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I thought London was much wetter and cooler till I discovered that it only receives about 600 mm of rain and temperatures don't go commonly below zero.
*Ushuaia and other Southern Patagonian cities - I thought they were warmer in summer and colder in winter, more like Finland.
*Vancouver - I thought it has sub-zero winters for long)
*Sochi - I thought it is less hot in summers
*South Africa - I thought it is completely tropical (until I found Sutherland's climate)
*USA - I thought it is colder)
1.) As a child, I always thought Scotland was always very cold and snowy all winter every winter, partly because my only visit there aged 9 had a blizzard.
2.) Also as a child, I believed Australia either had only tropical or desert climates. Temps over 40°C the norm in places like Sydney and Melbourne. Tasmania a tropical island.
3.) I always thought NYC was substantially colder than London for some reason (by average temperature) and had similar summers with much colder winters and lots and lots of snow all winter.
4.) Thought San Francisco was very hot with highs over 30°C most of the year.
5.) Despite it actually being fairly dry as far as total rainfall goes I always had the impression of SE England being quite rainy when I lived there, and certainly rainier than many cities which have a lot more annual rainfall.
3.) I always thought NYC was substantially colder than London for some reason (by average temperature) and had similar summers with much colder winters and lots and lots of snow all winter.
You are partly right about NYC. Much colder winters than London but snowfall, while usually greater than London, is fickle.
When I was a kid, I thought everywhere from Washington, DC north had permanent snow cover from December-March. I was surprised when I found out NYC only has a 20-30% chance of a white Christmas.
I also thought London and the entire UK was much colder in winter and also had permanent snow cover from December-March.
Kids' books where it's always snowy in the winter gave me misconceptions of climate in other places.
Like others on here I also used to think all of Africa was tropical.
I used to believe that the Midwest would become a Bsk or a Bwk climate under climate warming , only to find out millennialurbanists’ proposition of the Midwest becoming subarctic (Dfc) in climate
I mean NYC has had 10 winters with less than 25 cm of snow. It doesn't seem impossible that London could've gotten more snow than that one of those years.
You are partly right about NYC. Much colder winters than London but snowfall, while usually greater than London, is fickle.
I wouldn't say winters are even that much colder on average. Average lows in winter are like a ~10F difference between the two places.
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