British weather vs American weather

British weather vs American weather

British weather is famous all over the world. It does not matter whether it is spring, summer, autumn, or winter you may think it is always raining. But let us check what the actual statistics say:

The statistic shows the annual average rainfall in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2016. Over the period, average annual rainfall peaked in 2011 with 1,900 millimetres, compared to just over 1,000 millimetres the year before.

The United Kingdom has a temperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round. The temperature varies with the seasons seldom dropping below −11 °C, or rising above 35 °C. The prevailing wind is from the south-west and bears frequent spells of mild and wet weather from the Atlantic Ocean, although the eastern parts are mostly sheltered from this wind since the majority of the rain falls over the western regions the eastern parts are therefore the driest. Atlantic currents, warmed by the Gulf Stream, bring mild winters; especially in the west where winters are wet and even more so over high ground. Summers are warmest in the south-east of England, being closest to the European mainland, and coolest in the north. Heavy snowfall can occur in winter and early spring on high ground, and occasionally settles to great depth away from the hills.

So that was the British part, but what do you American weather is like? Well, its territory is much larger than the territory of UK, so obviously, the climate is much more diverse. What is often identified with US climate is EXTREME WEATHER, like tornados, floods, and earthquakes. Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades, and new and stronger evidence confirms that some of these increases are related to human activities.

North America — and the USA in particular — has the world's wildest weather extremes: No other part of the planet can boast its ferocious weather stew of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, floods, wildfires, blizzards, heat waves and cold snaps.

At this stage, it can be useful to read what a scientist has to say on this matter:

Robert Henson for USA Today:

"You'd be hard-pressed to find another patch of land on Earth the size of the USA that boasts such a variety of such intensely extreme weather inside its borders," says meteorologist and author Robert Henson of Boulder, Colo. 

What makes it so wild?

"The U.S. is uniquely situated in the mid-latitudes — about halfway between the equator and the North Pole — and between two oceans," Potter notes. "The contrast of cold, dry, Arctic air from Canada and warm, moist, tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico, Pacific and Atlantic help fuel the massive storms that move across the country year-round, bringing everything from blizzards to heavy rain and thunderstorms, depending on the time of year," he says.

That will be it for today, so wherever you are, remember that it does not matter what the weather is like, you should enjoy every single day that you have.
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