry climate regions come under the influence of high air-pressure systems. When the land is intensely heated and hot air rises in strong currents, water vapor in the rising air condenses and forms thunderclouds that bring heavy rain.
Temperate Climates Regions
Most rain in Temperate Climates Regions falls in winter. The annual rainfall is about 53 inches.

Climates
Cold Climates Regions
The places in Cold Climate Regions have a cold temperate climate. During the long winters, it is often as cold as in subarctic regions, and frosts are common in spring and fall. Most regions with cold temperate climates lie far from continents. But some coastal areas, where cold ocean currents chill the onshore winds, also have cold temperate climates. The temperature average in winter is below 45F and in Summer is about from 55F to 65F.
Equatorial Climates Regions
The hot and wet equatorial climate is generally confined to low-lying areas and is often called the rain forest climate because of the huge forests that grow there. Above 2500 meters, the average temperatures are lower, and cooler highland climates occur.
Temperatures are high in every month, averaging 85F or more. There is no winter season. The difference between average temperatures in the warmest and coolest months is often no more than 2~3F. This is far less than the difference between temperatures during the day and at night, which may change by 20F or more.

Dry Climates Regions
Summers are sunny and dry with average temperatures rising to 73F, or over 80F. The coldest month is from 28~35F

Temperate Climates Regions

The highest temperatures, about 65F, occur in the summer In the winter, the temperatures are from 32~35F

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