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In my opinion, on the map, the southern Appalachians and Smokies should be shaded in dark green as "cool and humid" much more so than NJ and MD. There are actually Ski resorts in NC and TN.
The collegiate-and artistic-town of Boone, NC is about as cold and snowy as anywhere in the South (considerably more than Asheville). And anywhere right along the actual VA- WV border where the Allegheny mountains are quite high and high snowfall common (more so than in the milder Shenandoah Valley). The town/county of Monterey, VA is known as the Switzerland of America.
Nashville isn't particularly cool. It's not as hot or humid as the Deep South...but it gets pretty damn hot and humid here.
And the elevation varies from about 400-1,100 ft in the city...hilly, but not really enough to have a big effect on temperature.
This is something that always blows my mind. To me, Nashville is unbearably hot and humid, and to think that the deep south is even worse is something I have trouble wrapping my head around.
If you really, really want to experience US humidity try:
1) Louisiana...particularly New Orleans and the surrounding parishes....you can see the buildings sweat...same with Houston, Port Arthur Beaumont, Lake Charles, Pascagoula Miss....Mobile, Tallahassee....basically, anything on the Gulf....very hot, very sticky...same goes for Savannah, Hilton Head, Beaufort, Brunswick, Jacksonville......
Those southern climes are very, very humid. Go inland into Florida and you have literally arrived in Hell...Sebring Florida, Everglades City, Orlando, you can cut the air with a knife....same with Memphis and cities on the Mississippi river......
Mississippi and Louisiana probably take the cake though......
Moving North into those states and it's an entirely different climate. Altanta, for example, is in a valley below the foothills of the Appalachean trail. The climate in the Northern end of Georgia is entirely diffent than that of the Southern part of the state...night and day...don't get me wrong, Atlanta can be humid but, it pales in comparison to say, Waycross on a July night....drip drip drip......egads....can dehumidify enough....
The cities like Huntsville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville, Charlotte, Atlanta, Greenville SC, and Raleigh are not as bad as the deeeeeeeep South to which you infer....they just get that reputation.......it's simply not as bad as one might think.....it also gets considerably colder in this area in the winter than those areas further South.....
All in all, it may be humid but, overall it's a nice place to live. We don't have to "unearth" our cars in winter and a light coat is usually all you need. Couldn't pay me enough to have to live up North again....yuk.....I'll take all the humidity the South wants to dish out not to go through that again!
This is something that always blows my mind. To me, Nashville is unbearably hot and humid, and to think that the deep south is even worse is something I have trouble wrapping my head around.
Well, truth be told, I don't think the peak heat/humidity is that much different...it just lasts longer in the Deep South.
Unbearably hot/cold varies by the individual. I knew a kid from South Florida that was shivering when the temp dropped below 75.
Well, truth be told, I don't think the peak heat/humidity is that much different...it just lasts longer in the Deep South.
Unbearably hot/cold varies by the individual. I knew a kid from South Florida that was shivering when the temp dropped below 75.
Absolutely. I'm likely to sweat at 75 degrees (well, in TN, not so much here), and my dad can go for a bike ride when the heat index is well over 100 and only sweat moderately. I'm actually jealous of him for that.
This is something that always blows my mind. To me, Nashville is unbearably hot and humid, and to think that the deep south is even worse is something I have trouble wrapping my head around.
And its probably the opposite for me. I grew up and lived most of my life in southern and northern Alabama. To me Nashville is a little cooler. Now on the flip side I can say Savannah, GA and New Orleans, LA are definitely hotter and more humid than where I come from.
That map is severely flawed if it puts North Georgia and northeast Alabama in the "hot and humid category", while North Carolina is considered "temperate". North Georgia, north of Atlanta, is actually slightly cooler than much of North Carolina. The same goes for northeast Alabama. This is because of the elevation.
It looks like someone made the map in ms paint based upon what they thought.
If you really, really want to experience US humidity try:
1) Louisiana...particularly New Orleans and the surrounding parishes....you can see the buildings sweat...same with Houston, Port Arthur Beaumont, Lake Charles, Pascagoula Miss....Mobile, Tallahassee....basically, anything on the Gulf....very hot, very sticky...same goes for Savannah, Hilton Head, Beaufort, Brunswick, Jacksonville......
Those southern climes are very, very humid. Go inland into Florida and you have literally arrived in Hell...Sebring Florida, Everglades City, Orlando, you can cut the air with a knife....same with Memphis and cities on the Mississippi river......
Mississippi and Louisiana probably take the cake though......
Moving North into those states and it's an entirely different climate. Altanta, for example, is in a valley below the foothills of the Appalachean trail. The climate in the Northern end of Georgia is entirely diffent than that of the Southern part of the state...night and day...don't get me wrong, Atlanta can be humid but, it pales in comparison to say, Waycross on a July night....drip drip drip......egads....can dehumidify enough....
The cities like Huntsville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville, Charlotte, Atlanta, Greenville SC, and Raleigh are not as bad as the deeeeeeeep South to which you infer....they just get that reputation.......it's simply not as bad as one might think.....it also gets considerably colder in this area in the winter than those areas further South.....
All in all, it may be humid but, overall it's a nice place to live. We don't have to "unearth" our cars in winter and a light coat is usually all you need. Couldn't pay me enough to have to live up North again....yuk.....I'll take all the humidity the South wants to dish out not to go through that again!
You're correct in your temperature-humidity analysis. Good Job!
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