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Mountain Region

Description and Climate

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Climate

The U.S. has a big range of climatic zones because of the large size of its land. This causes many climate-related disasters such as tornadoes, cyclones, floods etc. The easiest way to find out if these are going to effect your travel plans is call the information services in the desired states. The climates can change from region to region and that is what we will show you.

New England: cool, temperate climate with snow in the higher areas. Warm summers and cold winters.
Atlantic Coast: is warmer in the southern regions, it has longer summers and low snow falls in winter. This region can be very wet and humid in the warmer months.
The Great Lakes: has a continental climate, which is very warm in summer and extremely cold in winter.
The Great Plains: has a more temperate continental climate than the Lakes region, with less severe winters.
The Mountains and Plateau areas: The high altitude areas are extremely cold in winter, the region has mild summers and very cold winters. The desert areas are very hot in summer and cold in winter with the area dry most of the time.
Pacific Coast region: has a warm all year climate with high rainfalls. It gets cooler in the north than the south at any time of the year.