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It's interesting to see how each one is "defending" what he/she thinks is a high value. Some consider a warm to hot summer something valuable and so stand up for it. But others like me, consider a warm to hot summer precisely a nightmare, something to avoid.
When some forumers praise Buenos Aires' summers, I can understand they are heat lovers and I can appreciate their appraisal in a way, but I can't put myself in their shoes. For me there's almost nothing "good" about the summers where I live and I'd change a BA summer for a London summer in a heartbeat.
All in all, I agree that the average person likes a warm summer with little rain and much sun. And I also agree that there is a stereotype about London being cloudier, cooler and foggier than it really is.
I used the hottest month, July, to compare. Now if we compare the whole summer, than Buxton is a lot warmer. I should have said I was comparing Julys, not summers.
Then you should have said "Julys in Buxton" not "Summers in Buxton" because summer means all three months, and then also specified maximum temperatures only.
And anyway, there's no real point in comparing the max temperature of the warmest month in a place much further north like that with ones on a maritime climate island, because you are comparing a continental climate with a maritime one. It's apples and oranges. I would still choose Buxton's summers anyway, because I hate cold summer nights.
Yes but conversely there are those in foreign lands who are extremely ignorant about the climate in the UK, believing that it rains every day & that our winters are like something out of a Dickensian novel!
I don't see it as making it out to be better than it is, merely sticking up for the climate there, which pretty much everyone does for where they live. And yes many people prefer a warmer summer, but myself (& no doubt some others) prefer milder winters, that is what appeals more to me about London...
What I don't like is how everyone seems intent on slagging off London lately, yes the climate isn't perfect but it isn't the worst in the world either. Many of those doing the slagging off have probably never even been to London either or are basing their opinions on the last few crap summers or station data from a WS miles away from the city itself...
Then you should have said "Julys in Buxton" not "Summers in Buxton" because summer means all three months, and then also specified maximum temperatures only.
And anyway, there's no real point in comparing the max temperature of the warmest month in a place much further north like that with ones on a maritime climate island, because you are comparing a continental climate with a maritime one. It's apples and oranges. I would still choose Buxton's summers anyway, because I hate cold summer nights.
Even so, you were still wrong. The differences were actually 0.9 and 0.8°C. And like I said clearly the first time, comparing the hottest month of a continental climate like that is silly against a maritime one, continental climates generally have hotter summers (and colder winters) for their latitude. So no point was being made here. And even so it was a bad choice because those places are still some way colder than Buxton in their warmest months.
Although actually, it was 159F here yesterday and it rained all day, yet we still managed to record 29 hours of sunshine out of a 24 hour day.
It was a dry heat though so it wasn't too bad in the shade.
I think there is a greater tendency to make climates seem worse, rather than better.
I often see posters say that Oceanic climates have spring like summers, which is correct when comparing temperatures. However, when they say that it would feel actually feel like spring, then I think that is incorrect and an example of making climates seem worse.
I agree with the above. People always say it rains in the uk and it can actually be nice sometimes.
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