Climate Battle: New England vs. Old England (the UK) (snowfall, average, temperature)
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Just wanted to gauge your opinions on this battle of the Englands, so to speak of.
I am from the UK originally, but now reside in New England. The climates of the 2 places are quite different. I'll break it down as follows:
- The UK tends to get more rain throughout the year, making it much greener all year round than here.
- New England has far more extremes of temperature (hotter summers and colder winters).
- The UK's weather is heavily influenced by the Gulf Stream
Personally, while I love the British climate, I have to say I prefer the climate here in New England. You're more guaranteed a decent summer and a longer summer, the winters are much colder, but aside from the more frequent snowfall, they're drier and the cold doesn't feel quite as piercing as the much damper cold of the UK, with frequent ground frosts and fog.
The New England climate is very bipolar temperature wise. It hit the mid 80's in March, then back down to the 40's. It's supposed to hit close to 90 tomorrow, then drop back down to the low 60's / upper 50's later in the week. This would never happen in the UK.
New England in a heart beat. Summers are basically guaranteed and actually happen there, even a cooler than average one would feel like summer. England doesn't have anything that can be called a summer, save for a few days.
New England winters are sunnier than our "summers", so despite the cold, it wouldn't feel so bad. I bet it is a lot dryer and less windy also. It has real proper season changes, and much more variety of weather. Far more thunderstorms in summer.
Old England has a very tedious and gloomy climate of half baked weather and no storms, no summers.
Boston is quite a bit milder than further inland, especially if you go further north. It's even more bipolar out here. I did a similar thread about a year ago:
New England in a heart beat. Summers are basically guaranteed and actually happen there, even a cooler than average one would feel like summer. England doesn't have anything that can be called a summer, save for a few days.
New England winters are sunnier than our "summers", so despite the cold, it wouldn't feel so bad. I bet it is a lot dryer and less windy also. It has real proper season changes, and much more variety of weather. Far more thunderstorms in summer.
Old England has a very tedious and gloomy climate of half baked weather and no storms, no summers.
I like both climates, but you're right about the cold being drier here. I dreaded experiencing daytime temps in the 20's, but it doesn't feel bad at all, unless it's really windy. 25 here feels like 40 in the UK. It snows much more frequently than the UK, but they're generally pros at clearing the roads. The only thing here is that some summer days can get insanely hot. Anything above 82 for me is uncomfortable.
Boston is quite a bit milder than further inland, especially if you go further north. It's even more bipolar out here. I did a similar thread about a year ago:
Good battle of the Cambridges, especially both are famous for their universities.
Boston is a tad milder than even here on the North Shore. I notice the trees bloomed about a week earlier on Boston Common than where I live in Beverly. Large cities tend to have their own microclimates to some extent.
This is a difficult one for me. I hate cold more than I love heat, but southern New England is better than most of the old one seven or eight months of the year.
For me it would all depend on what we're comparing. London wins easily against places like Caribou, Maine, but I'd much rather live on Block Island or even New Haven, climatically speaking, than anywhere in the Cumbrian lake district.
New England, away from southern areas, has the ideal four-season climate that I love and desire, with frequent winter snowfall and summer thunderstorms, and everything in between.
New England definitely has the better territory. Most of it has a true four-season climate, there are a few good climates (in the north), and all of New England gets more snow than almost anywhere in old England. The more continental climate also lends itself to much better cold snaps in New England
New England easily, I may even rank the worst climate there over the best in Old England (inhabited places, not Mt Washington ).
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