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Beyond checking the weather forecast to know what to wear or whether or not to pack a raincoat, the weather report It is an instrument that has become essential for various sectors such as the transportation (by sky, sea and land), agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even to carry out military operations.
But if by itself predict the weather It could be complex, to this is added another variant: global warming, which has made the need to keep up to date in order to act and act even more urgent. adopt public policies that reduce disaster risks such as alerts about floods, droughts, icy waves, a bad landing and other related phenomena.
In this context, here the weather report for the next few hours in New York:
Weather in New York
During the day
Maximum temperature: 8 degrees Celsius
chance of rain: 1%
cloudiness: 11%
gusts of wind: 27 kilometers per hour
UV Index: 2
Overnight
Minimum temperature: 2 degrees Celsius
chance of rain: 0%
cloudiness: 45%
wind gusts: 24 kilometers per hour
New York is the most populous city in the United States and one of the most inhabited in the world, located in the state of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean coast, in the northeast of the United States.
In the New York city the climate is mainly humid continentalwith very cold winters, very hot summers and constant rains that fall throughout the year, which turn into storms during the summer and snow in winter.
However, New York’s proximity to the Atlantic coast means that winters are not so harsh, nor are summers so hot.
The cold and constant rains cause snowfall in the winter.
The months with the lowest temperature are between December and March, while the hottest is between July and August.
What is the weather like in the United States?
By occupying a large extension of territory, the United States has a great variety of climates, almost all of them.
On the eastern side of the United States Two central climates predominate: the humid subtropical and the humid continental.
In the American Northeast the most predominant climate is the humid continental which is characterized by constant rains throughout the year that become storms during the summer and snow throughout the winter.
In the southeastern United States the prevailing weather condition is subtropical wetland it has warm summers, cool winters and abundant rainfall.
American west sidethere are at least three major predominant climates: semi-arid, arid and Mediterranean.
The semi-arid climate, in its cold subtypeencompasses the most central western and north–south part of the United Statesis characterized by low rainfall and low temperatures.
In the southwestern United States is where it is present arid climate, both in its cold and warm subtypes. In the cold arid, the winters are icy and the summers are mild, while in the hot arid the summer registers extremely high temperatures and in the winter the weather is mild. In both cases rainfall is scarce.
The Mediterranean climate registers in the most coastal area of the American West, from north to south and is characterized by its mild and rainy winters, plus its dry and hot summers.
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