United States Climate

By Logan Carper

Temperate Northeast

• Average Annual Precipitation: between 18.25 in. and 38.76 in. per year

• Temperature: around 30⁰F in the winter and around 75⁰F in the summer.

• Average Weather: frequent overcast, considerable fog, and constant drizzle. Humidity: 83%-62%

Temperate Cont.

• Vegetation: includes mostly needle leaf forests

• Environment: a few big cities throughout the region such as Seattle and but mostly filled with forests such as the olympic national forest.

Arid Southwest

• Average Annual Precipitation: 7 inches

• Average Temperature: between about 41⁰F and 50⁰F in the winter and ranges 72-90⁰F in the summer.

• Average Weather: very little precipitation with extremely dry summers Humidity 30%-36%

Arid Cont.• Vegetation: very little. The most common

plants are cacti and other plants capable of surviving in the desert

• Environment: many deserts

Mediterranean in the west coast

• Average Annual Precipitation: Near the coast receives 10-15 inches per year and areas further away get as little as 3 inches per year.

• Temperature: between 47⁰F to 58⁰F in the winter and ranges from 75⁰F to 85⁰F in the summer.

• Humidity: 50%- 65%

Mediterranean Cont.

• Vegetation: redwood trees, ferns, grasses,

• Environment: features such as redwood forests and planes.

Works Cited

• http://www.visitcalifornia.com/Travel-Tools/Weather/

• http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/pdx/forests.shtml#washington

• http://www.sanandreasfault.org/CaPrecipMap.jpg • http://cses.washington.edu/cig/ • epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/

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