Editing Gulf Coast of the United States (section)

===Climate===
[[File:ISS Expedition 25 Night Time Image Of The US Northern Gulf Coast.jpg|thumb|Night time astronaut image of the northern Gulf coast]]
The Gulf Coast climate is humid subtropical, although [[Southwest Florida]] features a tropical climate. Much of the year is warm to hot along the Gulf Coast, while the three winter months bring periods of cool (or rarely, cold) weather mixed with mild temperatures. The area is highly vulnerable to [[tropical cyclone|hurricanes]] as well as [[flood]]s and severe [[thunderstorm]]s. Much of the Gulf Coast has a summer precipitation maximum, with July or August commonly the wettest month due to the combination of frequent summer thunderstorms produced by relentless heat and humidity, and tropical weather systems, including tropical depressions, tropical storms, and [[hurricanes]], while winter and early spring rainfall also can be heavy.

This pattern is evident in southern cites as [[Houston]]; [[New Orleans]]; [[Mobile, Alabama]]; and [[Pensacola, Florida]]. However, the central and southern [[Florida]] peninsula and [[South Texas]] has a pronounced winter dry season, as at [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] and [[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]]. On the central and southern Texas coast, winter, early spring and mid-summer are markedly drier, and September is the wettest month on average at [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]] and [[Brownsville, Texas]]. [[Tornado]]es are infrequent at the coast but do occur; however, they occur more frequently in inland portions of Gulf Coast states. Over most of the Gulf Coast from [[Houston]], Texas, eastward, extreme rainfall events are a significant threat, commonly from tropical weather systems, which can bring 4 to 10 or more inches of rain in a single day. In August 2017, [[Hurricane Harvey]] made landfall along the central Texas coast, then migrated to and stalled over the greater [[Houston]] area for several days, producing extreme, unprecedented rainfall totals of over 40&nbsp;inches (1,000&nbsp;mm) in many areas, unleashing widespread flooding. Climate scientists predict more hurricanes for Florida<ref>See "Projected change in U.S. hurricane risk based on Risk Analysis Framework for Tropical Cyclones (RAFT)." Fig. 1 ''op cit''</ref> and the Texas coastline in particular.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adf0259 | doi=10.1126/sciadv.adf0259 | title=Increased U.S. Coastal hurricane risk under climate change | date=2023 | last1=Balaguru | first1=Karthik | last2=Xu | first2=Wenwei | last3=Chang | first3=Chuan-Chieh | last4=Leung | first4=L. Ruby | last5=Judi | first5=David R. | last6=Hagos | first6=Samson M. | last7=Wehner | first7=Michael F. | last8=Kossin | first8=James P. | last9=Ting | first9=Mingfang | journal=Science Advances | volume=9 | issue=14 | pmid=37027466 | bibcode=2023SciA....9F.259B }}</ref> [[Earthquakes]] are extremely rare to the area, but a [[2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake|6.0 earthquake]] in the Gulf of Mexico on September 10, 2006, could be felt from the cities of New Orleans to Tampa.