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42  USA A T A GLANCE

Climate of the USA

Much of the US enjoys temperate weather, but the country
is so vast that many regions experience climatic extremes.
Alaska has the harshest winter, while the warmest
temperatures are in Hawai‘i and Florida. Even within the
“Lower 48” states, the weather varies tremendously, from the
heavy snows of the Rocky Mountains to the intense heat of
Death Valley in the California desert. Besides the four main
seasons, the US also sees some unusual weather, including
destructive tornadoes that may form in spring and summer
across the Great Plains; thunderstorms that burst over the Subarctic (Alaska)
South during summer; and powerful hurricanes that strike Though temperatures drop well
coastal areas in the Southeast in autumn. below freezing for most of the
year, the warm summers are
extended by the non-stop
daylight of the “midnight sun.”

Seattle
Portland
THE Helena NEW
PACIFIC ENGLAND
NORTHWEST Boise Minneapolis Boston
THE Sioux Falls Buffalo NYC &
ROCKIES Milwaukee Detroit THE MID-
ATLANTIC New York
REGION
Salt Lake City Cheyenne Chicago Philadelphia
San Omaha THE GREAT LAKES
Francisco THE Washington, DC
CALIFORNIA THE Denver GREAT Indianapolis DC & THE
SOUTHWEST PLAINS Kansas
Temperate (California) City St. Louis CAPITAL REGION
The West Coast’s mild Los Las Vegas
climate is much like that of Angeles Oklahoma Charlotte
the Mediterranean regions, Albuquerque City THE
with mild winters and long, Phoenix Memphis SOUTHEAST
sunny summers. San Diego Atlanta
THE
Dallas DEEP SOUTH Savannah
TEXAS
Jacksonville
San
Antonio Houston
New Orleans FLORIDA
Miami

Tropical (Hawai‘i)
This island paradise is warm and Arid (Southwest)
pleasant year-round. Significant rain The hot, dry climate of the Southwestern desert draws millions of
falls in winter, usually on the visitors. Winter snows can fall at higher elevations, but sunshine is
northeastern or windward coasts. guaranteed throughout the year.

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