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We have a pretty good stretch of the Oceanic climate that starts on mountain peaks in North Georgia, and covers a larger area of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and the very eastern portions of Tennessee and Kentucky. For those of you who are familiar with this area and have travelled to Europe (where the Cfb/Oceanic climate is the most common) what area of Europe do you find the climate in this region to be most similar to?
We have a pretty good stretch of the Oceanic climate that starts on mountain peaks in North Georgia, and covers a larger area of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and the very eastern portions of Tennessee and Kentucky. For those of you who are familiar with this area and have travelled to Europe (where the Cfb/Oceanic climate is the most common) what area of Europe do you find the climate in this region to be most similar to?
If I’m not mistaken that map uses the -3C threshold, so the majority of those places are actually Dfb, so if there is any similarities it it would be with the continental regions like in the balkans perhaps?
I haven't traveled to Europe, but that climate is limited to mostly Johnson County, TN and the areas around Damascus, VA, locally. It's very wet, not too cold in the winter, not much snow, not too hot in the summer. Drought is rarely an issue.
Budapest has similar temperatures to the Appalachians too thanks to its UHI. But really, the climate of the Appalachians is not that similar to Western Europe which has narrower temperature ranges. Even Eastern Europe generally has narrower temperature ranges. You will have some parts of the Balkans that are comparable (mostly inland uplands) but the better comparison would probably be the areas around the Black Sea like the Caucassus, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria. Krasnodar or Tbilisi are fairly comparable to the Southern Appalachians (but drier).
Certainly nothing like the climate in my Oceanic neck of the woods - The Appalachians are a snowy climate with warm thundery summers, when compared with all other Cfb climates.
I don't see it really. If you compare Appalachia to any Western European city, you'll notice the much warmer, much more humid summers. Mountainous parts of Central and Southern Appalachia simply have altitude-modified subtropical climates.
It's very comparable to some central French climates except for the winter lows which are pretty cold. But the highs and average means throughout the year are remarkalbly similar. The lows are quite a bit lower, except for the summer which is quite similar. Maybe southwestern Germany is quite similar considering the winters will be probably that cold as well.
To me it's hardly oceanic, the annual range is 20c, i'd call it a semi-continental climate. These winters are cold.
I suppose these climates are both rainier (due to both latitude and altitude) and sunnier than the european counterparts.
We have a pretty good stretch of the Oceanic climate that starts on mountain peaks in North Georgia, and covers a larger area of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and the very eastern portions of Tennessee and Kentucky. For those of you who are familiar with this area and have travelled to Europe (where the Cfb/Oceanic climate is the most common) what area of Europe do you find the climate in this region to be most similar to?
I have been to both regions. There really is no true oceanic climates in anywhere in the southeast. These locations are hotter, drier, and have much more sunshine (esp in winter) than any real oceanic climate in Europe. They are colder in winter. I wore a light jacket in August and May when I was in central France, Germany, and Austria for a short time. These climates have cool summers with average highs below 80 F (26 C). I would think that outside of the highest peaks in southeast, one would pass out if they wore a jacket in summer. LOL.
The only climates similar to Western Europe would be located on the US/Canadian west coast
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