The terms climate and weather are sometimes used interchangeably in modern languages, but have very different scientific meanings. Weather is the record of temperature, rainfall, and humidity as reported daily online, by newspapers, and by television. Conversely, climate is the average of data collected from weather reports, usually over a 30-year period, that reflects these observations. The weather data used to determine climate is based on particular weather stations that are generally chosen to reflect the conditions that exist in the surrounding region (Müller 1982). However, exposed high ridges and local frost hollows are not considered regarding regional weather stations because they represent microclimates and are significantly different from regional climate even though they are important for small flora and fauna.