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Both at similar latitudes on the east coast of each continent, both warm temperate/humid sub-tropical (depending on your classification). You can find more detail at the BOM and NOAA sites, but in general Charleston is cooler in winter (cold enough to get snow sometimes) and noticeably hotter in summer than Newcastle. Both places are humid in summer, but Charleston would feel less comfortable for sure. Newcastle is a fair bit sunnier in winter but cloudier in summer than Charleston. Overall, Newie gets about 2500-2600 hours a year vs 2800 hours in Charleston. I believe Charleston is calmer in general and also gets more thunderstorms than Newcastle. Rainfall is similar in both (about 1150mm a year), although Charleston has a slightly warm season maximum and Newie, oddly enough, a slightly winter maximum. Either place can get heavy downpours. Newcastle hasn't reported a tropical cyclone in the last 40 years, while hurricanes are fairly common in the South Atlantic coast.
Newcastle is an easy winner for me. The cold Charleston can get at times would would be too limiting for the type of plants I like to grow. I would like Charleston winters, but would prefer Newcastle summers.
Newcastle. Charleston is too hot and humid in the summer, especially with the monsoon. Although, on the other hand Charleston has something resembling a winter and is thus somewhat more interesting.
Of course no bias, but Newcastle due to more consistent temps, even if yearly average temps are very similar.
Summer temps, especially minimums, are too high for me in Charleston - had to watch the spelling here as one of the principal suburbs with a very large shopping centre in Newcastle is actually ""Charlestown"".
The temp at Nobbys Head is on an exposed headland with 360 degree ocean frontage (cuts out many very hot temperatures that skew the mean), a more accurate description is at Newcastle University for suburban Newcastle, which is very similar to the Williamtown RAAF Airport - which is where forecasts originate:
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Of course no bias, but Newcastle due to more consistent temps, even if yearly average temps are very similar.
Summer temps, especially minimums, are too high for me in Charleston - had to watch the spelling here as one of the principal suburbs with a very large shopping centre in Newcastle is actually ""Charlestown"".
The temp at Nobbys Head is on an exposed headland with 360 degree ocean frontage (cuts out many very hot temperatures that skew the mean), a more accurate description is at Newcastle University for suburban Newcastle, which is very similar to the Williamtown RAAF Airport - which is where forecasts originate:
Yeah Nobby's head is a very oceanic climate, hence the small summer diurnal range of 19-25C. Most residents of Newcastle would no doubt experience hotter daytime highs and colder nights than Nobby's Head.
Summer is amazing in Charleston, SC.
I've been there many times and for me the heat was never too much.
I love summer evenings with the air warm enough,
going for a walk in a t-shirt and shorts you feel you're still wrapped in blankets.
Newcastle has the better winters, but that's mostly about temperature stability.
If you cut the intensity of Charleston's worst Arctic blasts, their winter averages might be the same.
Charleston "always" sees winter days with highs in the 40's F (4-9 C) every winter.
I'd rather see zero days below 60 F (16 C) a year,
and Newcastle would see far less chilly days.
Newcastle's climate is a bit bland by comparison.
There's nothing bland about Charleston SC's climate though. (unless you hate sunshine )
Newcastle by a mile. Charleston has arctic cold snaps and Newcastle doesn't even if Charleston's summers are warmer than Newcastle's. I really love consistent climates and Charleston's winters are anything but consistent. The proof is in the numbers.
Number of average frost days per year in Newcastle: 0
Number of average frost days per year in Charleston: 33
Newcastle's record low: 1.8C (at Nobby's Head)
Charleston's record low: -14C
. I really love consistent climates and Charleston's winters are anything but consistent. The proof is in the numbers.
Number of average frost days per year in Newcastle: 0
Number of average frost days per year in Charleston: 33
Newcastle's record low: 1.8C (at Nobby's Head)
Charleston's record low: -14C
Yes, but Charleston is more consistent in summer.
Charleston Summer: (Jun-Aug)
A day of 75 F (24 C) is probably IMPOSSIBLE in Charleston.
A day below 80 F (27 C) is exceptionally-rare.
A night below 65 F (18 C) is also exceptionally-rare.
A night below 70 F (21 C) is uncommon.
I wouldn't be surprised if Charleston beats Newcastle for number of days above 90 F (32 C)
Charleston for me beats Newcastle because of annual sunshine totals.
Otherwise Charleston's stellar summers and equally balanced by highly-variable winters.
As a gardener,
Newcastle might be a little more interesting
but Charleston is still a great climate for year-round gardening.
Both are good places and it would be a little tough, picking on climate alone.
Lifestyle and culture?
I find Charleston's pace, dialects and "Old World" charm intruiging.
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