【英语翻译ClimateinAmerica(24)TheclimateoftheUnitedStatesisextremelyvaried,andinsomewayshostile.OnethingthatpeopletendtoforgetishowfarsoutheventhenorthernpartsoftheUnitedStatesareincomparisonwithwesternEurope.】
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ClimateinAmerica(24)
TheclimateoftheUnitedStatesisextremelyvaried,andinsomewayshostile.OnethingthatpeopletendtoforgetishowfarsoutheventhenorthernpartsoftheUnitedStatesareincomparisonwithwesternEurope.NewYorkisonaboutthesameparalleloflatitudeasNaplesinItaly;BostonisnofurthernorththanRome.InalloftheheavilypopulatedpartsoftheUnitedStatesthesummercanbeexceedinglyhot,andparticularlyneartheeasternseaboarditisveryunpleasant.Inthegreatcitiesatremendousheatisbuiltup,mademoredisagreeablebyhighhumidity.
Inthewinter,ontheotherhand,itcanbeverycold.Particularlyawayfromthecoastthewintercoldissointensethatstrongheatingsystemsareessentialifnormallifeistobecarriedon.EvenneartheeastcoastinNewYorkandBostontherearesomespellsofverycoldweatherindeed,thoughthesemaybeinterspersedwithmuchmilderweather.Shorttermfluctuationsofremarkableviolenceareverycommon,sothatwithinashortperiodpeoplemustadaptthemselvesfromalmostarcticconditionstosomethingverylikethenormalsummer,shortlyvariedagaintocoldweather.
Onthewestcoasttheclimateismuchmorepleasant.OneofthegreatadvantagesofCaliforniaisthattherearenoextremes.Exceptthedesertthesummerisneverintolerablyhot,andthewinterismild.Thecoastalregionsuffersfrommistanddrizzle,thoughonlylittlewayinlandtheweatheriscommonlyverymuchclearer.InlandfromCalifornia,ArizonaandNewMexicocanproducesomeofthehighesttemperaturesofanyinhabitedpartoftheglobe.
MuchofAmericasuffersconstantinsecurityfromviolentclimatichappenings.Bestknownoftheseatethehurricaneswhichbringdamagetothesouth-east,particularlyduringtheautumn.Ingeneralitistheareasnearesttothecoastswhichsuffermostseverely.Thereareseveralhurricaneseachautumn,thoughtheydonotallfollowthesamecourse.Someofthemmaintaintheirstrengthfarupintothenorth,andmaycauseseveredamageinareasasfarnorthasNewYork.
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