Climate Information: The Essential Guide for Weather Forecasts and Public Policies

2023-07-17 11:21:34
Climate information is increasingly relevant to society. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)

Beyond consulting the weather forecast to find out what to wear or whether or not to carry a raincoat, the weather report is an instrument that has become essential for various sectors such as transportation (by sky, sea and land). , agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even to carry out military operations.

But if in itself predicting the weather could be complex, another variant is added: global warming, which has made the need to keep up to date in order to act and adopt public policies that reduce the risk of disasters even more urgent. such as alerts about floods, droughts, icy waves, a bad landing and other related phenomena.

In this context, here is the weather report for the next few hours in New York:

The weather for this Monday in New York will reach 32 degrees, while the minimum temperature will be 23 degrees. The forecast for UV levels is 10.

Regarding rain, the probability of precipitation for said city will be 25%, with a cloudiness of 40%, during the day; and 15%, with a cloudiness of 24%, throughout the night.

Meanwhile, the gusts of wind will reach 10 kilometers per hour during the day and 10 kilometers per hour at night.

New York is the most populous city in the United States and one of the most inhabited in the world, located in the state with 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 continental, with very cold winters, very hot summers and moderate 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 during the winter.

The coldest months are between December and March, while the hottest is between July and August.

By occupying a large extension of territory, the United States has a great variety of climates, almost all of them.

Two major climates prevail on the eastern side of the United States: the humid subtropical and the humid continental.

In the northeast of the United States, the most predominant climate is humid continental, characterized by constant rain throughout the year that turns into storms during the summer and snow during the winter.

In the southeastern United States, the prevailing weather condition is the humid subtropics, with warm summers, cool winters, and abundant rainfall.

On the American west side, there are at least three major prevailing climates: semi-arid, arid, and Mediterranean.

The semi-arid climate, in its cold subtype, covers the most central part of the West and from north to south of the United States, characterized by low rainfall and low temperatures.

The southwestern United States is where the arid climate is present, 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 occurs 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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