Atlanta vs Denver which city has the best climate? (compared, south, metro)
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Not only does it indeed get COLD in Atlanta during the winter, it is not nearly as hot and humid as people make it out to be. Does it get hot and humid? Yes. Is it hot and humid for days and weeks at a time with no break? No! This summer has been a perfect example. Sure, North Georgia weather is defined by "averages" but you can not predict it from year to year, season to season or week to week. Remember last week when Atlanta was cooler than Anchorage? And here it is the end of August and it already feels like fall ... even down on the coast! Cool, low humidity ... simply gorgeous!
^^^Who? People that would vote for Atlanta weather over Denver's.
Seriously, a lot of my friends in the South don't quite understand that 90 degrees with no humidity feels significantly different, or that 30 when dry and sunny with no wind can be completely tolerable......
I've never met anyone who didn't realize that there's a difference between dry and humid heat, but that doesn't mean that everyone should vote for Denver. Plenty of people prefer humidity. Just because you can't understand it doesn't make their feelings any less valid.
I, for one, can't stand dry heat. The Texas summer of 2011 saw extremely high temps and unusually dry air. It was the worst summer I can remember. Give me 90 and humid over 102 and dry any day.
Not only does it indeed get COLD in Atlanta during the winter, it is not nearly as hot and humid as people make it out to be. Does it get hot and humid? Yes. Is it hot and humid for days and weeks at a time with no break? No! This summer has been a perfect example. Sure, North Georgia weather is defined by "averages" but you can not predict it from year to year, season to season or week to week. Remember last week when Atlanta was cooler than Anchorage? And here it is the end of August and it already feels like fall ... even down on the coast! Cool, low humidity ... simply gorgeous!
In Savannah it's currently 76 degrees with 82% humidity.
I've never met anyone who didn't realize that there's a difference between dry and humid heat, but that doesn't mean that everyone should vote for Denver. Plenty of people prefer humidity. Just because you can't understand it doesn't make their feelings any less valid.
I, for one, can't stand dry heat. The Texas summer of 2011 saw extremely high temps and unusually dry air. It was the worst summer I can remember. Give me 90 and humid over 102 and dry any day.
Quite a few of my friends live in FL and have never experienced dry heat or cold. In fact, a lot of people from the east and south especially have never lived somewhere dry. I'm really not sure why that's a surprise to you, or why you'd doubt that. I'm glad that you know what the difference is, but most of them haven't spent a summer or a winter in the west at a high elevation. Have you? Again, I don't think anyone is fooling themselves, or a sucker for liking warm, humid environments. But there are a lot of people that live in a humid subtropical climate that have never lived in a high desert climate. And in the case of analyzing the weather in a location, I'd argue that actually living somewhere does give you a little more perspective than just seeing the weather during a weekend visit or seeing a forecast on the weather channel.
I get it, you like to argue or call people out for homerism or bashing other places. Which is a bit ironic because a) you do the same things you accuse people of and b) this is city vs. city, which is 100% subjective. Anyway, OP asked which climate we thought was the best. I did, and explained my rationale. I've spent several decades in the south, and the heat and humidity- as well as conservative mentalities, took their toll and personally I found that it was time to move on.
For the record, I love some of the weather in Atlanta- the fall is great, for example. But I like sitting on my deck and not sweating through my shirt or battling bugs, or having to take a shower after every time I do anything physical outside. And I so find the climate here in CO much more suitable to that than GA. Low humidity at similar temperatures just feels more comfortable than high humidity. Again, I know your preferences, but have you actually spent a considerable amount of time in both climates?
From April to October, the mountains down south are packed with people trying to escape the heat. I've never heard someone on a July summer evening in Georgia (or FL or TX, etc.) wish for warmer, more humid weather. But I get it that some people love the heat and/or humidity. To those that do, I say enjoy it. By the way, I see Houston is leading the poll for "City with the worst humidity" poll in the general U.S. forum, so you must be in heaven!
Last edited by bartonizer; 08-27-2013 at 12:36 AM..
Well I've only been to Denver for 2 weeks in the summer of 2011 and it was 90 and dry almost everyday. Dry heat feels better than humid heat IMHO but humid weather is better for my skin.
Now I heard that both regions can have some unpredictable weather.
Quite a few of my friends live in FL and have never experienced dry heat or cold. In fact, a lot of people from the east and south especially have never lived somewhere dry. I'm really not sure why that's a surprise to you, or why you'd doubt that. I'm glad that you know what the difference is, but most of them haven't spent a summer or a winter in the west at a high elevation. Have you? Again, I don't think anyone is fooling themselves, or a sucker for liking warm, humid environments. But there are a lot of people that live in a humid subtropical climate that have never lived in a high desert climate. And in the case of analyzing the weather in a location, I'd argue that actually living somewhere does give you a little more perspective than just seeing the weather during a weekend visit or seeing a forecast on the weather channel.
I get it, you like to argue or call people out for homerism or bashing other places. Which is a bit ironic because a) you do the same things you accuse people of and b) this is city vs. city, which is 100% subjective. Anyway, OP asked which climate we thought was the best. I did, and explained my rationale. I've spent several decades in the south, and the heat and humidity- as well as conservative mentalities, took their toll and personally I found that it was time to move on.
For the record, I love some of the weather in Atlanta- the fall is great, for example. But I like sitting on my deck and not sweating through my shirt or battling bugs, or having to take a shower after every time I do anything physical outside. And I so find the climate here in CO much more suitable to that than GA. Low humidity at similar temperatures just feels more comfortable than high humidity. Again, I know your preferences, but have you actually spent a considerable amount of time in both climates?
From April to October, the mountains down south are packed with people trying to escape the heat. I've never heard someone on a July summer evening in Georgia (or FL or TX, etc.) wish for warmer, more humid weather. But I get it that some people love the heat and/or humidity. To those that do, I say enjoy it. By the way, I see Houston is leading the poll for "City with the worst humidity" poll in the general U.S. forum, so you must be in heaven!
Hmm, I feel like we took a left turn somewhere. You seem to be taking this the wrong way, but all I was saying is that I don't know anyone who doesn't recognize the difference between dry and humid. You were the one who made the comment about "anyone who would vote Atlanta over Denver". Perhaps you shouldn't have said it if you were going to take offense to me "calling you out" on it.
I live in Texas, and we get plenty of dry air from time to time. Hell, we're in a drought right now. I've also lived in Atlanta, and it is not humid there 365 days a year. Both locations sometimes have air so dry that fire weather warnings are put in place.
No, I've never lived in the mountains or the High Plains, but that doesn't change anything I'm saying.
FYI ... Atlanta wouldn't be the lush "city in a forest" that everybody is so gah-gah about if not for the amount of rain, warmth and humidity that comes with it ... just saying.
I think the real discussion about "weather" and "dry heat vs. humid heat" needs to be about, what kind of environment do you like? High desert plains with low vegetation, or lush rolling hills and thick tree cover that stays green nearly year round?
Here is Atlanta yearly averages. (Atlanta stays warmer longer than Denver on average.) I also don't like the fact that Denver has low temparatures in the 50s during summer months.
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