Locations

Tropical

-Hot

-Rainy

-Steamy

-Close to the Equator

-Hawaii

-Southern Florida

Humid Subtropical

-Humid summers

-Mild winters

-Southeastern United States

Humid

Continental

-Hot summers

-Cold winters

-Rainfall varies

-Central Plains

-Northeastern United States

Steppe

-Very hot summers

-Very Cold Winters

-Little Rainfall

-East of the Rockies (Great Plains)

Desert

-Hot

-Very little rainfall

-Eastern side of Cascades & Sierra Nevada

-Nevada

-Arizona

-Southeastern California

Mediterranean

-Mild & wet winters

-Sunny & dry summers

-Most of California

Marine

-Mild

-Rainy

-Southern Alaska to northern California

Subarctic

-Very short summers

-Long & cold winters

-Alaska

-Northern Canada

Arctic

-Very cold winters

-Very short summers

-Near North & South Poles

-Northern Alaska

Highlands

-Seasons and rainfall vary

with elevation

-Parts of the Intermountain region and the

Rockies