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Old 11-15-2013, 05:21 AM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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Columbia is hotter than RTP. I agree.
It's also supposed to be hotter than Charleston, and there's no sea breeze to offer some relief.

When I lived in Chapel Hill, there were many summer evenings when I'd come home after midnight when I'd come home after midnight and it would still be in the 90s and so humid it would fog my glasses. And it would still be hot and humid when I'd leave for work in the morning. The good news is, you get used to it after a couple of years.
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Old 11-15-2013, 05:26 AM
 
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I lived in Columbia SC for 4 years and felt it was a lot hotter than here. Not only in daily high temps but the duration of the heat. It started earlier in the day and lasted longer into the night. Weather.com shows that Charleston is on average 5 degrees warmer. I believe that.
Columbia is very different then being by the coast (Charleston). I have family in Columbia and have spent many summers there. I also lived on the coast in central FL and weather there is more mild than in more "northern" states living inland. Warmer winters and cooler summers. You still have the humidity.

In summary, if you can live close to the ocean, do it.
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Old 11-15-2013, 05:42 AM
 
Location: Cary
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Columbia is very different then being by the coast (Charleston). I have family in Columbia and have spent many summers there. I also lived on the coast in central FL and weather there is more mild than in more "northern" states living inland. Warmer winters and cooler summers. You still have the humidity.

In summary, if you can live close to the ocean, do it.

I agree about the coastal temperatures. However, not everyone lives on the coast in Charleston. Go a mile or so inland....it's hot down there!
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Old 11-15-2013, 06:07 AM
 
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I agree about the coastal temperatures. However, not everyone lives on the coast in Charleston. Go a mile or so inland....it's hot down there!
True anything past the immediate coast and you're back into the hot temps.
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Old 11-15-2013, 08:56 AM
 
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In recent years, most of North Carolina has also had significant snow in March. This year, the cold lasted well into the spring, with record cold occurring in May. Each year is different, of course.
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Old 11-15-2013, 09:14 AM
 
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Our "weather" also has small isolated pockets that can differ from areas just hundreds of yards away. Riding a motorcycle year round really opens your eyes to these things. I'd commute home from work, at midnight or later during the summer. And there are places where you could feel very noticeable differences in temperature based on the environment. I'd pass through Brier Creek and 70, at the big stoplight there, and it would be VERY warm. I guess that huge chunk of asphalt holds heat well into the night. Just before that, I'g go by Frankie's on Alexander, and it would be very cool. I think it's the creek down there? Then on Creedmoor Rd, down the first big hill north of 540, where the creek crosses under the road, it would be VERY cool. I could never get my thermometer to register the exact drop, but I have seen it drop 3* in that spot. Feels MUCH cooler. I think elevation, water, asphalt, etc can make nighttime temps feel quite different.

Then there's Roxboro, 30 minutes northwest of the Triangle, that seems to get more snow than anyplace east of I-77!

Look at temperature maps during the summer, and notice how much hotter Fayetteville is than surrounding towns!
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