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Atlanta winters are comparable to winters in Eugene, Oregon - a city that is nearly 10 degrees further north!
Atlanta winters are also not too far away from winters in London which is 17.5 degrees further north.. we have milder minimum temperatures in winter but lower max temperatures. the benefits of being on the western side of a continent.
Closer to Miami because the summers are almost identical and the even the winter temperature overnight lows average above freezing. I do admit Atlanta has a lot more variation in winter than tropical Miami. Still, the main factor is that Atlanta gets only 1-3 snow events each winter that melts the next day and can reach 80 degrees in winter even 3 or 4 days after a snow or ice storm. Montreal has 5 months of constant snow cover and stays below freezing all winter long.
Closer to Miami because the summers are almost identical and the even the winter temperature overnight lows average above freezing. I do admit Atlanta has a lot more variation in winter than tropical Miami. Still, the main factor is that Atlanta gets only 1-3 snow events each winter that melts the next day and can reach 80 degrees in winter even 3 or 4 days after a snow or ice storm. Montreal has 5 months of constant snow cover and stays below freezing all winter long.
Right. I don't even like snow but even I know that 7 inches is WEAK. I guess to a Floridian, anything above the Florida state line is polar.
Atlanta winters are also not too far away from winters in London which is 17.5 degrees further north.. we have milder minimum temperatures in winter but lower max temperatures. the benefits of being on the western side of a continent.
Not sure how using London or Oregon helps to make OP's main point. Two places known for having mild winters.
Not sure how using London or Oregon helps to make OP's main point. Two places known for having mild winters.
I was just pointing out that he used Oregon as an example of somewhere 10 degrees further north with similar winters, when there are places up to 18 degrees further north with similar winters.
I was just pointing out that he used Oregon as an example of somewhere 10 degrees further north with similar winters, when there are places up to 18 degrees further north with similar winters.
Oh I know. Guess he doesn't realize how latitude doesn't necessarily increase harshness of winters.
A cold winter day with snowfall in Atlanta will feel more like Montreal. Atlanta occasionally experiences brutal winter weather that is more comparable to Montreal than Miami, but on the whole I would say Atlanta's climate is more similar to Miami due to the long, hot, and humid summers.
Miami, I'd say. Winters are just not wintry enough in Atlanta to be able to compare it more to Montreal, occasional winter storms notwithstanding. And summers there are also more similar to Miami's than to Montreal's.
Miami by far, Asking which city is more similar, Montreal would probably be a closer cousin climatically to Minneapolis than to Atlanta or Chicago, although I have heard that Chicago isn't that different than Minneapolis other than their winters being shorter in duration and warmer with the warming of Lake Michigan have some influence on their climate.
Unlike Miami, both cities most trees lose their leaves in winter
and Atlanta does get some very cool days where the even the high does not go about freezing.
In Miami I can walk around in T-shirt and shorts in winter,
not so in both Atlanta and Montreal....I'm wearing a jacket in winter,
except for occasional way above normal winter day in Atlanta.
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