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I think I'd choose Miami...more of a classic wet/dry tropical savanna type climate, and summer highs in Brownsville are a bit too hot. I'd like the storms in Miami too, and I'm guessing there's more of an ocean breeze. Brownsville has a kind of weird rainfall pattern, summers are pretty dry, quite different to Southern Florida. One plus for Brownsville is that if you don't like constant heat at least their winters are a bit cool.
Brownsville for the coolish winters. Its rainfall pattern looks like an hybrid between tropical savanna (dry winters, increasing rainfall in spring) and (at least French) mediterranean (rather dry summers, rainfall peak in autumn).
I'm surprised that the record highs aren't higher. I would have guessed it had dry and scorching heat bursts from inland from time to time.
One plus for Brownsville is that if you don't like constant heat at least their winters are a bit cool.
I wouldn't trust the averages, 90 degree highs and 60 degree lows are not unheard of during winter, but blue northerners can bring temperatures down into the 30s*F just as quickly.
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Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed
Not really. Some species of palms grow in Brownsville. The cold lasts a very short time, just like in Miami.
Definitely not as warm during the winter as Miami, but there are a few coconut palms there which seemed to have survived last winter (coldest since 1989). Other tropical plants like Ficus, Royal Poinicana Trees, and Royal Palms are quite common as well. Temperatures haven't dropped below the high 20s*F since 1989.
I'd definitely pick Miami for more rainfall and better overall weather.
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