The Pacific Northwest Climate - Oceanic or Mediterranean?

The Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. A wonderland of nature. Epic scenery – breath-taking mountains, endless forests, windswept beaches, even volcanoes. And the amazing cities of Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and Victoria that have influenced the wider world far beyond their isolated patch along the wild Pacific coast.

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🕐CHAPTERS🕖
👉0:00 Pacific Northwest Climate Controversy
👉1:34 Mediterranean Characteristics
👉2:39 Oceanic Characteristics
👉3:20 Temperature & Rainfall Graphs
👉4:11 Sunshine Hours
👉4:44 Csb: Warm Summer Mediterranean
👉5:11 Detailed Climate Map
👉6:02 Causes and Dynamics
👉6:51 Outro

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And… it is somewhat well known for its weather too. Dominated by wet winter westerlies blowing in from the Pacific each year, its exposed coasts feature some of the highest rainfall in the world, and sport temperate rainforests. Individual areas within the Pacific Northwest vary in terms of rainfall. British Columbia is cooler and wetter than Washington State, and in turn with Oregon.

In the first of my Climate Casebook series, I look at the curious case of the Pacific NW Climate. Is it Oceanic like Britain? Or is it more like a Mediterranean climate with its dry summers?

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The Pacific Northwest climate is actually a hybrid of the classic Mediterranean hot dry summers / wet winters pattern, and the Oceanic mild summers and rain all year round. It has very similar winter and summer temperatures to England, but it has the wet winter and dry summer patterns of California. Oceanic temperatures meets Mediterranean rainfall patterns.

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Additional Charts, Maps and Images along with the narrative script
👉https://geodiode.com/climate/pacific-northwest
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📷📹🎥 VIDEO & PHOTO CREDITS ❤️❤️❤️
Milosh Kitchovitch (Hoh Rainforest - Olympic National Park, Washington, USA) https://youtu.be/7M93axveh-w
Adam Peterson (Composite of his beautiful Koppen maps of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon) https://www.adampetersongis.com/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Columbia_K%C3%B6ppen.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_K%C3%B6ppen.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_K%C3%B6ppen.svg

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Spanish CC Translation: Richard Torres

Narrated, Written and Produced by
B.J.Ranson

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