Climate information is increasingly relevant to society. (GlobeLiveMedia/Jovani Perez)

Beyond consulting the weather to know what to wear or wear or not an umbrella, the weather report It is an instrument that has become essential for various sectors such as transport (by air, sea and land), agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even to carry out military operations.

But if by itself predict the time This could be complex, to which is added another variant: global warming, which has made even more urgent the need to keep up to date in order to act and act. adopt public policies that reduce disaster risk like alerts about floods, droughts, freezing waves, bad landing and other related phenomena.

In this context, here the weather forecast for the next few hours in Washington DC:

the probability of rain for this Saturday in Washington DC it’s 84% ​​day and 7% all night.

During this time, cloudiness will be 98% during the day and 70% at night.

As for temperature A maximum of 4 degrees and a minimum of -2 degrees are expected in this region. Ultraviolet rays should reach a level of up to 1.

While the gusts of wind will reach 18 kilometers per hour during the day and 10 kilometers per hour at night.

Washington DC is the capital of the United States, located in the northeast of the North American country, along the Potomac River, surrounded by the states of Maryland and Virginia.

The climate of the American capital is mainly tropical, with the monsoon subtypethat is, it records high temperatures all year round, with a short dry season and a mainly rainy season.

The highest temperatures They are present in July, when it is around 40 degrees; on the other hand, it is in January and February that the cold reigns to the point of reaching zero degrees.

(Picture: file)
(Picture: file)

Occupying a large swath of territory, the United States has a wide variety of climates, almost all of them.

East of the United States Two central climates predominate: the humid subtropical and the humid continental.

In the American Northeast the most dominant climate is the humid continental which is characterized by constant rains throughout the year which turn into storms in the summer and snow throughout the winter.

In the southeastern United States the prevailing weather conditions are humid subtropical it has hot summers, cool winters and abundant rains.

American West Sidethere are at least three major predominant climates: semi-arid, arid and Mediterranean.

The semi-arid climate, in its cold subtypeencompasses the westernmost and north-southmost part of the United Statescharacterized by low rainfall and low temperatures.

In the southwestern United States this is where he is arid climate, both in its cold and hot subtypes. In the cold arid, the winters are freezing and the summers are mild, while in the hot and arid, the summer records extremely high temperatures and in the winter the weather is mild. In both cases, precipitation is rare.

The Mediterranean climate enroll yourself in the most coastal area of ​​the American West, from north to south and is characterized by its mild and rainy winters, as well as its dry and hot summers.

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