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  2. Climate of California - Wikipedia

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    Golden Gate Bridge in fog Snow in the mountains of Southern California Summer in the Sierra Nevada at Lake Tahoe High precipitation in 2005 caused an ephemeral lake in the Badwater Basin of Death Valley. The climate of California varies widely from hot desert to alpine tundra, depending on latitude, elevation, and proximity to the Pacific Coast.

  3. Temperate rainforest - Wikipedia

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    The rainforests of the Azores (also known as cloud forests, due to the constant cloud coverage caused by orographic lift) are found in the more humid, montane areas that transition from the lower altitude laurissilva. They are generally found at altitudes ranging from 600 to 1,000 m (2,000 to 3,300 ft), and receive 2,000 to 6,000 mm (79 to 236 ...

  4. Pacific temperate rainforests - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific temperate rainforests lie along the western side of the Pacific Coast Ranges along the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America from the Prince William Sound in Alaska through the British Columbia Coast to Northern California, and are part of the Nearctic realm, as also defined by the World Wildlife Fund. The Pacific temperate rain ...

  5. Tropical Wet Forests (US and Mexico) - Wikipedia

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    The tropical wet forests of North America have an average year-round temperature between 68 and 78.8 °F (26.0 °C). Thus, frost does not occur under these conditions. [2] The temperatures remain fairly uniform throughout the year; therefore there is not a change of seasons. There is also no dry season, as all months experience precipitation.

  6. Flooding rain, mountain snow resurge as powerful atmospheric ...

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    Northern California sees a surge of rain and snow as an atmospheric river arrives. One injured by tree fall in San Francisco as gusts top 60-80 mph in the Bay Area.

  7. Historic snowstorm shuts down travel for millions from Texas ...

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    The storm has spread dangerous snow and ice along 1,000 miles of Interstate 10 from central Texas to northern Florida and will go on to the coastal areas of Georgia and the Carolinas, AccuWeather ...

  8. United States rainfall climatology - Wikipedia

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    South central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow. On average, Anchorage receives 16 inches (406 mm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches (1,905 mm) of snow. The northern coast of the Gulf of Alaska receives up to 150 inches (3,800 mm) of precipitation annually. [7]

  9. Southern states declare emergencies ahead of potentially ...

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    If measurable snow coats the ground anywhere in Florida, as it’s forecast to do, it’ll be the first winter since 2010 that all 50 states have had measurable snow. Freezing rain will increase ...