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Beautiful. Summers need to be another 4 degrees hotter though. Also hurricanes slam this place quite a bit. But the night sky in cape hatteras.... not a lot of light pollution makes for a beautiful night sky. Also the maritime forest is beautiful. And water temps in the summer are in the low 80s. Perfect for swimming.
The thread about Block Island prompted to think of what would be a warm summer version of a temperate oceanic climate (Do) like Seattle, Vancouver, and London…etc. The most negative aspects of oceanic climates that I hear the most complaints about are summers are too cool, winters are too cloudy, and sun hrs are too low annually. So I thought about matching a proper hot and sunny summer, with some sultury weather to get in the summer mode….with the semi-mild aspects of winters in oceanic climates (fewer frosts/ modest snowfall/cool but not cold winters), with more sun hrs in winter and annually. Summer however, should only be modestly warm (few days of 90 F or higher), and not too long.
Cape Hatteras comes to mind; The Island is about 30 miles out to sea off the North Carolina coast. The cold season average highs are in the 50’s F (10 – 14 C) lows are in the upper 30’s (3 – 4 C)….there is a true hot season with 4 months that have average highs at least in the 80’s (26 - 31 C)…rainfall is ample, snow is rare, 90 F days are few, there are normally less than 15 days with frost in Cape Hatteras (this year there has been only 2)…and most important sun hrs are about 2800.
I give it a B. Although I'm a warm weather fan, and would like another month or two of 80 F average highs, the mildness of winters, lack of snow, and sun hrs somwhat make up for it. It is not 12 months of summer like Miami, there is some change of seasons, but the oceanic location keeps the changes modest.
Cape hatteras has a lot of oceanic influence. It is comparable in terms of hardiness zone to places along the Gulf coast, amazing I wasn't aware of how little frosts they got.
C+
Its lows are too warm year-round, and its winter highs are too warm. Highs in late spring and summer could probably be nudged up a few degrees. I'd prefer less winter rain and more winter snow. This is probably the most oceanic climate of the southeast.
B-. The winters are a bit too cool, and given the fact that it's in the ocean and at such a low latitude the record lows are just criminal. It's also wayyy too humid in the summer. So stupid. On the plus side it has a lot of rainfall and a lot of sunshine and it's one of the best climates on the East Coast
B-. The winters are a bit too cool, and given the fact that it's in the ocean and at such a low latitude the record lows are just criminal. It's also wayyy too humid in the summer. So stupid. On the plus side it has a lot of rainfall and a lot of sunshine and it's one of the best climates on the East Coast
It is a zone 9a climate so can grow plenty of tropicals and subtropical I can only dream of. They had an average dew point greater than 75 this july. Average is 72.4.
C. Winters are too cold & like much of the US south the record lows are way too cold. Too wet also...
Considering its latitude in the eastern us where its all time record lows are similar to places along the gulf coast and deep south coastal locations I think its considerably better. Just wish there was no oceanic lag time in spring warmup.
C. Winters are too cold & like much of the US south the record lows are way too cold. Too wet also...
It's winters aren't to cold, and it's record lows occur once every 3-5 decades. You're being absurd.
It has subtropical forest and palm trees and is a snowbird destination. Such an insecure brit who's mad that the US is warm and your country isnt
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