Climate regions of North America (beaches, map, humid)

[belmont22]

Any suggestions? It's only approximate, I wasn't trying to make it absolutely perfect - it's to give a general idea.

[BuckeyeBoyDJ]

What kind of suggestions are you expecting? Looks accurate to me...

[kidphilly]

South Jersey beaches sub tropical

[ja1myn]

Seems legit.

[canefandynasty]

Half of Florida isn't TROPICAL, only Miami and the Keys

[Bslette]

I usually see maps that have the subarctic zone extend into the northern part and arrowhead of Minnesota, but there are also some that don't. I would vouch for the subarctic zone including parts of Minnesota. After all, snow cover up there in May is still usually over a foot. Parts of the arrowhead still have 60+ inches of snow, and it's almost May...

[belmont22]

Originally Posted by Bslette

I usually see maps that have the subarctic zone extend into the northern part and arrowhead of Minnesota, but there are also some that don't. I would vouch for the subarctic zone including parts of Minnesota. After all, snow cover up there in May is still usually over a foot. Parts of the arrowhead still have 60+ inches of snow, and it's almost May...

It's pretty close, only reason I excluded it is because their summers are quite warm.

[belmont22]

Originally Posted by canefandynasty

Half of Florida isn't TROPICAL, only Miami and the Keys

That's not quite half, it's meant to approximate the historical extent of the Everglades.

[cacto]

Desert isn't a climate. Unlike Humid Continental or Humid Subtropical, desert doesn't describe temperature or latitude. The Gobi Desert is extremely cold for example. I'd say the Great Basin Desert of North America is cold desert too. The Sonoran is listed as Bwh, subtropical desert, in the Koppen classification while the neighboring Mojave and Chihuahuan are either Bsh, warm semi-arid, or Bwk, cold desert climate.

[TyrannosaurusZack]

Compare your map to the hardiness zone maps, that will help you with some of the finer details USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map it's only based on temperature lows, so you'd also need to take in to account precipitation, but the hardiness map is a good extra data source.