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Spring, summer, autumn or winter, these days it does not matter what season of the year it is given the recent climate change that makes an afternoon of scorching sun turn into a storm in the blink of an eye.
Finding out about the weather has become a habit among many people to know what to wear, what shoes to choose, plan a trip or decide whether or not to carry an umbrella. Below we present the weather in Washington DC
Clima en Washington D. C.
During the day
Maximum temperature: 8 degrees Celsius
chance of rain: 0%
cloudiness: 66%
gusts of wind: 19 kilometers per hour
UV Index: 2
Overnight
Minimum temperature: 5 degrees Celsius
chance of rain: 75%
cloudiness: 94%
wind gusts: 18 kilometers per hour
Washington DC is the capital city of the United States, located in the northeast of the North American country, along the Potomac River, surrounded by the states of Maryland and Virginia.
The climate in this American city is mainly tropical, with the monsoonal subtypethat is, it is warm all year round, with a small dry season and a predominantly rainy season.
The hottest temperatures they are recorded in July, where it is around 40 degrees; in contrast it is in January and February when cold weather prevails to the point of reaching zero degrees.
Meanwhile, the month with more rains it’s may.
The weather in the United States
By occupying a large extension of territory, the United States registers 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 important weather is humid continental which is characterized by constant rains throughout the year that become storms during the summer and snowfalls throughout the winter.
In the southeastern United States the prevailing weather condition is subtropical humid 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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