Which cities is more prone to 100°F : Philadelphia or Chicago ? (climate, snow)
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Yes I know it is supposedly according to Koppen, but realistically Philadelphia is nothing like a true subtropical climate such as Hanoi, Brisbane etc. It has freezing winters which are not tropical like in any way at all
Philadelphia international has had 41 days at 100F+ since 1940.
Chicago's Midway airport stretches back to 1928 and has recorded 92 days. Although most of those happened in earlier decades such as the 1930s and 1950s. Also had a bunch in the 1980s.
Yes I know it is supposedly according to Koppen, but realistically Philadelphia is nothing like a true subtropical climate such as Hanoi, Brisbane etc. It has freezing winters which are not tropical like in any way at all
It is a true subtropical climate -it has the seasonal reversal of airflow from the subtropical high, and is a C climate under Koppen.(winters between 0C and 18C) -that's all a subtropical climate is.
Many subpolar climates have winters that aren't polar in anyway way at all - subpolar climates can have winters about as warm as London.
^Exactly, "subtropical" doesn't necessarily mean that it needs to resemble a tropical climate. It just means a humid climate which is fairly typical of the subtropics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropics
But how is regular snow and freezing temperatures typical of the subtropics? A large temperature difference between winter and summer to me seems to be a feature of a continental climate. Humid continental matches Philidelphia much better than subtropical - when winters are freezing cold and shoulder seasons aren’t exactly hot and humid either.
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