USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Plains have a continental climate . Much of the plains experience cold winters and warm summers, with low precipitation and humidity, much wind, and sudden changes in temperature.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Plains have a continental climate. Over much of their expanse, cold winters and warm summers prevail, with low precipitation and humidity, much wind, and sudden changes in temperature. The major source of moisture is the Gulf of Mexico, and the amount falls off both to the north and west.

Detailed explanation-3: -The very warm and often dry summer weather that is characteristic of the Plains leads to high evaporation and transpiration (water loss from plants) rates. Soils are often depleted of their moisture, leading to stressed natural and cultivated vegetation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Moist continental mid-latitude climates have warm to cool summers and cold winters. The location of these climates is poleward of the “C” climates. The average temperature of the warmest month is greater than 50° F (10° C ), while the coldest month is less than-22°F (-30°C).

Detailed explanation-5: -Annual average temperatures range from less than 40ºF in the mountains of Wyoming and Montana to more than 70ºF in South Texas, with extremes ranging from-70ºF in Montana to 121ºF in North Dakota and Kansas. Summers are long and hot in the south; winters are long and often severe in the north.