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| The New England/Mid- Atlantic region includes Connecticut, Delaware,
the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia.
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| January is cold in the New England region. Colder spots
are found to the north and warmer areas are farther south. Precipitation
comes from large storm systems, and is usually light and lasts for a long
time. Sometimes it can rain or snow the whole day without stopping.
A storm system unique to the New England region is called a Nor'easter.
A Nor'easter is a powerful storm system that forms in the Gulf of Mexico
and slowly moves up the East Coast. It dumps a lot of rain on the northeast
coast and a huge amount of snow inland, especially on higher elevations.
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| In the New England/Mid-Atlantic region, July is a warm
month. It has similar precipitation amounts to January except that in July
the precipitation only falls as rain. Most of the rain falls in downpours
that result from thunderstorms.
Thunderstorms form because the air is fairly warm and humid. Warm air
and humidity are two important ingredients for thunderstorms. Aside from
the thunderstorms, July is a mostly sunny month for the Northeast.
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Fahrenheit in Martinsburg, West Virginia on July 10, 1931. New York on February 18, 1979. |
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