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City Information Geography and climate Climate - Miami Travel Information (http://www.mymiamitravelguide.com/site/_City_Information_Geography_and_climate_Climate/457/wps - broken link)
http://www.arch.hku.hk/~cmhui/teach/climzone.jpg This map does not even use the Koppen system and this says Miami is tropical.
I guess I wont be able to change anyone's mind of course. But in my 3 years of studying geography I have yet to see anything that says Miami is not a tropical climate or have I yet seen a classification system used nearly as much as the Koppen Climate Classification. There is the Aridity index and the Holdrige Life Zone Classification system but I have never used these systems and they are rarely used for climate maps and basic climate classification.
You mean you've NEVER seen anything that says Miami is a subtropical climate? really? Just google Miami Subtropical Climateand tons of things come up.
Anyway,
I think Oycrumbler is closest to the truth:
Its just those cold temps that really throw me for a loop.
I am talking about academic stuff, text books, maps, research etc.. Yes I have never seen something that says Miami is subtropical from decent sources. Of course online I have seen plenty of Subtropical stuf.
Tonight it is hard to think Miami is tropical with lows of 42 but most of the year it the coolest it ever gets is 68-70 thanksgiving it was in the 80s. Tuesday Night Havan Cuba will be at 51F I do not think anyone will debate if Havana is tropical or not.
Wwhether Miami has a True Tropical climate to some or a Semi-Tropical Climate Which is the official climate or as some said a Sub-Tropical Climate. It definitely isn't sub tropical! But I just wanted to know which out of the cities was the most Tropical..as a comparison by Tropical Characteristics.
Thanks for the input though I see from the poll most say Miami. I think honolulu lacks the amount of rainfall or something.
Wwhether Miami has a True Tropical climate to some or a Semi-Tropical Climate Which is the official climate or as some said a Sub-Tropical Climate. It definitely isn't sub tropical!
I don't know why there is so much denial on this.
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Thanks for the input though I see from the poll most say Miami. I think honolulu lacks the amount of rainfall or something.
The poll can say whatever they wants but Miami apparently gets much colder than Honolulu. 40F is not tropical by any stretch of the imagination and you yourself specifically asked about cities on a 'year round' basis.
The poll can say whatever they wants but Miami apparently gets much colder than Honolulu. 40F is not tropical by any stretch of the imagination and you yourself specifically asked about cities on a 'year round' basis.
As far as being tropical year round, HNL wins.
How is it denial when multiple websites says its True Tropical or Semi-Tropical?
LOL Anyhow again you can post all types of temperatures you want. Humidity, Rainfall is factored in as well, based on the earlier statics making Miami more tropical as someone earlier quoted.
The Tropical Zone: An area between Tropic of Cancer (23.5 N. latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 S. latitude) on the equatorial region of the earth. This is a little smaller than the northern and southern extend of the mid-tropospheric warming expected from greenhouse gases.
Just looking at a map and saying if a location is not between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, it not tropical…. is not scientifically accurate. Not to insult you at all…but since I have studied climate for many years, I can tell you that it has been at least 100 years since genetic classifications were used in climate classification (e.g., location, air masses, wind zones…etc). In fact, nearly all science now uses empirical classification (observed data) as the bases for the ordering and classifying of natural phenomena.
Still keep in mind… the Tropic of Cancer starts at 23.5 latitude…Miami is located at 25.0 latitude (115 miles south of the Tropic of Cancer)…Key West at 24.3 latitude (60 miles from the Tropic of Cancer). We are really splitting hairs here (lol).
Thanks for the input though I see from the poll most say Miami. I think honolulu lacks the amount of rainfall or something.
Honolulu wasn't a choice, if you put Honolulu up against Miami, Honolulu would most likely win as the most tropical seeing as it is.
Despite the lower rainfall, Honolulu is just as green and lush as Miami. It's full of microclimates where one side of an island can get as little as 5" of rain per year and the other side can get over 200" of rain a year.
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How is it denial when multiple websites says its True Tropical or Semi-Tropical?
"Semi-tropical"="sub-tropical". So you seem to be admitting it's up for debate then? There is no debate whether or not Honolulu is truly tropical, but there is with Miami.
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