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The East Coast USA can definitely get potent cold spells but they are often very short in duration lasting only a week at most before the temp rebounds again. Places like Charlotte can reach subzero highs and more only for temperatures to rebound up to 20c all in the middle of January.
In my opinion a place that is cold and is categorised as having a cold winter climate will not experience such variations. Could you imagine if a ski resort had those variations? The snow would never last!
Yeah, I wouldn't call the East Coast south of Boston as a cold winter climate. Interior New England and Upstate NY certainly are though.
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Yes that's what I was saying.
The East Coast USA can definitely get potent cold spells but they are often very short in duration lasting only a week at most before the temp rebounds again. Places like Charlotte can reach subzero highs and more only for temperatures to rebound up to 20c all in the middle of January.
In my opinion a place that is cold and is categorised as having a cold winter climate will not experience such variations. Could you imagine if a ski resort had those variations? The snow would never last!
They are Not Cold,Just are susceptible to Quickly Cold Spells(Somes very Cold),who dosnt lasts longer.
But its Mostly due to the Lower Latitude-Higher Sun,while in Eastern Europe the Higher Latitude-Lower Sun Helps the Cold to Last more time.
You guys are a bit further along than we are. We've had a whole bunch of trees that suddenly greened up over the past few days but not quite to the extent of that first picture, and still a good amount that are bare or just barely budding. That should change within the next week or so, though.
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Seems like air masses just last longer in general in Eastern Europe than the Eastern US. Whether its warm or cold anomalies.
Its what Amazes me in Weather.
Other place that have a Interesting Climate is Eastern/Northeastern Asia.
Beijing for Example gets Warm so Quickly,they are Forecasted to get High 70s for the Whole week,while in the Same Latitude in US are getting Cold and Snow.
The East Coast USA can definitely get potent cold spells but they are often very short in duration lasting only a week at most before the temp rebounds again. Places like Charlotte can reach subzero highs and more only for temperatures to rebound up to 20c all in the middle of January.
In my opinion a place that is cold and is categorised as having a cold winter climate will not experience such variations. Could you imagine if a ski resort had those variations? The snow would never last!
That's what makes the east coast a great place, when we get below average weather its very rare for it to last more than 2 weeks consistently day on and day end with no breaks, even during the second half of feb 2015 when we were in the midst in what was the coldest weather I had experienced for so long, we had 2 days of nice weather, in the 1 day in the middle of the outbreak that nearly broke 60, then another day at the end in the upper 50s also. Oceanic climates seem to get stuck into a cold pattern and it lasts a while then a warm one that lasts a while. Also subfreezing highs are only 2-3 days a year in charlotte, 70 degree days tend to be more during a winter that sub freezing days. Take this week here in Raleigh, yesterday nearly broke 80, tonight we will have a frost.
Low of 22°F(-5.5C) this morning. Birds having trouble finding food.
Saw a Robin land in this dirt area, poke at it hoping for food then left when it realized it was frozen solid.
This is what it feels like out there. In F°
My wood stove is cranking like its February. Need to load it up again.
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