Battle of the climates: London vs. Seattle (nights, lows, ground)
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Yeah we know and at our expense. Hopefully you will pay for what you got this winter with either a horrid summer or a bad winter next year. Here is hoping!
lol! that's evil I thought I was the only one secretly hoping they would pay for it. hopefully with a horrid summer
There warmest summer month on record for Seattle was in August 1967, and they had a Mean of 71.8F/22.1C. Fails miserably as a proper summer month in my book. Even London beats them. Heathrow had a Mean of 22.5C in July 2006. Though Seattle had an average max of 28.7C in August 1967, beating London's 28.3C in July 2006, so I would assume, London's UHI is much greater than Seattle's which is why the minimum is higher.
Chicago/MDW's coolest July Mean on record (since 1928) is 70.6F/21.4C in 1967. Warmest is 82.6F/28.1C. Average is 75.8F/24.3C, and that's still not quite warm enough for my tastes.
Central London had a mean of 22.9c in July 2006. Heathrow isn't in the UHI, though it averages higher minima than Seattle throughout the summer anyway.
because it's cloudier. Clouds keep it warmer at night.
The type of weather systems can also be a factor. Average summer maximums in my town are the same as Seattle, and the average minimum is 1.4C cooler, despite being cloudier over the summer (60% vs 62%), and nearly four times the rainfall.
I suspect London doesn't get the polar blasts during the summer, that can frequently drop temperatures to 5C or lower, skewing the average.
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I thought I was the only one secretly hoping they would pay for it. hopefully with a horrid summer
Even London beats them. Heathrow had a Mean of 22.5C in July 2006. Though Seattle had an average max of 28.7C in August 1967, beating London's 28.3C in July 2006, so I would assume, London's UHI is much greater than Seattle's which is why the minimum is higher.
