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Being a huge country, a continental climate

The United States offers a wide variety of climates, from frozen tundra to steamy tropical and from dry desert to soggy rain forest, and everywhere in between. In the 50 states, the extreme temperatures have ranged well over 200°F from -80°F (Prospect Creek, Alaska ) to 134°F (Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA). Rainfall has varied from virtually nothing in the driest years in the southwestern desert region to 460 inches at Mt. Waialeale on the Island of Kauai in Hawaii.

The wettest regions are those in the Pacific Northwest and the southeastern United States, as well as the coastal and adjoining mountainous areas of Hawaii and Alaska. In the northwestern United States and the Alaska coastal regions, it is the steady barrage of winter season storms that bring the heaviest rains (and mountain snows). In the southeastern United States, strong storms and cold fronts bring rains in winter and then in the warm season it is the daily thundershowers and occasional tropical systems that keep it wet. In Hawaii, it is the moist and steady trade winds that are responsible for the rainfall.