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Any place with winter high temperatures above 70 F is tropical. Period. When you dont require heating in the winter, how is it not tropical. We are called "subtropical" and the HIGH temperature was 26 F with overcast skies today. Early morning was in the teens.
Often times, SoCal gets days of 70F or higher (though not the norm). Is it tropical here? NO! Brownsville, TX has winter highs at or above 70F normally, but is not tropical either. Being classified as tropical requires a lot more than having a day in winter being 70F or higher.
Hot, stormy/wet summers and dry, mild sunny winters.
Avg highs above 13-15°C in winter, few air frosts, rain is infrequent.
Avg highs over 30°C in summer, with high humidity and regular rainfall/thunderstorms.
IMO any region that can grow citrus commercially is subtropical. So you need a certain amount of Growing degree days to qualify
Citrus are grown here commercially, Do you consider it subtropical?
Are citrus even a subtropical fruit, If they thrive in climates that aren't subtropical?
Vegetation is the best way of determining subtropical climates though. Many of the definitions here seem to be cliched travel agent versions of subtropical, but really it's a climate in which temperate characteristics, have ceased to be the dominant features of that climate -low levels of dormancy, high levels of animal/insect activity, reduced seasonal temperature range.
It's really a science versus travel agency argument, on here.
Warm to hot humid summers and cool but not cold winters. Lots of rain and thunderstorms in spring and summer but the sun shines when it's not raining. Average nightime low in winter should be below 50 F/10 C but above freezing. Frosts can occur during cold spells but snow is pretty rare if it occurs at all. New Orleans and Orlando to me are classic subtropical climates.
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Citrus are grown here commercially, Do you consider it subtropical?
Are citrus even a subtropical fruit, If they thrive in climates that aren't subtropical?
Vegetation is the best way of determining subtropical climates though. Many of the definitions here seem to be cliched travel agent versions of subtropical, but really it's a climate in which temperate characteristics, have ceased to be the dominant features of that climate -low levels of dormancy, high levels of animal/insect activity, reduced seasonal temperature range.
It's really a science versus travel agency argument, on here.
Well you said that your climate has high levels of insect activity in the winter and you'll obviously have enough growing degree days to grow and fully ripen citrus commercially compared with somewhere like the Scilly Isles and so yes I would say you are subtropical but clearly at the cooler end. I think citrus family of trees are one of the best subtropical indicator plants.
N.America:Tijuana, San Diego, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Brownsville, Corpus, Houston, New Orleans, Biloxi, Pensacola, Tampa, Daytona Beach, Savannah, Chaleston, Myrtle Beach, Matamoros
S.America: Buenos Aires, Santiago, Montevideo, Lima, Quito, Sau Paulo
I wouldn't call San Francisco subtropical. It just isn't warm enough, and the palm trees there are not in very good shape, generally. Plus, it isn't that sunny.
Often times, SoCal gets days of 70F or higher (though not the norm). Is it tropical here? NO! Brownsville, TX has winter highs at or above 70F normally, but is not tropical either. Being classified as tropical requires a lot more than having a day in winter being 70F or higher.
Miami has and average LOW of 70 F this November and December. How on earth is it not tropical? I know it gets cold snaps but it isn't enough of those events to tip its averages down. It still gets around 65-70 F low on average I think average events should determine climate, and not record events
N.America:Tijuana, San Diego, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Brownsville, Corpus, Houston, New Orleans, Biloxi, Pensacola, Tampa, Daytona Beach, Savannah, Chaleston, Myrtle Beach, Matamoros
S.America: Buenos Aires, Santiago, Montevideo, Lima, Quito, Sau Paulo
Europe:Lisbon, Madrid, Nice, Malta, Valencia, Rome, Athens, Sicily
Asia: New Delhi, Tokyo, Okinawa, Harbin, Guangzhou, Shanghai
Australia: Sydney, Perth, Alice Springs, Northern New Zealand
Anarctica: Weddell Sea
You've basically listed cities from each continent that you've seen on a map. Why the hell is Cairo on your crazy list!?
At least put some thought into it.
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