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View Poll Results: Weather: Dallas vs. Houston
Dallas 53 46.49%
Houston 24 21.05%
Austin 21 18.42%
Others 16 14.04%
Voters: 114. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-11-2013, 05:21 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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That probably has to do with the urban heat island effect:

Urban heat island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urban heat island?

Galveston is cooler than Dallas right now too, which is EXTREMELY rare.

Dallas - 67 feels like 67

Denton - 62 feels like 62

Galveston Island - 63 feels like 63
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Old 01-11-2013, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Houston Inner Loop
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It is possible to slightly escape Houston's summer heat by spending time in Galveston, where it is usually at least 5-8 degrees cooler during the day. Both Dallas and Houston are Hades-like during the summer months! IMO Houston has slightly better weather the rest of the year-unless you like occasional ice and light snow. That's pretty rare in Houston.
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Old 01-11-2013, 10:06 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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which one do you like?
Dallas: Snow in winter, tornados, and summers hotter than San Antonio.

Houston: hurricanes and worst humidity in the US

Austin: Neither.

No brainer.
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Old 01-12-2013, 05:37 AM
 
Location: Houston Inner Loop
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Yeah, Austin's weather isn't humid. Not! Isn't Jarrell (sic) where the F5 hit somewhat close to Austin? Summer weather in Austin sucks too don't think for a minute it doesn't!
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Old 01-12-2013, 08:27 AM
 
Location: The Lone Star State
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Dallas: Snow in winter, tornados, and summers hotter than San Antonio.

Houston: hurricanes and worst humidity in the US

Austin: Neither.

No brainer.
Untrue... there was a thread recently showing averages about how Austin's summers were even slightly hotter than those of Dallas. Also, Austin is slightly more humid. Dallas snow does not happen each winter, and Houston does not have the highest humidity in the US.

By the way, drought is a weather pattern too and you forget about the awful one we've had in Central TX the last few years (and associated fires).

Very little factual information in your post and filled with exaggeration.
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Old 01-12-2013, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Houston Inner Loop
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Nice rain in Houston this weekend and past week. It's a very green winter after all!
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Old 01-12-2013, 09:22 AM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Untrue... there was a thread recently showing averages about how Austin's summers were even slightly hotter than those of Dallas. Also, Austin is slightly more humid. Dallas snow does not happen each winter, and Houston does not have the highest humidity in the US.

By the way, drought is a weather pattern too and you forget about the awful one we've had in Central TX the last few years (and associated fires).

Very little factual information in your post and filled with exaggeration.
I wasn't mentioning humidity in Dallas. During the last few summers since I've been here, the average is usually higher in Dallas, probably due to urban heat. Combined with the colder winters, and the snow and ice that hits DFW from time to time, I'm not a fan of the extreme weather of DFW. I'll pass on living in tornado alley, too. The humidity in Houston is among the worst in the U.S., sans maybe Miami.

So, yes I voted for Austin.
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Old 01-12-2013, 10:43 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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Quite frankly, I don't see how a majority of the people who voted chose Dallas, Houston, or Austin. "Others" is an option, you know, and there are better places in Texas for those of you who prefer things like four seasons or mild winters with less humidity.
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Old 01-12-2013, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Where I live.
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Quite frankly, I don't see how a majority of the people who voted chose Dallas, Houston, or Austin. "Others" is an option, you know, and there are better places in Texas for those of you who prefer things like four seasons or mild winters with less humidity.
I guess for Texas that the Panhandle and the farther reaches of West Texas do have sort of a 4-season climate, as close as it gets.

I love the 4 DISTINCT seasons here in Northern NM--it is now 10 degrees at 11am, and it got down to near 0 degrees last night.

The climate sucks in all of the city choices listed in different ways.

DFW has the most extreme weather in the state, IMHO.

Houston is ungodly humid, with way too much rain most years--you have mold everywhere, and the summers are like a sauna.

Austin is the nicest of the list in WINTER, but even with the drought they are experiencing now, it's STILL humid, and the summers are just as unbearable as those of the other cities.
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Old 01-12-2013, 11:08 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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I guess for Texas that the Panhandle and the farther reaches of West Texas do have sort of a 4-season climate, as close as it gets.

I love the 4 DISTINCT seasons here in Northern NM--it is now 10 degrees at 11am, and it got down to near 0 degrees last night.
If one is able to tolerate the humidity in summer, I personally believe that extreme Northeast Texas has the best display of four seasons in the state: chilly winters with occasional snow, balmy and verdant springs, hot, sultry summers, and cool autumns with tall hardwoods putting on a great fall foliage show.

I still remember going up to Texarkana and Arkansas during fall, as a kid, and there would be a nice breeze blowing crisp piles of leaves all over the place. It was really unlike anything we ever got in Houston.
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