Suppose that where you live the middle of January is typically several degrees warmer than the rest of the month. If you forecast this "January thaw" for the middle of next January, you would have made a ____.
A) climatological forecast
B) persistence forecast
C) forecast based on weather types
D) statistical forecast

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A climatological forecast is a prediction based on long-term averages of weather conditions over a given period. In this case, the "January thaw" is a known climatological phenomenon, and therefore forecasting it for the middle of next January would be a climatological forecast.

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