Culture and Climate in Washington D.C.

The City and Our School

By

4th Period Students

Earth System ScienceModel Secondary School for the Deaf

5/3/2007

Climate and Weather in DC

Seasonal with extreme variations

spring, summer, fall and winter - almost equal monthsSummer - tends to be extra hot and humid. Fall and Spring are the best seasons, when chilly

but perfect days are the normRain and snow are possible -

often sudden and for a short timeIn winter - snowfalls average 7 inches (18 cm) and

often sudden frozen rainstorms.

Weather & Climate

Average temperature and rainfall in each season in D.C.

Washington DC

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Rainfall (mm) 72 67 85 79 102 95 96 97 89 85 82 85

Rainfall (inch) 2.8 2.6 3.3 3.1 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.3

Min Temp (°C) -6 -4 0 4 10 15 17 17 13 5 1 -3

Min Temp (°F) 21 23 32 40 50 59 64 63 55 42 34 26

Weather & Climate

Four seasons in the Washington D.C.Weather & Climate

Famous Places in Washington D.C

The White House

White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.. It is the nation's most famous address and home to every president of the United States.

Famous Places

Chipotle• Most of deaf students from Gallaudet and

MSSD tend to go to Chipotle in Chinatown and get some delicious food there!

Famous Places

DC Statistics• Corporation took a poll on its new

website as to what people liked to call their city. The results:

70% DC20% The District8% Washington DC2% Nation's Capital

• US Census 2002 Total Population Estimate 570,898*• STUDY: DC 2RD MOST DANGEROUS CITY • Number of DC residents not speaking English well, 1990 -

29,128Number of DC residents not speaking English well, 2000 - 38,000

• 2007NATIVE WASHINGTONIANS In 2000, 39% of DC residents were native born. This was higher than Alaska, Arizona, Florida, or Nevada.

Wmata (Metro)Transportation

Cars!136,568 cars in DC alone

Transportation

• I have experience on the Marc Train • Riding almost 6 months•Marc Train can only travel to MD & North Virginia •It cost only $3.00 to buy tickets.

•If need buy 4 tickets and it will be $17 to $20 dollars.

Marc TrainTransportation

Weekends at MSSD

• Off-campus policy

• Popular places to go

• Curfews

• Talon program

chinatown

Information• Capital of USA• Chinatown• Library of Congress• Abraham Lincoln • Monument

Pictures

The EndThanks for coming to our school!