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Today it was in the low 80s in OKC. Dallas was over 100 again.
But it's a bit disingenuous not to mention that there have only been a tiny handful of days with a high under 90F in OKC since mid-June, and upper 90s-low 100s has been by far the most usual temperature range.
Dallas may be hotter in the summer, but overall OKC gets more wild temperature swings, is colder in the winter, and has a disproportionate share of severe weather events ranging from unpleasant to downright dangerous.
Probably the desert Southwest. I’m astonished that millions of people are voluntarily flocking to a region where 110°F highs are normal and there is a shortage of drinking water.
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Hmm... Georgia has four distinct seasons, you usually don't get snow in the winter unless you're in the northern portion and in the mountains. There is humidity in the summer but it doesn't get anywhere as humid as Houston or Miami. When hurricanes hit Georgia, they're usually downgraded tropical storms.
Yeah, not sure if that was a troll answer. Georgia’s climate is decent. However I will gladly knock it for one thing: summers are pretty crappy (or at least have been for the three that I’ve spent here).
The heat becomes oppressive around late May to the point that I have no desire to enjoy the season. Walk outside and immediately begin sweating. Plus if it’s not above 90°F, that’s probably because there is a thunderstorm coming. It rains constantly. Lately? Every. Single. Day. Not all day long, but rest assured some thunder will roll through and drench you if you’re out (which makes the already poor drivers panic). Georgia is far more pleasant between October-April.
Anywhere in the Great Plains states, horrible wind, extreme temperature swings, hard to grow nice trees of many different varieties, and prone to seeing long periods of drought.
I don't see why Oklahoma City is being singled out as having an extreme and awful climate. Just about the entire central US has large temperature fluctuations and is susceptible to severe weather. There is nothing particularly unique about the climate that deviates from what would be expected in a middle latitude, continental location that is transitional between the wetter east and drier west.
St. Louis for example has colder winters, and being on the Mississippi River often gets stifling levels of summer humidity - and a few weeks ago saw flooding with several inches of rain in a short period of time. Houston has had multiple feet of rain within days associated with stalled tropical storm systems, and has considerably longer summers with more persistent humidity. Not to mention northern plains locations like Fargo and Sioux Falls, where wind chills are frequently in negative double digits between December and March, and blizzard conditions happen far more regularly than in Oklahoma City. Meanwhile some of the worst tornado events in recent years took place in western Kentucky.
I don't see why Oklahoma City is being singled out as having an extreme and awful climate. Just about the entire central US has large temperature fluctuations and is susceptible to severe weather. There is nothing particularly unique about the climate that deviates from what would be expected in a middle latitude, continental location that is transitional between the wetter east and drier west.
St. Louis for example has colder winters, and being on the Mississippi River often gets stifling levels of summer humidity - and a few weeks ago saw flooding with several inches of rain in a short period of time. Houston has had multiple feet of rain within days associated with stalled tropical storm systems, and has considerably longer summers with more persistent humidity. Not to mention northern plains locations like Fargo and Sioux Falls, where wind chills are frequently in negative double digits between December and March, and blizzard conditions happen far more regularly than in Oklahoma City. Meanwhile some of the worst tornado events in recent years took place in western Kentucky.
The severe weather and flood risk is certainly a problem and a factor in areas like St. Louis and Kentucky. However, the much better levels of greenery and relative lack of wind rate it substantially better than further west in the Great Plains.
I don't see why Oklahoma City is being singled out as having an extreme and awful climate. Just about the entire central US has large temperature fluctuations and is susceptible to severe weather. There is nothing particularly unique about the climate that deviates from what would be expected in a middle latitude, continental location that is transitional between the wetter east and drier west.
St. Louis for example has colder winters, and being on the Mississippi River often gets stifling levels of summer humidity - and a few weeks ago saw flooding with several inches of rain in a short period of time. Houston has had multiple feet of rain within days associated with stalled tropical storm systems, and has considerably longer summers with more persistent humidity. Not to mention northern plains locations like Fargo and Sioux Falls, where wind chills are frequently in negative double digits between December and March, and blizzard conditions happen far more regularly than in Oklahoma City. Meanwhile some of the worst tornado events in recent years took place in western Kentucky.
I agree that OKC deserves some points in its 'pro' column for its warmer winters compared to other Midwest locations. Of course it's still got that typical 'up and down' element of extreme changes with 70 degree days followed by a deep freeze and so forth, but it's not like that doesn't apply to pretty much everywhere east of the Rockies.
Example: The night from the 21st to 22nd of February was a mild one in the 50s in Chicago this year. Temps were around 55 degrees at around 5 am before a cold front hit. By 7 am it was in the 30s and dropping into the 20s by early evening followed by a cold night in the teens. A 24 hour shift of 35+ degrees in places. You can see these types of swings in New York, D.C., Atlanta, Nashville, Milwaukee, St.Louis etc.
When those disturbances come sweeping south from Canada down the open middle of the country, the prevailing westerly flow in the Northern hemisphere has these always move with an eastward motion component (see Coriolis effect). There's nothing really to stop them before they move out into the Atlantic ocean, so it's like dominoes falling as the system moves through.
That temperature drop in Chicago on 2/22 was repeated a day later on the Atlantic seaboard. In D.C., February 23rd was a warm day with temperatures soaring to 77 degrees. I went on a walk in the afternoon wearing summer clothes. By 10 pm it was in the 40s and overnight it dropped into the 30s.
To escape extreme temperature fluctuations in this country you need to move to the West Coast or into borderline tropical South Florida.
Anywhere in the Great Plains states, horrible wind, extreme temperature swings, hard to grow nice trees of many different varieties, and prone to seeing long periods of drought.
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Hmm... Georgia has four distinct seasons, you usually don't get snow in the winter unless you're in the northern portion and in the mountains. There is humidity in the summer but it doesn't get anywhere as humid as Houston or Miami. When hurricanes hit Georgia, they're usually downgraded tropical storms.
