Northern Hemisphere vs. Southern Hemisphere climates (snow, average, temperature, rainfall)
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-warmest avg SST's in places like Caribbean, the Red Sea and Gulf Stream
-higher average summer temps for a given latitude
-lower summer UV for a given latitude (because the air is dirtier )
Hard to say because there aren't many climates in the southern hemisphere.
I picture feeling "chilled and sunburnt" in a lot of southern hemisphere climates.
That's just a consequence of the fact that all NZ cities are on the coast. If you live inland (or even inland hill suburbs of some cities) you can get close to the 10 F mark on rare occasions.
But very few inhabited places in NZ experience temperatures lower than -5 C in an average year (or higher than 35 C). The monotony of such a climate is hard for inhabitants of continental climates to comprehend.
Depends by how many people you mean by inhabited, places like Central Otago, Southland, Inland Canterbury experience lower than -5C quite a few nights per year.
I just did some checking and the coldest temperature ever recorded for ANY city in the southern hemisphere is only 5F which is in Punta Arenas, Chile (53S) which is practically in the Antarctic.
That temperature sounds a bit high to be a coldest temperature. Look at this:
There you will find that the coldest temperature in South America was -27ºF in Sarmiento (Province of Chubut), Argentina, on June 1st 1907. This town has approximately 8,000 inhabitans. Eleveation: 879 feet above sea level. Latitude: 45º35' S (approximately like Minneapolis, though average winter temps in Minn are far lower).
In fact, those 5F are sometimes reached by other Argentine and Chilean cities from the south (though not often).
But, of course, I agree that Southern Hemisphere cities have smaller temp variations.
There you will find that the coldest temperature in South America was -27ºF in Sarmiento (Province of Chubut), Argentina, on June 1st 1907. This town has approximately 8,000 inhabitans. Eleveation: 879 feet above sea level. Latitude: 45º35' S (approximately like Minneapolis, though average winter temps in Minn are far lower).
In fact, those 5F are sometimes reached by other Argentine and Chilean cities from the south (though not often).
But, of course, I agree that Southern Hemisphere cities have smaller temp variations.
Cheers,
Deneb said coldest in a CITY.
Australia beat's NZ, Charlotte Pass to -23C, but in reality I'm sure NZ has got colder since it's got higher mountains. They don't have any station above about 2000 metres I believe.
The Northern Hemisphere has mild climates like California, Morocco, and Western Europe too.
If I had to live in a "temperate" climate,
a lot of the southern hemisphere temperate climates look better;
gardening is possible year-round in most locations.
Plus at the borderline of "sub-tropical" vs. "temperate"
sometimes what passes as sub-tropical in the northern hemisphere is considered temperate.
I wouldn't be surprised if Johannesburg, Cape Town and Buenos Aires are considered temperate.
I think on the whole the idea of 'temperate' in the northern hemisphere and 'temperate' in the southern hemisphere are two totally different concepts due to the nature of the differences in the climate in the temperate latitudes between the two.
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Isn't there two conflicting definitions or at least connotations of "temperate" -- one that seems to imply mildness (maritime or oceanic-like) and one that implies continentality (or having four seasons)?
The biggest difference I noticed the mild climates in the Northern Hemisphere are Mediterranean climates, while in the southern hemisphere humid subtropical climates can be mild, too. (I'll call a climate mild if it has winter highs in the mid 50s and infrequent frosts and the mean of the warmest month below 75°F or so).
Cities like Montevideo, Sydney, Auckland, Porto Alegre (rather hot but still mild in the summer compared to say, Florida or even the Carolinas) have no real counterpart in the Northern Hemisphere.
The biggest difference I noticed the mild climates in the Northern Hemisphere are Mediterranean climates, while in the southern hemisphere humid subtropical climates can be mild, too. (I'll call a climate mild if it has winter highs in the mid 50s and infrequent frosts and the mean of the warmest month below 75°F or so).
Cities like Montevideo, Sydney, Auckland, Porto Alegre (rather hot but still mild in the summer compared to say, Florida or even the Carolinas) have no real counterpart in the Northern Hemisphere.
Porto Alegre looks unusual for a subtropical climate for its cool nights keeping the average temperature low as if it was really arid (though it's precipitation seems plentiful and well-spread, hardly less than Miami's). I wonder what's causing this.
The highs seem to match somewhere between Miami and Hong Kong's, but I don't know if any place has a diurnal range quite like in the northern hemisphere.
Some highland subtropics like Batumi, Georgia and Kunming, China, seem like they could be the N. Hemisphere equivalents to the mild subtropical Australian and New Zealand climates though they aren't close to perfect either. The wettest place on earth (or something like it, on tops) Cherrapunji, in North eastern India, could match this type too based on temperature profile if you ignore the fact that it's the wettest place, and its crazy monsoon.
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Porto Alegre looks unusual for a subtropical climate for its cool nights keeping the average temperature low as if it was really arid (though it's precipitation seems plentiful and well-spread, hardly less than Miami's). I wonder what's causing this.
The highs seem to match somewhere between Miami and Hong Kong's, but I don't know if any place has a diurnal range quite like in the northern hemisphere.
Some highland subtropics like Batumi, Georgia and Kunming, China, seem like they could be the N. Hemisphere equivalents to the mild subtropical Australian and New Zealand climates though they aren't close to perfect either. The wettest place on earth (or something like it, on tops) Cherrapunji, in North eastern India, could match this type too based on temperature profile if you ignore the fact that it's the wettest place, and its crazy monsoon.
Not particularly low imho.
Dec = 85/65 F Jan = 88/67 F Feb = 88/68 F
It's diurnal range in summer is characteristic of southeastern US cities that aren't in coastal areas.
Perhaps it doesn't get much of a sea breeze at night?
Clearing skies at night?
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