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The climate of St. Louis is similar to Atlanta, but with more enhanced extremes. In the summer, both cities are about equally hot, though St. Louis is more susceptible to the drier, more extreme heat originating from Texas or the Sonoran Desert. In the winter, St. Louis is consistently colder than Atlanta, and a fair bit snowier. As far as tornadoes and violent thunderstorms are concerned, both cities sit on the edge of "Dixie Alley," which has a moderate tornado risk from the late fall through the early spring, but St. Louis also sits on the edge of the traditional "Tornado Alley," which has a high tornado risk throughout the spring and into the early summer. The only major climatic differences between the two cities are that Atlanta is uniquely susceptible to tropical cyclones and the remnants thereof, and St. Louis is uniquely susceptible to blizzards and sub-zero temperatures.
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The climate of St. Louis is similar to Atlanta, but with more enhanced extremes. In the summer, both cities are about equally hot, though St. Louis is more susceptible to the drier, more extreme heat originating from Texas or the Sonoran Desert. In the winter, St. Louis is consistently colder than Atlanta, and a fair bit snowier. As far as tornadoes and violent thunderstorms are concerned, both cities sit on the edge of "Dixie Alley," which has a moderate tornado risk from the late fall through the early spring, but St. Louis also sits on the edge of the traditional "Tornado Alley," which has a high tornado risk throughout the spring and into the early summer. The only major climatic differences between the two cities are that Atlanta is uniquely susceptible to tropical cyclones and the remnants thereof, and St. Louis is uniquely susceptible to blizzards and sub-zero temperatures.
St Louis is more humid than Atlanta in the summer, due to low elevation and being in the Mississippi River valley
The climate of St. Louis is similar to Atlanta, but with more enhanced extremes. In the summer, both cities are about equally hot, though St. Louis is more susceptible to the drier, more extreme heat originating from Texas or the Sonoran Desert. In the winter, St. Louis is consistently colder than Atlanta, and a fair bit snowier. As far as tornadoes and violent thunderstorms are concerned, both cities sit on the edge of "Dixie Alley," which has a moderate tornado risk from the late fall through the early spring, but St. Louis also sits on the edge of the traditional "Tornado Alley," which has a high tornado risk throughout the spring and into the early summer. The only major climatic differences between the two cities are that Atlanta is uniquely susceptible to tropical cyclones and the remnants thereof, and St. Louis is uniquely susceptible to blizzards and sub-zero temperatures.
As far as risk of tornadoes, how likely are you to encounter one? I'm terrified of them but I don't want to be sitting here thinking it's a bigger deal than it might be.
As far as risk of tornadoes, how likely are you to encounter one? I'm terrified of them but I don't want to be sitting here thinking it's a bigger deal than it might be.
Quite honestly, they're not that common (maybe like once every 2 years). The rare times they do appear, they're weak F1s or maybe F2s once in a blue moon.
As far as risk of tornadoes, how likely are you to encounter one? I'm terrified of them but I don't want to be sitting here thinking it's a bigger deal than it might be.
St. Louis seems slightly more susceptible than Atlanta, both overall and in terms of strong tornadoes. Nonetheless, neither are as susceptible as other areas nearby, like Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi or Alabama.
St. Louis. It offers more solid seasons, and the summers get broken up with cooler, drier air from up North that Atlanta doesn't get. Plus, when it snows, St. Louis is far better equipped to deal with it, and everything doesn't shut down.
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