Time Zones and Weather in the USA
Envision the Earth as one giant orange. Its time zone would seem to be a wedge of that orange, moving straight from the North Pole to the South Pole. There are 24 such wedges-one for each hour in a day.
It can be said that these people agree that the time is the same, so they will be able to say "It's day here" or "It's night here" and they can use that when they are setting something or synchronizing with each other in the same area.
Coordinated Universal Time, or "UTC," is what all these zones are based on. Each time zone has its number of hours earlier or later than UTC based on where it exists as one moves on the Earth.
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By the Standard Clock of the USA Times Zones
The USA runs all over six standard time zones, consider this quick view of
time in states of usa:
1. USA Time Zone - Hawaii-Aleutian Time (HAT)
- Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time – HAST (UTC-10)
- Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time – HADT (UTC-9)
2. USA Time Zone - Alaska Time (AST)
- Alaska Standard Time – AKST (UTC-9)
- Alaska Daylight Time – AKDT (UTC-8)
3. USA Time Zone - Pacific Time (PT)
- Pacific Standard Time – PST (UTC-8)
- Pacific Daylight Time – PDT (UTC-7)
4. USA Time Zone - Mountain Time (MT)
- Mountain Standard Time – MST (UTC-7)
- Mountain Daylight Time – MDT (UTC-6)
5. USA Time Zone - Central Time (CT)
- Central Standard Time – CST (UTC-6)
- Central Daylight Time – CDT (UTC-5)
6. USA Time Zone - Eastern Time (ET)
- Eastern Standard Time – EST (UTC-5)
- Eastern Daylight Time – EDT (UTC-4)
Basically, these are just some of the states with time zones in usa that have at least two time zones (like what Florida and Texas have); so it is no surprise that scheduling could become really confusing!
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Time Zone |
Abbreviation |
States |
GMT = 12.00 pm |
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Eastern Standard Time |
EST |
Connecticut, Delaware Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia |
7:00 AM |
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Central Standard Time |
CST |
Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan (Upper Peninsula), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin |
6:00 AM |
|
Mountain Standard Time |
MST |
Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming |
5:00 AM |
|
Pacific Standard Time |
PST |
California, Nevada, Washington |
4:00 AM |
|
Alaska Standard Time |
AKST |
Main part of Alaska (Anchorage, Juneau, Nome) |
3:00 AM |
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Yukon Standard Time |
YST |
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Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time |
AHST |
Aleutian islands (west of Alaska), Hawaii |
2:00 AM |
Weather Wonders in USA
There will be 344 different climate divisions in the USA.
which explains the great variety of weather patterns across the country. Snow-capped mountains to searingly hot deserts, here goes the wide range of climate variations:
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Northeast: Brisk fall and winter chills .
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Southwest: Sizzling, parched deserts-and-picturesque sunsets.
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West: Near Coastal.
List of States in the U.S. With the Best Weather Conditions:
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California
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Hawaii
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Texas
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Arizona
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Florida
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Georgia
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South Carolina
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Delaware
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North Carolina
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Louisiana
4 Major Climate Zones in USA :
1. Tropical Zone: 0° to 23.5° latitude (between the tropics)
2. Subtropical Zone: 23.5° to 40° latitude
3. Temperate Zone: 40° to 60° latitude
4. Cold Zone: 60° to 90° latitude