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You just proved that New Orleans, like all locations in the American South, have warm, subtropical winters where cold never penetrates; cold only tries to come in, before it is sent away by the heat.
Also, in a normal winter, were Polar Vortices aren't descending too far south, the winter wont be all that schizophrenic.
You do mean along the immediate Gulf Coast right? I wouldn't consider Nashville to have "warm, subtropical" winters. Nashville gets to the single digits on most winters and even below zero occasionally. Little Rock and Tulsa both get cool winters as well. Hell, even Kentucky is part of the south and they sure as hell don't get warm winters (just ask G8RCAT ) and neither does North Carolina and even northern parts of SC, AL, MS, and GA get cold in the winter. There is more to the south than just Houston, NOLA and points south, and hell even these places see freezes (and sometimes hard freezes) every winter. You don't live in the tropics, deal with it.
You do mean along the immediate Gulf Coast right? I wouldn't consider Nashville to have "warm, subtropical" winters. Nashville gets to the single digits on most winters and even below zero occasionally. Little Rock and Tulsa both get cool winters as well. Hell, even Kentucky is part of the south and they sure as hell don't get warm winters (just ask G8RCAT ) and neither does North Carolina and even northern parts of SC, AL, MS, and GA get cold in the winter. There is more to the south than just Houston, NOLA and points south, and hell even these places see freezes (and sometimes hard freezes) every winter. You don't live in the tropics, deal with it.
The South is a huge region that can be divided into many temperature gradients. The Inland South is more of a "4 seasons" subtropical climate, where snow/ice occurs every winter. These are cities like Dallas, Atlanta, Little Rock etc.
The Coastal South is where there is little, if any, sign of seasons (in some years, cold can occur, but it hardly defines the overall climate as such cold is gone within a day), and exhibit warm subtropical winters. Although freezes can occur in the area during mornings, the temps quickly rise to pleasant levels during the afternoon, due to the powerful subtropical sun. This includes cities like Houston, New Orleans, Tampa, etc. Inland areas of the South below a certain latitude also have lack of seasons with warm subtropical winters. This is seen in Texas cities like Austin, San Antonio, and Laredo, as well as Orlando in Florida.
Why question where I live? All I was just doing was refuting Tomfalcon77's nonsense with hard, experience based evidence, and pure facts. Anyways, the Coastal South is very subtropical; the subtropical climate is so awesome, it supports the only tropical climate in the world outside the tropics!
Anyways, the Coastal South is very subtropical; the subtropical climate is so awesome, it supports the only tropical climate in the world outside the tropics!
Absolute rubbish. Come back after you've done a bit more research.
The South is a huge region, that's why you shouldn't make blanket statements like "all the U.S. South sees warm, subtropical winters". Orlando and Lexington, KY have completely different climates. The South north of about 32-33 N isn't really subtropical, more like warm temperate. On a yearly basis though, I would say south of about 38 N warm weather dominates.
Absolute rubbish. Come back after you've done a bit more research.
How is it rubbish? Its an absolute fact that the US Coastal South has a winter warmth of the highest order. The Southeast is so warm that it contains a tropical region outside the tropics (South Florida).
How is it rubbish? Its an absolute fact that the US Coastal South has a winter warmth of the highest order. The Southeast is so warm that it contains a tropical region outside the tropics (South Florida).
You said "it supports the only tropical climate in the world outside the tropics!"
You said "it supports the only tropical climate in the world outside the tropics!"
That, sir, is rubbish.
If there is somewhere around the world that contains a tropical climate outside the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, like the US Southeast, I would like to hear it.
You do realize 90% of the U.S Southeast (outside of south/central FL, and south TX) has cold winters relative to its latitude, right? Even then, Miami probably has one of the coldest record lows for a city at 25.5 N. If there's a city at 25.5 N at sea level outside of North America (or East Asia which has a similar climate, but colder and more stable) that has recorded below freezing temperatures before, I sure would like to hear it.
No question - easily London. A very mild, agreeable climate. New Orleans is hot as hell half the year. London isn't ideal though, it's a really boring climate.
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) and neither does North Carolina and even northern parts of SC, AL, MS, and GA get cold in the winter. There is more to the south than just Houston, NOLA and points south, and hell even these places see freezes (and sometimes hard freezes) every winter. You don't live in the tropics, deal with it. 
