Climate Battle: Los Angeles vs New Orleans

[ral31]

Definitely New Orleans.

[BullochResident]

They both have their problems. New Orleans, being surrounded on 3 sides by water is just too damn vulnerable to hurricanes and has a decent chance of getting hit by another Katrina sometime in my lifetime. LA, like Phoenix, is just too damn dry and will experience significant water shortages. They were lucky they got all that rain last month. Sooner or later, the luck will run out and they will dry/burn completely up.

[BullochResident]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

Places in the SW of England are in a higher growing zone (for winter minimums) than New Orleans.

New Orleans went down to 11F in 1989, and 14F in 1983 and 1985. I'm still trying to figure out what the heck went on in the 1980's as pretty much everywhere in the eastern US had very cold record lows throughout the 1980's. I wonder if it was Mt. St. Helens eruption in 1980.

Probably. The 1980s was the last time the south experienced true northern winter air. Not even the polor vortex in January 2014 could compete. I don't think we'll be seeing sub-zero temps (Fahrenheit) in places like central Georgia EVER again.