2001 Asheville, North Carolina (AVL)
The city of Asheville is located on both banks of the French Broad River, near the center of the French Broad Basin. Upstream from Asheville, the valley runs south for 18 miles and then curves toward the south–southwest.
2001 Raleigh, North Carolina (RDU)
The Raleigh–Durham Airport is located in the zone of transition between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Plateau. The surrounding terrain is rolling, with an average elevation of around 400 feet, the range over a 10–mile radius is roughly between 200 and 550 feet.
2001 Fargo, North Dakota (FAR)
Moorhead, Minnesota, and Fargo are twin cities in the Red River Valley of the north. The Red River of the north flows northward between the two cities and is a part of the Hudson Bay drainage area.
2001 Covington/Cincinnati, Kentucky (CVG)
Greater Cincinnati Airport is located on a gently rolling plateau about 12 miles southwest of downtown Cincinnati and 2 miles south of the Ohio River at its nearest point. The river valley is rather narrow and steep–sided varying from 1 to 3 miles in width and the river bed is 500 feet below the level of the airport.
2001 Cleveland, Ohio (CLE)
Cleveland is on the south shore of Lake Erie in northeast Ohio. The metropolitan area has a lake frontage of 3l miles.
2001 Columbus, Ohio (CMH)
Columbus is located in the center of the state and in the drainage area of the Ohio River. The airport is located at the eastern boundary of the city approximately 7 miles from the center of the business district.
2001 Toledo, Ohio (TOL)
Toledo is located on the western end of Lake Erie at the mouth of the Maumee River. Except for a bank up from the river about 30 feet, the terrain is generally level with only a slight slope toward the river and Lake Erie.
2001 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (OKC)
Oklahoma City is located along the North Canadian River, a frequently nearly–dry stream, at the geographic center of the state. It is not quite 1,000 miles south of the Canadian Border and a little less than 500 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico.
2001 Tulsa, Oklahoma (TUL)
The city of Tulsa lies along the Arkansas River at an elevation of 700 feet above sea level. The surrounding terrain is gently rolling.
2001 Pendleton, Oregon (PDT)
Pendleton is located in the southeastern part of the Columbia Basin, that low country of northern Oregon and central and eastern Washington which is almost entirely surrounded by mountains. This Basin is bounded on the south by the high country of central Oregon, on the north by the mountains of western Canada, on the west by the Cascade Range and on the east by the Blue Mountains and the north Idaho plateau.
2001 Portland, Oregon (PDX)
The Portland Weather Service Office is located 6 miles north–northeast of downtown Portland. Portland is situated about 65 miles inland from the Pacific Coast and midway between the northerly oriented low coast range on the west and the higher Cascade range on the east, each about 30 miles distant.
2001 Avoca, Wilkes–Barre – Scranton Pennsylvania (AVP)
The Wilkes–Barre Scranton National Weather Service Office is located about midway between the two cities, at the southwest end of the crescent–shaped Lackawanna River Valley. The river flows through this valley and empties into the Susquehanna River and the Wyoming Valley a few miles west of the airport.
2001 Middletown/Harrisburg Intl Apt Pennsylvania (MDT)
Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, is situated on the east bank of the Susquehanna River. It is in the Great Valley formed by the eastern foothills of the Appalachian Chain, and about 60 miles southeast of the Commonwealths geographic center.
2001 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PHL)
The Appalachian Mountains to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east have a moderating effect on climate. Periods of very high or very low temperatures seldom last for more than three or four days.
2001 Pittsburgh, Grtr. Pitt. Airport Pennsylvania (PIT)
Pittsburgh lies at the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers which form the Ohio. The city is a little over 100 miles southeast of Lake Erie.
2001 San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)
San Juan, located on the north coast of the island of Puerto Rico, is surrounded by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and San Juan Bay. Local custom assigns the name San Juan to the old city which lies right on the coast, but the modern metropolitan area extends inland about 12 miles.
2001 Providence, Rhode Island (PVD)
The proximity to Narragansett Bay and the Atlantic Ocean plays an important part in determining the climate for Providence and vicinity. In winter, the temperatures are modified considerably, and many major snowstorms change to rain before reaching the area.
2001 Charleston, South Carolina (CHS)
Charleston is a peninsula city bounded on the west and south by the Ashley River, on the east by the Cooper River, and on the southeast by a spacious harbor. Weather records for the airport are from a site some 10 miles inland.
2001 Rapid City, South Dakota (RAP)
Rapid City, which is not far from the geographical center of North America, experiences the large temperature ranges, both daily and seasonal, that are typical of semi–arid continental climates.
2001 Sioux Falls, South Dakota (FSD)
Sioux Falls is located in the Big Sioux River Valley in southeast South Dakota. The surrounding terrain is gently rolling.
2001 Knoxville, Tennessee (TYS)
Knoxville is located in a broad valley between the Cumberland Mountains, which lie northwest of the city, and the Great Smoky Mountains, which lie southeast of the city. These two mountain ranges exercise a marked influence upon the climate of the valley.
2001 Memphis, Tennessee (MEM)
Topography varies from the level alluvial area in east–central Arkansas to the slightly rolling area in northwestern Mississippi and southwestern Tennessee.