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How cold do you think Hong Kong (at the Hong Kong Observatory) will get during the next few days with the current cold snap? Vote and post your opinions below.
Well Shenzhen is forecasted on the European model to drop to 1C (33.8F). Nanchang is forecasted to drop to 19.4F (-7C). Considering Nanchang avg Jan low is 36.9F, that -17F temp anomaly is nothing compared to what happens in eastern North America in very cold winters. In this relatively mild Jan we have already had a low temp anomaly of -13F. China is far more stable in winter. Show me -35F temp anomalies in China, and then I'll be impressed.
Consider this: in Dec of 1989, Miami FL with avg Dec high temp of 78F had a high temp of 45F. A negative anomaly of 33F on the high temp. Hong Kong avg high this month is 66F. So a forecast high of 8C is still warmer than that 45F Miami got, and not nearly as far from the avg temps.
Again, the crazy anomalies experienced by North America are bizarro.
Well Shenzhen is forecasted on the European model to drop to 1C (33.8F). Nanchang is forecasted to drop to 19.4F (-7C). Considering Nanchang avg Jan low is 36.9F, that -17F temp anomaly is nothing compared to what happens in eastern North America in very cold winters. In this relatively mild Jan we have already had a low temp anomaly of -13F. China is far more stable in winter. Show me -35F temp anomalies in China, and then I'll be impressed.
Nanchang is at the same latitude as Orlando. I don't think oranges care what the average low is.
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Originally Posted by tom77falcons
Consider this: in Dec of 1989, Miami FL with avg Dec high temp of 78F had a high temp of 45F. A negative anomaly of 33F on the high temp. Hong Kong avg high this month is 66F. So a forecast high of 8C is still warmer than that 45F Miami got, and not nearly as far from the avg temps.
Again, the crazy anomalies experienced by North America are bizarro.
It's bizarre to have an average high of 66F in the tropics.
Consider this: If North America had the same temperatures as Asia at equivalent latitudes, Jacksonville FL would have an average January high in the 40s and Virginia Beach would have an average high in the 30s.
Maybe a forecast chart should be posted to see what the cold the OP is talking about. A high of 49°C (9.5°C) looks very chilly for a place with a tropical latitude if only barely
Nanchang is at the same latitude as Orlando. I don't think oranges care what the average low is.
It's bizarre to have an average high of 66F in the tropics.
Consider this: If North America had the same temperatures as Asia at equivalent latitudes, Jacksonville FL would have an average January high in the 40s and Virginia Beach would have an average high in the 30s.
It is a given that China has colder avg temps. I know it is not important to many on here, but strongly dislike wild deviations from average temps. And China is more stable.
Orlando has had a low temp of 18F. It is a fact that temps of 13F were recorded in citrus fields around Orlando in the 80's. I wonder when millions and millions of acres of citrus trees were outright killed by cold in China.
How bout Jax having a low temp of 7F at 30N? Miami having snow and a low temp of 27F.
Oranges are native to China btw, and so are a huge slew of broadleaf evergreens. The stability in their temps is one of the main reasons imo. They don't get the crazy anomalies that shock and kill vegetation.
Yeah, there are few tropical regions that have winter averages as cool as east Asia.
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