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All in all I would say very similar for 8+months out of the year. You probably wouldn't notice much of a difference.
I would notice a diff for sure in winter. It would be like having a Dec, Jan or Feb that was -10F off the monthly mean. That is your avg monthly temp differences in those three months. I would most certainly notice a month that was -10F colder than average. It would be like Feb 2015 every year over and over again or colder. Your winters are much colder.
NYC is not continental but it isn't quite subtropical either. It's more temperate than anything which is in between continental and subtropical. Plus it's surprisingly original because it has never been done apparently.
It stands to a personal opinion I guess. I believe NYC is a bona fide continental climate. You don't need to have constant subfreezing highs in order to be continental. You can argue about Washington not being continental, maybe I could agree there.
If this poll is so "original" then NYC wouldn't be leading by a long margin. Perhaps they see NYC as a somewhat improved Chicago, since they're still rather alike. An interesting climate battle will have equal amount of votes.
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Originally Posted by yankeefan93
NYC vs Chicago yes. North American climate battles? Nope, they have been done before.
What do you mean?
NYC vs Chicago are "North American climate battles".
It stands to a personal opinion I guess. I believe NYC is a bona fide continental climate. You don't need to have constant subfreezing highs in order to be continental. You can argue about Washington not being continental, maybe I could agree there.
If this poll is so "original" then NYC wouldn't be leading by a long margin. Perhaps they see NYC as a somewhat improved Chicago, since they're still rather alike. An interesting climate battle will have equal amount of votes.
What do you mean?
NYC vs Chicago are "North American climate battles".
They are North American cities being pitted against each other. Except for certain seasons a full fledged climate battle between NY and Chicago has not happened on any forum whether it was close or not.
I would notice a diff for sure in winter. It would be like having a Dec, Jan or Feb that was -10F off the monthly mean. That is your avg monthly temp differences in those three months. I would most certainly notice a month that was -10F colder than average. It would be like Feb 2015 every year over and over again or colder. Your winters are much colder.
Well yes, our winters are what would distinguish us from NYC (and Philly of course). That's why I said very similar for 8+ months.
I guess certain weather events can distinguish the two cities as well. We get to beow zero much more often than NYC during the winter, but the trend in recent decades has seen fewer such days
We are more tornado/derecho prone here than out east, and see more thunderstorms.
We don't get nearly as frequent big Nor'Easter type storms as you do....
It seems as if we get bouts of very high dew points more frequently than NYC or Philly, but also bouts of drier Canadian air masses, so it balances out.
Not in recent years, but I don't think the Northeast can see such extreme heatwaves as we are prone to. Again this has not happened in decades.
I don't think anywhere north of Virginia (has it ever happened in Virginia?) has ever seen an average high temp of 100F/38C with 19 days at or above 100F/38C as seen near hear during the Dust Bowl.
Well yes, our winters are what would distinguish us from NYC (and Philly of course). That's why I said very similar for 8+ months.
I guess certain weather events can distinguish the two cities as well. We get to beow zero much more often than NYC during the winter, but the trend in recent decades has seen fewer such days
We are more tornado/derecho prone here than out east, and see more thunderstorms.
We don't get nearly as frequent big Nor'Easter type storms as you do....
It seems as if we get bouts of very high dew points more frequently than NYC or Philly, but also bouts of drier Canadian air masses, so it balances out.
Not in recent years, but I don't think the Northeast can see such extreme heatwaves as we are prone to. Again this has not happened in decades.
I don't think anywhere north of Virginia (has it ever happened in Virginia?) has ever seen an average high temp of 100F/38C with 19 days at or above 100F/38C as seen near hear during the Dust Bowl.
Is difficult for us to get as hot in summer as your area. We have warmer summer nights and lower standard deviation than you in every season. Our local meteos say that is due to proximity of the Atlantic and the large bays.
It stands to a personal opinion I guess. I believe NYC is a bona fide continental climate. You don't need to have constant subfreezing highs in order to be continental. You can argue about Washington not being continental, maybe I could agree there.
If this poll is so "original" then NYC wouldn't be leading by a long margin. Perhaps they see NYC as a somewhat improved Chicago, since they're still rather alike. An interesting climate battle will have equal amount of votes.
What do you mean?
NYC vs Chicago are "North American climate battles".
Why? The Atlantic plays a pretty significant role in NYC's climate, that alone should discount it from being considered a "bona fide" continental climate. Washington, being further inland, is actually a bit more continental in nature than NYC.
NYC's Manhattan would resemble Manhattan, Kansas if the climate were wholly continental.
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