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I think the more I know it, the less I like the climate of northern Italy. It's markedly continental for being so far west in Europe, but unfortunately it's much too stable. In summer it's not a problem as its averages are near ideal, but with those mild averages it means a winter can pass without any interesting wintry spell.
my thoughts exactly. I don't really feel much difference compared to a winter in (albeit eastern) France. Sure the average is a bit lower here, but in the end this winter has been a complete borefest. I actually often feel colder here while it is not that cold, and I miss the strong day to day variation of the hybrid oceanic_continental eastern french climates.
It is my third winter here, and only last year was ok. These winters have all been above average though, so hopefully a cold winter will come one day.
At least April-september is perfect and a rainy 22c day in mid-summer is pretty rare.
You can see the difference with Atlanta having a warmer winter average, but looks far less green than Bologna or even London. It was hard to find places in Atlanta with winter month streetviews, so a lot of these are just further along the same street. But I really think it pretty typical of the northside of Atlanta (Buckhead).
these photos look like when we have a cold wave here. Honestly I have a hard time figuring out what brown grass may be since it is often talked about on this board. It is natural to me that grass would be green, especially in winter with all those days with 95% RH we have here.
Looks like some other areas of Bologna though are not as evergreen. This streetview is from November.
Still looks more green though than a place like Atlanta or Raleigh or some other inland locales in the southern US at far lower latitudes.
What I find telling is that Atlanta may have higher January averages on both the high temp and the low temp vs Bologna, but I think Bologna is far more green in winter. The strong continental nature of Atlanta's climate is the reason in that case.
The very cold winter nights that can happen in Atlanta prevent the real green you see in Bologna. In this case vegetation does tell you something about the climate of Atlanta. On the face of it a Jan avg high/low of 55/35F looks very mild. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Atlanta looks quite dead in winter.
November is usually wet and humid, I think green and grey are the colors of fall. I wish we had more of the gold / orange colors you guys get in North America...
Amazing. Is that normal, or was the winter above average?
I doubt anyplace on the East Coast (outside FL) more than 30 miles or so inland looks that green presently, or that much like Spring.
One huge drawback of continental climates is how dead they look in winter. My preference of course as many people like the dead tree and barren winter look.
Everything looks the same in winter except the blooming trees. Seattle has a lot of evergreen plants.
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my thoughts exactly. I don't really feel much difference compared to a winter in (albeit eastern) France. Sure the average is a bit lower here, but in the end this winter has been a complete borefest. I actually often feel colder here while it is not that cold, and I miss the strong day to day variation of the hybrid oceanic_continental eastern french climates.
It is my third winter here, and only last year was ok. These winters have all been above average though, so hopefully a cold winter will come one day.
At least April-september is perfect and a rainy 22c day in mid-summer is pretty rare.
Yeah truth be said, we haven't been lucky these past winters. I remember some intense photos from the Po Plain back when we had colder than average winters.
Come summer, I'd pick Milan over anywhere in France in a heartbeat.
Pics I hadn't posted, from March of course. Not so nice weather that morning...
Zoomed in. Historically, Provence is to the left of the riverand Nice county to the right. Wondering where the water is flowing. Probably somewhere under the pebbles?
Typical Ligurian bell tower
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The local fauna hasn't changed since last year.
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Looking towards the other side. Sprawl everywhere.
Sunshower!
Nice airport to the left. One can see up to St Tropez peninsula on the horizon.
these photos look like when we have a cold wave here. Honestly I have a hard time figuring out what brown grass may be since it is often talked about on this board. It is natural to me that grass would be green, especially in winter with all those days with 95% RH we have here.
The Atlanta pics look like rural/ suburban streets in parts of north Surrey or Berkshire, where the soil is sandy and the main species are pines and chestnuts, with rhododendron colonising the woodland floor.
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