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I voted for San Francisco since it doesn't get very cold.
Seattle has the best summers, but San Francisco presumably doesn't get as cold in the winters, as Seattle gets a lot of 35-40 for winter highs.
Seattle definitely has the best summers of any major city in the country, climate wise, except maybe Portland. SF is too chilly for much of the summer for my tastes.
I voted LA objectively but subjectively Seattle is my favorite. Seattle would not be Seattle without its climate.
This is why Sacramento gets a bad rap. When in fact, Sacramento summers are as good or better than most of the USA, but you would never know it because we are compared to Coastal California.
Sacramento is not as dry as the southwest, with half or 3/4 the humidity of the south, east, and midwest. We can thank the California coast for our cool summer nights.
Sacramento is a a hot mess. The growth there has spiraled out of control.
My criteria:
1. No more than 6 inches of snow/year. Chicago, KC, Denver, Boston eliminated.
2. Not too cold and cloudy in the summer. SF, Seattle, and coastal LA gone.
3. Need some rain and coastal breezes in the summer, otherwise the heat will be BRUTAL. Also, don't like 100 degree days plummeting down to chilly, 55-60 degree nights. Inland parts of LA gone.
4. Don't want prolonged heat waves. Phoenix is the worst offender.
5. No (or at least fewer) tornadoes, hailstorms, icestorms, etc. Bye, Dallas and Nashville.
Hence why I chose Tampa (love those Gulf Coast summers).
My criteria:
1. No more than 6 inches of snow/year. Chicago, KC, Denver, Boston eliminated.
2. Not too cold and cloudy in the summer. SF, Seattle, and coastal LA gone.
3. Need some rain and coastal breezes in the summer, otherwise the heat will be BRUTAL. Also, don't like 100 degree days plummeting down to chilly, 55-60 degree nights. Inland parts of LA gone.
4. Don't want prolonged heat waves. Phoenix is the worst offender.
5. No (or at least fewer) tornadoes, hailstorms, icestorms, etc. Bye, Dallas and Nashville.
Hence why I chose Tampa (love those Gulf Coast summers).
You don't like prolonged heat waves or dangerous storms, so you moved to Tampa? Brilliant!
People commonly say that med climates like LA and San Francisco are the best. But if you actually look at the weather patterns, you'd find that true humid subtropical climates like Tampa have pretty much all the same benefits as med climates, but without the intense dry summer that impedes vegetation growth.
Therefore, Tampa has the best climate. Then San Francisco (Bay Area) and LA, in that order. Don't care for the rest.
You don't like prolonged heat waves or dangerous storms, so you moved to Tampa? Brilliant!
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Originally Posted by ATUMRE75
Head Scratcher!
Average summer highs for Tampas are upper 80s/low 90s, and the temperature there has never reached 100°F ever. Furthermore, there are daily sea-breezes and associated summer storms. So the heat and humidity, while present, is never really overbearing.
Plus these summer sea-breeze storms are associated with tropical air flows, which, due to lack of upper level organization, tend not to come with the severe weather risks associated with mid-latitude frontal storms (i.e. tornadoes, hail, etc). Dramatic and flashy they can be, but dangerous they aren't ... unless, of course, they come in the form of hurricanes.
Therefore, there wasn't really too much contradiction with MrJester's choice.
Last edited by Texyn; 05-11-2018 at 02:06 AM..
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