the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
The dank climate of southern Wales. Plants from a cold clime travel best in winter.
source: WordNet 3.0
the prevailing psychological state
The climate of opinion. The national mood had changed radically since the last election.
source: WordNet 3.0
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.