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a lot of people think the whole state of Texas is desert climate but we have lots of different types of climates in reality.
Definitely. People think Dallas is a desert with no humidity in the summer "Oh it's a dry heat". Nope. Dew point was regularly around 70 this summer. Sometimes higher with strong southerly winds.
Houston is even more humid and some people don't realize that. Or realize that SE Texas gets 50-60+ inches of rain in the summer. More than Atlanta.
I see a lot of people saying Atlanta has miserable summers but it really doesn't even compared to some NE US cities. Avg July high is right around 90. Avg low around 70 in the suburbs. At Philly's airport in July, avg high 1990-2019 is 87.8. Low is 70.2. It's right there with Atlanta. And summer in Atlanta is almost always just June-August with a few warm Septembers (2019).
It also gets colder than some realize. It's not Chicago, but it's not Miami either.
Oh and I think some stereotypes have generated overreactions/overcorrections. Anchorage isn't -40 degrees all winter, but an avg high in the low 20s in January is still really stinkin cold. Toronto is the same way. Canada doesn't all have the climate of Yellowknife, but Toronto is still cold in winter.
Seattle is warm for its latitude and not bitterly cold, but it's still pretty chilly. Stuck right around 40 most of winter with very little sun to warm you up
Wrong obviously! Of course its the rain in particular that is the 'big' stereotypical inaccuracy, it wouldn't really matter if it wasn't for the thousands of inappropriately dressed tourists I see in London every year, particularly in July on the underground! It can often be in the 90's down there and you can tell the tourists they are usually red faced with sweaters tied around their waists, wearing some kind of bright yellow or red plastic anorak, umbrellas tucked under their arms and sweat pouring off of their foreheads! :-D
People think that London is rainy and foggy year-round, when, in fact, isn't that common and it gets 24 inches of rain a year.
Yes exactly- I think the 'fog' stereotype is because of the Victorian/Edwardian smogs caused by industrial coal burning. It wasn't until after the clean air acts in government that they went away completely.
September to February actually looks fairly realistic for various UK locations. April having freezing nights, and the coldest lows of the year is ridiculous though.
Yes exactly- I think the 'fog' stereotype is because of the Victorian/Edwardian smogs caused by industrial coal burning. It wasn't until after the clean air acts in government that they went away completely.
It has never been a naturally foggy place, the stereotype is entirely due to the coal burning.
During the peak of the coal fires in the 50s, London was recording around 40 foggy days per year. Now it's fewer than 5.
London still gets smog frequently, but it is photochemical haze and more common in the spring and summer.
Stereotype: Los Angeles is extremely hot and dry year-round.
Fact: Wrong. It's mildly warm year-round, slightly warmer than San Diego in all seasons. Also, while it borders on a semi-arid climate, it's only dry in some years, or during summers in a rare average-rain year.
"Average-rain" years are by definition not "rare." The average year has an average rainfall, which is around 12-15". However, it is correct that very little measurable rain falls during the summer. Summer tends to be the height of the tourist season and therefore most tourists come away with the impression of LA as a very hot and dry place.
Here in Serbia there is a stereotype that Montenegro has Med climate.
In reallity Med climate in Montenegro is only on the coast and about 30 km from central/southern part of coast.
How Med climate in Montenegro is limited it's visible on example of Cetinje.
Cetinje is located only about 20 km air line from the Adriatic sea, and has annual temperature of only 9.8c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetinje#Climate
Hello everyone!
We all encounter many stereotypes about climates of different places, which ones do you know?
I live in Russia, and here we mostly have stereotypes about Russian cities, especially about Saint Petersburg. It is often considered rainy, dark, cloudy and cool (but not cold) year-round...
Something like this:
In reality it is "quite" different:
(still rainy and mild though)
Which stereotypes do you know?
I'm from Saint-Petersburg. Summers of last years is getting warmer and sunnier here. Winters is also getting milder, more European-like
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