Climate cities in the same classification but very distinct in nature? (warm, storms)
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The Koppen classification of New York has been discussed ad infinitum. It is Cfa but so are the much warmer, frost-free (except for 1893) Hong Kong and Taipei
Florence and Hong Kong (Cfa).
They almost have nothing in common and their natural landscape is totally uncomparable.
Florence is a typical mediterranean city with a few thunderstorms in its dry summer, so according to Koppen, is "humid subtropical".
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Very humid subtropical to me.
The same for part of the inner areas of Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Romagna and the cities of Rimini, Perugia, Pesaro, Pescara etc.
Florence and Hong Kong (Cfa).
They almost have nothing in common and their natural landscape is totally uncomparable.
Florence is a typical mediterranean city with a few thunderstorms in its dry summer, so according to Koppen, is "humid subtropical".
Sydney and pretty much most of America's East Coast (Cfa's)- the former gets a lot of dry heat. And the latter mostly gets humid heat. They also differ with their total vegetation look - one is deciduous and the other isn't.
Compare their bushland (TOP: Charleston, BOTTOM: Sydney, NSW):
I don't think it's exactly fair to compare places on the fringes or transitional regions of their respective climate zones (Cfa/Cfb); borderline climates will share characteristics with whatever they border as well as their official climate zone, and that will be true no matter how you classify climates.
My contribution would be Quito and Inverness. Both are snugly within the Cfb climate zone yet have very little in common. Obviously Cfb that is caused by altitude in the tropics is considered a different variety from Cfb that is caused by maritime air masses, but the point is that these are climates well within the same zone that are very distinct in nature.
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Originally Posted by mar89
s "humid subtropical".
Proof
Image from caperandco.blogspot.com
Very humid subtropical to me.
Just look at that green grass - looks almost like an archetypal Cfa landscape (at least in North America).
New Castle, NSW and Buxton, England are both Oceanic climates, and are quite different.
Newcastle is humid subtropical.
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