Ultimate Climate Poll (Koppen Climate Classification) (city, season, world, America)

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by Stumbler.

I guess that makes sense, as once you get to South Carolina it's generally seen as the deep South (as opposed to the upper part of the South).

Anywhere in the US subtropics would probably feel nice just after being used to Toronto, though I don't know how my preferences would change (if at all) if I spent many years in a subtropical climate.

There are microclimates around Columbia that have even higher daytime highs.
Where only 1-2 months avg highs are below 60 F/16 C and July is 95 F/35 C.
Columbia SC is only 14-15 hrs drive from Toronto.

I think the main thing bugging our SC members is there is often a large diurnal range there, typically 25+ F/14+ C inland...
BUT that is mostly attributed to their high levels of sunshine and generally calm wind conditions. (compared to Toronto)
I would consider clear skies and calm winds worth a bit of nighttime discomfort.

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

Cfb, preferably subpolar, but regular maritime would suffice.

Dfb works too.

Forgot to mention Cfc. I would also be satisfied with that. If I want warm weather, I'll just take a vacation in a warm climate. Warmest days of the year in places like Iceland reach close to 70 F, which would probably feel like a heatwave compared with the rest of the year.

[wavehunter007]

Originally Posted by dhdh

For those who mentioned Hong Kong : it is real crap in winter, especially from February where it is absolutely dismal (90 hours of sun in March with 12 hour days) - there are some awesome days (20°C+ and sunny) but what is really annoying is the temperature swings due to the northeast monsoon (10°C maximums are common every winter with bone chilling strong dry winds - you can have a 18°C minimum one week later...).
So I would definitely not chose a climate with a similar winter (though the city itself is awesome but that's a different topic).

Anyway, for me : Aw or Csa.

Either way both a hot summer (at least) and a sunny dry season are guaranteed. Something like Los Angeles (non-coastal) or Miami

X 2 for me.

The Aw’s (Rio, Miami, etc) have more sun, less rainfall, than deep tropical locations (the Ar type) and the drier trades in the low sun season make for picture perfect warm, dry, sunny weather in winter. Csa would be the number two choice for me as well (coastal areas just a little too cool), winter rainfall allows of a green winter landscape (uncommon in middle latitudes), dry and sunny summers, and not nearly as hot as the Bw climates. Burbank, CA would work well.

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by wavehunter007

X 2 for me.

The Aw’s (Rio, Miami, etc) have more sun, less rainfall, than deep tropical locations (the Ar type) and the drier trades in the low sun season make for picture perfect warm, dry, sunny weather in winter. Csa would be the number two choice for me as well (coastal areas just a little too cool), winter rainfall allows of a green winter landscape (uncommon in middle latitudes), dry and sunny summers, and not nearly as hot as the Bw climates. Burbank, CA would work well.

I realize that South Florida is dryer this time of the year, but how common humid summer-like days during the winter?

[nei]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

I realize that South Florida is dryer this time of the year, but how common humid summer-like days during the winter?

Miami right now has a dew point of 68F which is on the high side for a New England summer but probably feels not humid to someone used to Florida's weather. Also, the lower daytime temperatures (<80F) should make a 68F dew point not feel irritating. Still, I'm impressed that the dew point can get that high in the coldest part of the winter. South Florida's forecast looks like looks like summer in Long Island for the next couple days (except for maybe the hottest month).

Brownsville, TX is about the same latitude as Miami. Dew point is 25F right now!

[Trimac20]

Originally Posted by dhdh

For those who mentioned Hong Kong : it is real crap in winter, especially from February where it is absolutely dismal (90 hours of sun in March with 12 hour days) - there are some awesome days (20°C+ and sunny) but what is really annoying is the temperature swings due to the northeast monsoon (10°C maximums are common every winter with bone chilling strong dry winds - you can have a 18°C minimum one week later...).
So I would definitely not chose a climate with a similar winter (though the city itself is awesome but that's a different topic).

Anyway, for me : Aw or Csa.

Either way both a hot summer (at least) and a sunny dry season are guaranteed. Something like Los Angeles (non-coastal) or Miami

My personal hell : Cfc like Iceland or the Antartic Islands. No sun, no heat, ever. Disgusting. Not even talking about E.


By the way, have you guys heard of Dsa/Dsb? It seems really rare, but I spent most of childhood summer and winter holidays in a climate of that kind - my parents used to own a house in the French Alps in southern France, at a quite high elevation but near the Mediterranean. I have no data to support the belief that it was a climate of that kind, but years of experience (and I went back recently a couple of times in that region, after I started being a weather geek) : continuous snow cover in winter with low temperatures (my father told me that he had once recorded a -23°C / -9°F there) and occasional blizzards, wonderfully sunny and rainless summers with slightly chilly nights (when we were there it was 100% outdoors and I can't remember a rainy summer day), if I had to guess I'd say an average of 15-28°C (59-81°F) in July and 13-27°C (55-79°F) in August.
Definitely an interesting climate which seems quite rare worldwide. I wouldn't live in a climate of that kind, but I have never seen a place that could give you such feelings of "real winter" and "real summer" at the same time (especially the likely 300+ hours of monthly sun). Here's a pic I googled from the region around that place : http://www.golf-mediterranee.com/img...taulane-18.jpg

Sorry for the off-topic paragraph

Humid continental climate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you mean places with winters colder than 0C and summers hotter than 22C with decent rainfall than this is a fairly common climate type, found in Northeast Asia, parts of Russia and Eastern Europe and much of the Midwest and Eastern US.

[dhdh]

Actually, what I meant was places with :
-Winters below 0°C
-Dry summers with rainfall < 30mm
As for the place I was mentioning, I am not sure whether it would be classified as hot summer or warm summer (above or below 22°C).
What's interesting is the precipitation pattern, with snowy winters, some rain during spring and fall and very dry, sunny mediterranean summers.

[deneb78]

Originally Posted by dhdh

Actually, what I meant was places with :
-Winters below 0°C
-Dry summers with rainfall < 30mm
As for the place I was mentioning, I am not sure whether it would be classified as hot summer or warm summer (above or below 22°C).
What's interesting is the precipitation pattern, with snowy winters, some rain during spring and fall and very dry, sunny mediterranean summers.

I think some high elevations of Southern Oregon/Northern California could also fit into the Dsb climate category.

[vaughanwilliams]

What ever the Pacific Northwest is.

[SophieLL]

In my experience the map is very accurate. I used to live in (according to that map) cfb climate, and i find it a very good climate. Like some user said, and i quote:

Cfb (Subtropical Dry summer, cool summer coastal – San Diego, Perth…etc) - too cool of summers, frigid ocean waters, too wet winters, winters a bit too cold, not green enough, only 2/3 hot months, only 7 warm months.

That was exactly. Mar del Plata, Argentina, where i lived. Sometimes i wished summers were hotters (cause i lived in a beach city!!) and, more so, winters were shorter, and springs existed . But overall it was a good weather.

Then i moved to Buenos Aires, a perfect example of CFA:

Cfa (Humid Subtropical – Charleston, SC, Sydney, Buenos Aires…etc). Nice long summers (5 hot months, 7 warm months) and warm tropical ocean currents, but winters are a bit too cold, with occasional very sharp cold snaps.

And it seems like other planet!! The cities are only 200 miles away, but everytime i talk with my parents (they live in Mar del Plata), its like 25 f less there!! Mar del plata is much more windier, it rains more, and you feel the cold penetrate inside your bones. Same with the summer. I hate to exist between november and april and in Mar del Plata is the best time of the year.


In my experience, CFB is the best weather.