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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Cambridge [Mass.] : Printed at the Riverside Press in 1887 in 153 pages; Subjects: North Carolina; History / United States / State ... Read more

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Chapters: Climate of North Carolina. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 57. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: North Carolina's climate varies from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Appalachian Mountain range in the west. The mountains often act as a "shield", blocking cold temperatures and storms from the Midwest from entering the Piedmont of North Carolina. Most of the state has a humid subtropical climate (Koppen climate classification Cfa), except in the higher elevations of the Appalachians which have a subtropical highland climate (Koppen Cfb). For most areas in the state, the temperatures in July during the daytime are around 90 °F (32 °C). In January the average temperatures range near 50 °F (10 °C). The temperature ranges of North Carolina vary with the state's geography. It is usually 20 °F (12 °C) warmer at eastern lower elevations than at the higher elevations in the west. In the winter, the temperature is fairly moderate in the central and eastern parts of North Carolina, due to the presence of the Appalachian mountains that divert cold weather currents originating in Canada. Summers are warm and humid, with threats of hurricanes and tropical storms throughout the summer and early fall. There is an average of forty-five inches of rain a year (fifty in the mountains). July storms account for much of this precipitation. As much as 15% of the rainfall during the warm season in the Carolinas can be attributed to tropical cyclones. Mountains usually see some snow in the fall and winter. Moist winds from the southwest drop an average of 80 inches (2,000 mm) of precipitation on the western side of the mountains, while the northeast-facing slopes average less than half that amount. A downed tree in Asheville, North Carolina caused by snowfall from the 1993 Storm of the Centu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14842457 ... Read more