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Santa Ana
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Santiago
Canyon College
UNITED STATES
Climate
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WEATHER
FORECAST
Climate
The United
States (US) covers the central portion of North America and includes Alaska
and Hawaii. Covering 3,618,765 square miles (9,372,610 kilometers)
it experiences many different climates and has a variety of geographical
features. The Mid-Atlantic region generally enjoys the four seasons
and becomes progressively warm as one travels South. The Northern
section of the east coast provides skiing in the winter and cool summer
climates. The Southern states, Florida and Georgia, are hot
and humid in the summer but do offer cooler temperatures during the winter
months.
The climate
in the United States is mostly temperate, with the exception of Hawaii
and Florida which are tropical and Alaska which is artic. The great
plains west of the Mississippi River are semiarid and the Great Basin of
the southwest is arid. The United States experiences low winter temperatures
in the northwest which are influenced occasionally in January and February
by warm winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
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