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UHI's do not explain the month after month and year after year of warm temp anomalies the world over.
No, but they can explain the rise in temperatures in a particular location that has been transformed from a rural to urban setting (like Philadelphia)
and they do explain 50% of the warming in the US since 1950
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"Across the U.S. as a whole, approximately 50 percent of the warming that has occurred since 1950 is due to land use changes (usually in the form of clearing forest for crops or cities) rather than to the emission of greenhouse gases," said Stone. "Most large U.S. cities, including Atlanta, are warming at more than twice the rate of the planet as a whole — a rate that is mostly attributable to land use change. As a result, emissions reduction programs — like the cap and trade program under consideration by the U.S. Congress — may not sufficiently slow climate change in large cities where most people live and where land use change is the dominant driver of warming."
Philly definitely seems to get a few more warmer days in the winter than NY... I have both on my weather app. They are getting several more days in the 50s coming up while NY will mostly still be in 40s and *maybe* getting 50 for example...
I also think it's possible has less windchill than say, walking around Manhattan between the rivers and bay..
Having lived in both, I'd say Philly / South Jersey is a little sunnier, a bit warmer, and a bit less snow. I personally like the Phila / South Jersey weather a little better. Also, North Jersey ocean temps are quite a bit colder. Its not uncommon for Cape May to have 80* water in summer, and Sandy Hook to be in the low 70's the same day.
Not to bring up such an old thread again, but it came up in a search. I'm living in Philadelphia this summer. I've never been, but is summer in the city as bad as I think it is? I'm renting a room on the third floor of a rowhome. It has a window A/C unit. Am I gonna be comfortable enough with just that? It's not that big of a room to cool at least. Is walking around in summer during the day pretty miserable? I love warm summer nights, though, for patio and rooftop drinks.
Not to bring up such an old thread again, but it came up in a search. I'm living in Philadelphia this summer. I've never been, but is summer in the city as bad as I think it is? I'm renting a room on the third floor of a rowhome. It has a window A/C unit. Am I gonna be comfortable enough with just that? It's not that big of a room to cool at least. Is walking around in summer during the day pretty miserable? I love warm summer nights, though, for patio and rooftop drinks.
You are from where? It might be cool if you are from the South, or feel too warm if more northern.
City nights are upper 60's to low 70's for the min temp around 5am. I believe July avg min temp at the airport is 70F.
I live about 10 minutes south of Rittenhouse Square.
Why would you think summer in Philadelphia is so bad? What conditions don't you like?
You are from where? It might be cool if you are from the South, or feel too warm if more northern.
City nights are upper 60's to low 70's for the min temp around 5am. I believe July avg min temp at the airport is 70F.
I live about 10 minutes south of Rittenhouse Square.
Why would you think summer in Philadelphia is so bad? What conditions don't you like?
Philly summers aren't cool if you're from the south, it's not too different from upper South cities such as Raleigh or Nashville. I don't think someone would feel cool because the high is 88 F instead of 90 F lol.
Perhaps if you're from Texas they would feel cool.
You are from where? It might be cool if you are from the South, or feel too warm if more northern.
City nights are upper 60's to low 70's for the min temp around 5am. I believe July avg min temp at the airport is 70F.
I live about 10 minutes south of Rittenhouse Square.
Why would you think summer in Philadelphia is so bad? What conditions don't you like?
Originally West LA where summer days rarely get above 80. I've never spent a summer in an east coast summer. In Louisville, everything has good A/C since we're borderline southern and midwest but in a southern state. But Louisville is a driving city. So I've never spent a summer walking places in the muggy east coast summers. The last few times I've been in NYC for summer, a few days were in the low 80s and then a couple days of mid-high 70s with rain. The first time I was there, though, it was 102. And even when it's 77 and humid outside in NYC, the subway stations still feel like a rainforest lol. Philly being further south, I'm assuming summers are worse. And being on the third floor, I hope that isn't a bad choice lol
Originally West LA where summer daysrarely get above 80. I've never spent a summer in an east coast summer. In Louisville, everything has good A/C since we're borderline southern and midwest but in a southern state. But Louisville is a driving city. So I've never spent a summer walking places in the muggy east coast summers. The last few times I've been in NYC for summer, a few days were in the low 80s and then a couple days of mid-high 70s with rain. The first time I was there, though, it was 102. And even when it's 77 and humid outside in NYC, the subway stations still feel like a rainforest lol. Philly being further south, I'm assuming summers are worse. And being on the third floor, I hope that isn't a bad choice lol
I wish L.A-Mex was still active on this forum so he could see that statement. LOL.
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