The Great Plains and Prairies

The Great Plains always has higher than normal precipitation rate when the tropical air masses move northwestward from the Gulf of Mexico, and it generally falls between April and August. Different with the Great Plain, Aliso Viejo always have low precipitation rate during April and August. Nevertheless, the Great Plain has to face with extreme weather, while Aliso Viejo doesn't face that problem- average temperature in Winter is 58F and during summer is 63F.

The Great Plains and Aliso Viejo share one common is both have to deal with tornado. Tornado in Aliso Viejo is not as strong as in "Tornado Alley". Historical recorded tornado happened in Aliso Viejo in 1966 had the max wind speeds of 113-157 mph.
Water is very important in the Great Plains. In Aliso Viejo, the water is supplied and monitored by Moulton Niguel Water who purchased 78 percents of their water from Municipal Water District of Orange County from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The Upper Chiquita Reservoir water project achieves its goal to contain emergency storage to 31 days for Aliso Viejo.