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I would disagree about SanFran. Alaska has nicer summer weather than SanFran, because most of Alaska at least gets in the 70s-low 80sF range, while SanFran is foggy, windy and in the 60sF in summer. Miserable weather!
I say once it gets above the upper 70s it ceases being "nice."
In the Interior . Fairbanks and Fort Yukon are prime examples, as you and Kaul pointed out. Also, it's worth noting that most Alaskan cities and towns usually reach 80F or hotter at some point in the summer.
San Diego is a more stable climate than Miami overall. California is also more stable than Florida, but California is cooler. While San Diego is absolutely not cold in any way, I guess it is if you're a palm tree. The temperateness of the Californian climate makes it a subpar environment for most tropical/heat-loving plants.
True, I've seen Traveller's Trees here that look burned on the edges of their leaves, and are short. Miami and Hawaii have better looking and taller ones. And to the poster above, I disagree. Upper 70s and a nice ocean breeze feels perfect to me. Heck, even the low 80s feel great.
I'm not trying to say that San Diego is warmer, I'm just saying that during the cool periods both cities get, Miami is cooler. Actually, San Diego's record low is 20F and Miami's is 27F.
I think I see what you’re trying to say…but I’m not sure the hard climate numbers would work out that way.
Last year (2011) the coldest night at San Diego Airport was 41 F (on both December 21st and December 26th….the coldest night in 2011 at Miami Airport was 44 F (on January 23rd).
So far this year (2012) the coldest night in both San Diego and Miami was 43 F back in January.
However, you have to look at where the data is taken at both NWS stations: San Diego Airport (Lindbergh) is located right on San Diego Bay…Miami Airport is located 11 miles inland. When you look at temps just inland – San Diego is much colder. The same night that San Diego Airport fell to 41 F…San Diego Brown Field ( inland) fell to 31 F – something that even Miami Airport inland has done only twice in the last 75 years. If Miami airport was located right on the ocean the way San Diego Airport is…then San Diego is not even close – Miami is much warmer during the fleeting cool nights both cites get.
The same goes for the record extremes for cold;San Diego’s 20 F and the 27 F at Miami are using the airport data (again which gives San Diego Airport on the water a huge advantage). If you use coastal Miami Beach (a more fair comparison), then again it’s not even close: The record low at Miami Beach in the last 100 years is 32 F in 1977.
Miami has a tropical climate. Being in the geographic tropics is not necessary for a place's climate to be tropical. You're comparing apples and oranges here.
Does anyone have reliable stats for the galapagos islands? I think they would qualify as tropical despite the fact that they're cooled by the Humboldt current.
Hong Kong is in the tropics but doesn't have a tropical climate, Miami is the opposite
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. Fairbanks and Fort Yukon are prime examples, as you and Kaul pointed out. Also, it's worth noting that most Alaskan cities and towns usually reach 80F or hotter at some point in the summer.
