Fire Climate Regions

Considering geographic and climatic factors together, it is possible to delineate 15 broad climatic regions over the North American continent. Most of these differ in one or more aspects, giving each a distinctive character affecting the wildland fire problem. In considering the climatic characteristics of a particular region, we should remember that generalities must be made and that there are many local exceptions.

• Southeastern States
• Central States
• North Atlantic
• Great Plains
• Great Lakes
• Northern Rocky Mountains
• Southern Rocky Mountains
• Great Basin
• Southwest
• North Pacific Coast
• South Pacific Coast
• Interior Alaska and the Yukon
• Central and Northwest Canada
• Sub-Arctic and Tundra
• Mexican Central Plateau