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North America - Climate, Geography, Wildlife: On the southeast coasts of the United States, the warm temperate zone extends to the Mississippi River and over the Gulf Coast; the zone is strongly influenced by the warm, moist tropical air mass that originates over the Gulf of Mexico.
A Köppen climate classification map of North America North America is a very large continent that extends from north of the Arctic Circle to south of the Tropic of Cancer . Greenland, along with the Canadian Shield , is tundra with average temperatures ranging from 10 to 20 °C (50 to 68 °F), but central Greenland is composed of a very large ...
North America - Air Masses, Climate, Weather: The continent’s air masses reflect different conditions of temperature and humidity; they include northern and southern components, subdivided into continental (dry) and maritime (moist) types.
The North American Climate Zones map shows the distribution of climate types across Canada, Mexico, and the United States based on the Köppen-Geiger climate classification.
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Most of North America has a mild continental climate, with hot summers and cold winters. However, due to the size of the continent, the climate varies dramatically from region to region.
Check future climate projections for any county in the contiguous United States or borough in Alaska. Generate graphs or maps to compare projections against conditions observed in the recent past. Explore this Dataset
Most geographers apply the term exclusively to the northern latitudes of North America, Europe, and Asia. A microthermal climate may include the temperate climate of Boston, Massachusetts; the coniferous forests of southern Scandinavia ; and the boreal ecosystem of northern Siberia .
North America, third largest of the world’s continents, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It extends for more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) to within 500 miles (800 km) of both the North Pole and the Equator and has an east-west extent of 5,000 miles.
This map shows the diverse climate zones in North America, based on the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system. Each group and zone is represented by a combination of letters. The main climate groups are tropical (A), dry (B), temperate (C), continental (D) and polar (E).