Inland Empire vs. Inland Empire (climate, warm, average, storm)

[grega94]

There are two regions in the US that are sometimes called the "Inland Empire" (that I know of) the more famous region is in southeastern California, and the other is in eastern Washington and the Idaho panhandle.

Here is the way that I'm going to define the inland empire for CA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Empire



and this is the one for WA and ID (however I will only be doing eastern WA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland...(United_States)



Here are some climates found in both regions

CA:

Riverside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers...fornia#Climate

San Bernardino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Be...fornia#Climate

Palm Desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_D...fornia#Climate

Big Bear Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Be...fornia#Climate

Victorville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor...hy_and_climate

Mount Baldy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_...fornia#Climate

WA:

Spokane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokan...ington#Climate

Kennewick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennew...ington#Climate

Chelan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelan...ington#Climate

Walla Walla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla_...hy_and_climate

Stehekin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stehek...ington#Climate

Mazama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazama...ington#Climate

[deneb78]

Only the CA one is an empire worthy for an emperor...

[ABrandNewWorld]

CA one for more sun, much warmer winters, and the chance to get a stray monsoon thunderstorm in a good summer.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

I only consider the Inland Empire to be the parts of San Bernardino county south of Cajon Pass&west of Big Bear/Lake Arrowhead, and Riverside county west of San Gorgonio Pass; in otherwords, the parts of those two counties that are part of the Greater LA urban area and have a mediterranean climate. The other side of the mountains, the only exception I would make is including Hesperia/Victorville/Adelanto

[EverBlack]

Washington, at least it gets a refreshingly cool season after the heat, while California doesn't.

[grega94]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

I only consider the Inland Empire to be the parts of San Bernardino county south of Cajon Pass&west of Big Bear/Lake Arrowhead, and Riverside county west of San Gorgonio Pass; in otherwords, the parts of those two counties that are part of the Greater LA urban area and have a mediterranean climate. The other side of the mountains, the only exception I would make is including Hesperia/Victorville/Adelanto

The reason why I counted the entire county is because

A. to make defining the exact boarders easier

and

B. to make it somewhat comparable in size to eastern WA

[pdw]

Stehekin has a great climate. The rest are too dry or for Mt Baldy, too cool in the summer. I prefer the Washington Inland Empire, wetter on average. I don't like desert climates, almost nothing grows without human intervention, not fun for a nature lover.

[Ethereal]

Of course the CA one.

[Kevroqs]

I prefer the Inland Empire of California because the Pacific Northwest region hardly gets sun and is overcast most of the year.

[grega94]

Originally Posted by Kevdawgg

I prefer the Inland Empire of California because the Pacific Northwest region hardly gets sun and is overcast most of the year.

I wouldn't say that the PNW hardly gets sun, especially east of the cascades, their summers are very sunny, at most you could say half the year is overcast, but saying majority of the time is a bit of a stretch.