Climate in North Carolina

CLIMATE IN

NORTH CAROLINA

January 19, 2016Destinee Pray

ELON, NORTH CAROLINA

North Carolina is located on the Atlantic Coast in the East of the United States and has an Appalachian Mountain Range in the West.

Most of the state is categorized as a humid subtropical climate.

It is a zone of the subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild to cool winters.

Humid Subtropical

Weather In the summer the average temperature is around 32 degrees and in the winter around 10 degrees.

There is an average of 45 inches of rain a year, mostly happening in the spring.

In the center of the state, (Raleigh) it snows about 9 inches a year, but it doesn’t usually snow along the coast.

Wildlife

Common mammals include bears, foxes, deer, squirrels, alligators and snakes.

There are a variety of trees in North Carolina including red spruce, cherry tree, red maple, oak and sugar maple.

Climate Change

Air pollution – climate change is making smog worse and causes plants to produce more pollen causing an increase in health problems, especially for people with allergies and asthma.

Extreme heat, storms, flooding and droughts in the summer are also becoming more common.

Tornadoes and hurricanes have also become more common

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