Parts of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York receive upwards of 55 inches of rainfall annually, qualifying them as potential temperate rainforests.
Today, I put that claim to the test, and try to find some more rainforests in unexpected places!
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Once again, I'd like to give a special thanks to Michael Kudish and David Turan for inviting me to their preserve and showing me around, making this entire video possible!
Sources / Further Reading:
http://rchn.biologiachile.cl/pdfs/1991/3/Alaback_1991.pdf
https://nyskiblog.com/directory/weather-data/new-york/state-average-precipitation-map/
http://coolweather.net/staterainfall/newyork.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZMvvZTzsQ
https://prism.oregonstate.edu/projects/gallery_view.php?state=NY
https://prism.oregonstate.edu/projects/gallery_view.php?state=WV
https://www.cisa.sc.edu/atlas/carolinas-precip-map.html
https://nyskiblog.com/directory/weather-data/new-york/state-average-temperature/
https://i.imgur.com/6lvzmXZ.jpg
https://books.google.com/books/about/Catskill_Weather.html?id=fSBFAAAAYAAJ
https://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/faq/faqgl.htm
https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/prism-high-resolution-spatial-climate-data-united-states-maxmin-temp-dewpoint
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/map-annual-average-precipitation-us-1981-2010
https://gsmit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Forests-of-the-Smokies.pdf
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/map-annual-average-precipitation-us-1981-2010
https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/iroquoisvillage/villagethree.html