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. 2018 Oct 30;7:e35500. doi: 10.7554/eLife.35500

Table 2. Characteristics of climate regions of the USA.

Climate region Constituent states Population (2016) Mean annual temperature (1980–2016) (°C)
Central Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia 50,191,326 11.6
East North Central Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin 24,418,738 8
Northeast Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont 64,046,741 10.6
Northwest Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington 13,811,810 8.2
South Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas 45,388,414 18
Southeast Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia 59,356,072 18.4
Southwest Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah 17,613,981 13.6
West California, Hawaii, Nevada 43,708,574 16.6
West North Central Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming 5,168,753 7.6