1. What is the difference between climate and weather?
What are the major climate regions of the US?

2. Climate: Humid Subtropical
Most of the Eastern United States is humid subtropical.
A mild winter and hot humid summers
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3. Climate: Humid Subtropical Other places in the world.

4. Climate: Humid Continental
The Northern states are humid continental.
They have much colder winters but the summers can be hot and uncomfortable.

5. Climate: Humid Continental

6. Climate: Semiarid Steppe
Semiarid Steepe Climate = Great Plains into the Southwest doesn’t include Rocky Mountains
“characterized by little yearly rainfall and by the growth of short grasses and shrubs” - Dictionary.com

7. Climate: Semiarid

8. Climate: Semiarid Other places in the World

9. Climate: Arid
Arid Climate= Southwest & Desert

10. Climate: Arid Other places in the World

11. Climate: Mediterranean
Mediterranean = Coast of Southern California
Warm to hot, dry summers and mild to cool wet winters

12. Mediterranean: Other places in the World

13. Climate: Highlands (Alpine)
Climate over Rocky and Sierra Nevada.
Higher elevation with colder temperature

14. Highland (Alpine): Other places in the World

15. Climate: Marine West Coast (Oceanic)
Marine West Coast = Coast of Oregon and Washington
Climates with few
extremes of
temperature and lots
of participations

16. Marine West Coast (Oceanic): Other places in the World

17. Climate: Tropical Wet Tropical Wet = Hawaii & Tip of Florida
Found close to the equator (usually with 25%)
One season with temperatures above 80 degrees; hot and humid
Typically rains every day

18. Climate: Tropical Wet (around the world)

19. Subartic

20. Climate: Tundra Tundra = Northern Canada and Alaska
flat treeless plain with lichens, shrubs,and some flowers.

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