mid-Atlantic
adjective
1
: of or relating to the region of the U.S. that includes all or some of the states between New York and South Carolina
mid-Atlantic states/cities/beaches
2
: located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
mid-Atlantic islands
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Maryland is 39% wooded, while forests cover half of the mid-Atlantic region — from Maryland to lower New York State — and 58% to 89% of states in the Northeast.
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Karl Hille, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
On Friday, some regions in the mid-Atlantic broke or tied their daily record highs for March 27, including Savannah, Georgia, which reached 89 degrees Fahrenheit, and Columbia, South Carolina, which reached 88 degrees.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, above-normal precipitation is favored for most of western Alaska and for a region that includes the eastern Great Lakes, the mid-Atlantic and parts of the Southeast, according to the CPC.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Storms across the nation's eastern half forced airlines to cancel roughly 4,000 flights nationwide Monday, and many schools closed early in the mid-Atlantic states, where high winds and tornadoes were in the forecast for the evening.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
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Karl Hille, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
On Friday, some regions in the mid-Atlantic broke or tied their daily record highs for March 27, including Savannah, Georgia, which reached 89 degrees Fahrenheit, and Columbia, South Carolina, which reached 88 degrees.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, above-normal precipitation is favored for most of western Alaska and for a region that includes the eastern Great Lakes, the mid-Atlantic and parts of the Southeast, according to the CPC.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Storms across the nation's eastern half forced airlines to cancel roughly 4,000 flights nationwide Monday, and many schools closed early in the mid-Atlantic states, where high winds and tornadoes were in the forecast for the evening.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Mid-Atlantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mid-Atlantic. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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