I live in the Philippines, a tropical country. It's located near the equator so its biome is categorized as tropical rainforest. Having have lived in this country for 21 years, I can describe this biome based on my experience. Tropical rainforest's climate is pretty hot. On normal days, the temperature at its peak could be 28-32 degree Celsius. In the summer it gets really high, from 36-40 degrees Celsius. There are only two seasons, unlike other biomes that have four seasons, in tropical rainforest; rainy season, summer and, I know I only mentioned that there are only two but there's a season between rainy season and summer. During the rainy season, we get a lot of rain and thunderstorms. It's wet almost all the time. Here in the Philippines, rainy season is from June to September. The season between summer and rainy season is from October to February. It's the time when there's less raining and more normal sunny days. Even if it's not summer, it still gets scorching hot when the temperature is at its peak during these days. And the hottest season is of course, summer. The sun can really burn your skin in just minutes if you go under the sun without any protection for your skin. The air is hot. Everything is hot. Some bodies of water dry up during summer. But the one thing that's all-year round in tropical rainforests, is the very high humidity. Tropical rainforests have a lot of mountains, valleys, and plains. Also, animals in tropical countries are the ones that can survive the hot weather.
I interviewed my friend from Chicago, Illinois about the condition of Chicago's biome. From her description, it's a temperate deciduous biome. According to her, Chicago has cold winters and hot summers. They also get a lot of rain. It is mostly cloudy and windy. They don't get much sun unlike in tropical rainforest. It has four seasons; winter, spring, summer and fall. She said that weather is best during Spring. They mostly get cold breeze from Lake Michigan which one of the great factors affecting Chicago weather. The soil there is very rich so they produce good crops. I honestly would prefer to live in a temperate deciduous forest.
