Rate This Climate: Miami, FL (temp, places, USA, sun)
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Other posters have already said most of what I wanted to say, but I'd like to make one more point. In unusual heat waves the parts of the coastal northeast might be able to get as hot as Miami. But not for humidity. The humidity is much higher in Miami.
Maybe the poster meant to say by the NE being hotter than Miami, that the record highs (extremes) have gotten hotter -- since Miami's record high is just 100F, being humid/coastal and record temps in the NE have been higher.
Nobody is saying that it's "bad" just the ridiculous statement that you made about Miami's summers being cooler than the NE and not even acknowledging any other post disagreeing with your ridiculous assesment is kinda...you know.
Well I've never been there, so I admit my statements are a bit moot. But sometimes averages can be misleading. The NE has heat waves. Miami does not, we rarely get above 95 period. You guys pass 100 frequently.
NO. NYC recorded 2 days above 100°F last summer during a rather memorable heat wave. The last time NYC broke 100°F before that was in 2001. On average year, NYC records 90°F or above 15 times.
Some spots further inland might hit 100°F a bit more often, but it's still rare.
Well I've never been there, so I admit my statements are a bit moot. But sometimes averages can be misleading. The NE has heat waves. Miami does not, we rarely get above 95 period. You guys pass 100 frequently.
Describe "frequently".
NYC may hit 100 every 5 or 10 years. Philly about the same. DC maybe a little more often. Boston less than NYC, and the interior NE even less frequent.
Well I've never been there, so I admit my statements are a bit moot. But sometimes averages can be misleading. The NE has heat waves. Miami does not, we rarely get above 95 period. You guys pass 100 frequently.
Frequently? Geez just stop while you are behind. Here is the problem. You see a heat wave up north and YES ..it can and does get hot and humid. What you are missing is this. It is 90 with high humidity EVERY day in Florida..the north has cool nights, less sun angle, cold fronts...see the difference? Florida is perpetual...the north can get quite hot but its fleeting. Not to mention Floridas heat spans many months...If the north has 10 days over 90, that is a BAD heat year.
Just so you guys know, over 5 million people live in Miami, and a third of the earth's population lives in other tropical climates around the planet. It can't be that bad.
I would tread lightly…there is a lot of “heat hate” or “anti sunbelt” mentality on the weather boards (lol). Obviously more people have issue with the cold than the heat – since Florida has doubled its population in the last 20 years while places like North Dakota are losing population. The numbers tell the facts.
For the record..I see your point: I have lived (and still do) in both the Tri-State area and metro South Florida. On a sunny July day in NYC, when it’s 92 F, the dew point is 75 F, and the sun is blazing down…feels little different than a July 87 F day with a dew point of 77 F in Miami. Also, there is a much stronger breeze in coastal south Florida in summer than the Middle Atlantic States (closer to the Azores/Bermuda High).
I would tread lightly…there is a lot of “heat hate” or “anti sunbelt” mentality on the weather boards (lol). Obviously more people have issue with the cold than the heat – since Florida has doubled its population in the last 20 years while places like North Dakota are losing population. The numbers tell the facts.
For the record..I see your point: I have lived (and still do) in both the Tri-State area and metro South Florida. On a sunny July day in NYC, when it’s 92 F, the dew point is 75 F, and the sun is blazing down…feels little different than a July 87 F day with a dew point of 77 F in Miami. Also, there is a much stronger breeze in coastal south Florida in summer than the Middle Atlantic States (closer to the Azores/Bermuda High).
…and for the record…I love BOTH in JULY.
When is it ever 87F for a daytime high in July in Miami?
87°F is the average July high. Only 17 days a year break 90°F.
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