Climate Zones United States Map
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Climate zones united states map. Climate zones of the united states iecc 2058x1432 close. This thread is archived. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. What are hardiness zones.
Through climate analysis national centers for environmental information scientists have identified nine climatically consistent regions within the contiguous united states which are useful for putting current climate anomalies into a historical perspective karl and koss 1984. Higher zones can be found in hawaii up to 12 and puerto rico up to 13. Original poster 18 points 3 years ago. The climate of the united states varies due to changes in latitude and a range of geographic features including mountains and deserts.
Incredibly the topography of hawaii is so diverse despite its relatively small size 4 028 square miles the big island alone has 8 of 10 distinct climatic sub zones ranging from monsoon to dry arid desert. Zone maps for usa europe australia china. Thus the iecc map allows for up to 24 potential climate designations. The map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature divided into 10 degree f zones.
The usda hardiness zone map divides north america into 11 separate planting zones. Climatezone maps of united states. This map is the climate map used by folks installing heating and air conditioning to best estimate. Each growing zone is 10 f warmer or colder in an average winter than the adjacent zone.
In the united states most of the warmer zones zones 9 10 and 11 are located in the deep southern half of the country and on the southern coastal margins. Information on protecting plants. Given it s distance from the contiguous united states it s not surprising hawaii belongs to a different climate region the tropical zone. Becomes warmer the further south one travels and drier the further west until one reaches the west coast.
Generally on the mainland the climate of the u s. We have provided 2 differing climate zone maps of the us with varying levels of detail. These zones are further divided into three moisture regimes designated a b and c. The iecc map divided the united states into eight temperature oriented climate zones.
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