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The Northern Plains' climate is semi-arid and is prone to drought, annually receiving between 16 and 32 inches (410 and 810 mm) of precipitation, and average annual snowfall ranging between 15 and 30 inches (380 and 760 mm), with the greatest snowfall amounts occurring in the Texas panhandle and areas near the border with New Mexico.
The North Texas climate is subtropical with hot summers. It is also continental, characterized by a wide annual temperature range.Average annual precipitation also varies considerably, ranging from less than 28 to more than 48 inches (700–1200 mm).
The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which end in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.
The region from the southern Plains, to the lower Midwest, eastward to parts of the Upper South, and the central East Coast (the New York City/coastal Connecticut region southward to Virginia) has a humid temperate climate, transitional between the humid continental and humid subtropical climate zones, becoming semi-arid in the western plains.
An intense blast of cold air shattered records in the central United States this week with temperatures up to 50 degrees below average. ... North Dakota, plunged to 39 degrees below zero Tuesday ...
The central forest-grasslands transition lies to the north and northwest, and the Edwards Plateau savanna and the Tamaulipan mezquital lie to the southwest. The larger of the two islands is the Fayette Prairie , encompassing 17,000 km 2 (6,600 sq mi), and the smaller is the San Antonio Prairie , with an area of 7,000 km 2 (2,700 sq mi).
Over the next 30 years, Texas and other parts of the central U.S. are at risk of being exposed to extreme heat — temperatures exceeding 125 degrees.
Dallas has experienced highs at or above 100 F since Aug. 13, compared to a historical average high in the mid-90s. After a couple of days with highs in the upper 90s to near 100 into Thursday ...