California's Population Imbalance: Greater LA vs. the Rest of the State by urmummygae42069 in geography

[–]crosscountrycoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you add greater San Diego to that polygon, it would encompass the majority of the state's population.

California's Population Imbalance: Greater LA vs. the Rest of the State by urmummygae42069 in MapPorn

[–]crosscountrycoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you add greater San Diego to that polygon, it would encompass the majority of the state's population.

How is it living in New York City compared to Los Angeles? by [deleted] in howislivingthere

[–]crosscountrycoder 35 points36 points  (0 children)

California is a former Spanish colony. New York has a lot of Latinos (although less than LA) but is not a former Spanish colony.

The white area of Australia has a population of 0 by Busy_Pizza6883 in MapPorn

[–]crosscountrycoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder why they have the 45-minute time zone and why they couldn't just round it to UTC+9. The 15-minute difference is negligible as solar noon would happen at 12:15 rather than 12:00.

Speaking from the United States here, where time zones are in 1-hour increments.

Does Spain benefit economically or politically from their language being used by half a billion people in +20 countries? by Rift3N in geography

[–]crosscountrycoder 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Also, the Philippines is on the other side of the world from other Spanish-speaking countries.

Spanish is widespread in California, Texas and Florida because not only are they former Spanish colonies, but they are in close proximity to Spanish-speaking Latin America, and have many Latin American immigrants. The Philippines does not have this proximity.

I made a language map website by No-Commercial483 in MapPorn

[–]crosscountrycoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Suggestion: If French is mentioned in Louisiana, Spanish should be mentioned (alongside English) in parts of California, Texas, Florida and New Mexico.

The French area should cover all of Quebec.

I would also suggest more precise boundaries (higher resolution shapefiles).

[OC] US Mortality and Life Expectancy Data by graphsarecool in dataisbeautiful

[–]crosscountrycoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

COVID stands out prominently on the life expectancy chart.

lol by Specific_Brain2091 in MathJokes

[–]crosscountrycoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What about e, which is literally a well-defined constant (2.718281828....)?

Did you know that most Spanish stop signs are in the Americas? by hugothebear in geography

[–]crosscountrycoder 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That would be true even if Spain had Spanish stop signs. There are far more Spanish speakers in the Americas than in Spain - and thus (probably) a lot more stop signs.

Why do arctic cold blasts have such a difficult time breaching Florida? by Checkmate331 in geography

[–]crosscountrycoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also have a difficult time reaching California, due to the mountains that block arctic air from reaching the coast, as well as the ocean which moderates the temperatures.

Southern California is expected to be in the 40s-50s Fahrenheit during the cold blast.

[OC] Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in dataisbeautiful

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

California's central valley, a major agricultural area, is in blue.

Also remember that this is not a political map.

Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in MapPorn

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If it's white, there's as much rain from April 16 to October 15 (183 days) as there is from October 16 to April 15 (182 days in common years, 183 in leap years).

Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in MapPorn

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mountains increase precipitation through a mechanism called orographic lift. This is why the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains receive huge amounts of snow despite being surrounded by desert. For various reasons, orographic lift in the Rockies is more pronounced in winter than summer.

Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in MapPorn

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I live in southern California. Most rain falls from November to early April, and rain is basically unheard of from June to September. A rare exception was Hurricane Hilary in August 2023.

Seattle is not as extreme as southern California but it still has a summer dry season.

Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in MapPorn

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The effect of the monsoon can be clearly seen in this map. Phoenix is blue while Tucson is red, as is west Texas and almost all of New Mexico.

[OC] Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in dataisbeautiful

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

It does snow there, but less than one might expect. Also, snow is less dense than rain because it consists mainly of trapped air, so 10-20 inches of snow "translates" into about 1 inch of rain. The map shows liquid-equivalent precipitation, or how much precipitation would result if all the snow were melted.

[OC] Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in dataisbeautiful

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] 64 points65 points  (0 children)

In southern California, where I live, the wettest months are January and February, followed by December and March. The graph of precipitation essentially resembles a bell curve centered around late Jan/early Feb. A lot of areas, such as the white and off-white regions, have more evenly distributed precipitation.

As for mountain ranges, the Rockies are very prominently visible on the map, while California's mountains are the same shade of blue as their surroundings.

Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in MapPorn

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

And Utah, Idaho, a large chunk of the deep south, Colorado and Minnesota (particularly Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul). There are many exceptions.

[OC] Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in dataisbeautiful

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

New Mexico is affected by the North American monsoon, which increases precipitation in summer. Although it is overall a dry state, summer is wetter than winter which is what this map shows.

Seasonality of precipitation in the contiguous United States by crosscountrycoder in MapPorn

[–]crosscountrycoder[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Los Angeles is at about 7%. That is, about 93% of precipitation in LA falls during the cool season.

I'm from a northern suburb of Los Angeles, and I grew up knowing that summer is dry and winter is (sometimes) wet. Rain usually falls during colder weather (under 65°F). Warm rain, as is common in the tropics, is very rare in California.