Rate the Climate: Cincinnati, Ohio (snowy, hot, warm, average)

[sulkiercupid]

Cincinnati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cincinnati has a borderline humid subtropical/humid continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.

[cloudcrash619]

An A. Cincinnati, Ohio has four distinct seasons, warm in the summer, cold in the winter, a decent amount of snow. It's my San Diego.

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by Galaxyman

subtropical my hairy sweaty balls God, what is this fetish of labelling places with sub-zero snowy winters "subtropical"??? For ****s sake, Brisbane is subtropical, not some place where snow shovels are considered family members Not only that, but it Humid subtropical??? REALLY???? Geez, eat your heart out Queensland. Koppen is a dickface as are the monkeys that abide by his "rules".


Decent summers but ordinary sunshine and cold winters. I would enjoy the summers, but I like palm trees so this would not be an ideal climate for me.
D+

I never liked Köppen's subtropical classification. Way too broad, Trewartha's is better

[theunbrainwashed]

C-. Bit too continental for me.

[ilovemycomputer90]

B-

A slightly warmer version of my area. Summers are disgusting, but the rest of the year is okay.

[sulkiercupid]

Originally Posted by Galaxyman

subtropical my hairy sweaty balls God, what is this fetish of labelling places with sub-zero snowy winters "subtropical"??? For ****s sake, Brisbane is subtropical, not some place where snow shovels are considered family members Not only that, but it Humid subtropical??? REALLY???? Geez, eat your heart out Queensland. Koppen is a dickface as are the monkeys that abide by his "rules".

Yep it doesn't make sense that a climate with temperatures averaging below zero in mid-winter could be deemed even borderline subtropical. Koppen grew up in Russia which probably explains his generous definitions.

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by sulkiercupid

Yep it doesn't make sense that a climate with temperatures averaging below zero in mid-winter could be deemed even borderline subtropical. Koppen grew up in Russia which probably explains his generous definitions.

Trust me when I say 99% of Americans would laugh at the sub-tropical definition for Cincinnati. Of course, there would be a tiny minority that would call the winters mild, sub-tropical, blah, blah. They would be the extreme cold lovers that frequent this forum.

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

Trust me when I say 99% of Americans would laugh at the sub-tropical definition for Cincinnati. Of course, there would be a tiny minority that would call the winters mild, sub-tropical, blah, blah. They would be the extreme cold lovers that frequent this forum.

I doubt most Americans are even aware of the debate about subtropical vs. continental.

[Dean York]

So people laugh at Cincinnati being classified as subtropical but its acceptable for NYC to have the classification?

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by dean york

So people laugh at Cincinnati being classified as subtropical but its acceptable for NYC to have the classification?

Same applies to NYC. No one around these parts describes our climate as "sub-tropical". People generally don't use climate classifications, and most never heard of Koppen. Most people would describe the deep south generally as "semi-tropical" or "sub-tropical", but almost never will you hear anyone around here claim that for anywhere north of around Norfolk, VA.

Probably the same applies to the UK wouldn't you say? Do people go around saying London or Brighton are "sub-tropical"? I think the only reason people say that for here is because of our warm summers.
But come here in the middle of a cold January and no one in their right mind would say that. I give you winter of 2004 where I live. A below normal winter for sure with around 1.5 std deviations off the mean which correlates (normal dist) to around 13.6% of January's will have this average.