USA Climate

The United States is a huge country and climate in USA varies enormously from one place to other. The climate in USA is usually temperate in most areas, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the 100th meridian, Mediterranean in coastal California and arid in the Great Basin. According to the climate map USA, the western and southern half of the USA has an overall warmer weather, as compared to the eastern and northern half. Eastern/Northern half is extremely cold in winters accompanied by heavy snowfall, and has pleasant summers. Whereas the Western/Southern part has extremely hot summers and comparatively tolerable winters which has been a special feature of climate in USA.

USA can be divided into six climate regions, excluding Alaska, Hawaii and outlying territories according to the climate map USA. The climate varies considerably between different regions.

• Northwest Pacific
• Mid/South Pacific- Extremely hot in summers.
• Midwest
• Northeast
• Southeast - Very hot and dry in summers.
• Southwest- Unbearably hot and humid in summers

Find out beforehand where you are going to stay, so as to prepare yourself for the climate conditions.