Rank these humid subtropical climates in order from your most to least favorite (records, temperature)
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Thanks; I like to have people rank multiple climates that have similarities with a poll to also pick the one they like best of the bunch. I feel that the bi-modal hot vs. cold climate option has been overdone on the weather forum.
Tokyo looks the best in the chart, but now I remember Japan doesn't get many thunderstorms. On the other hand Charleston is too warm, while Oklahoma City is too dry and prone to violent tornadoes.
1. Florence
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2. Tokyo
3. Charleston
4. Okc
5. BA
6. Sydney
7. Brisbane/Johannesburg
9. Tampa
10. Hong Kong
Florence is easily the winner here. With a colder winter it could be a really great 4 seasons climate. I love especially its summers and pp regime. Tokyo is nice overall but way too humid and cloudy. Charleston has a pseudo-winter (but can get some propers cold snaps at least) and a bit too hot summer lows overall. Okc has too hot summers and is too sunny, looks more continental actually. BA is too humid and has those pseudo-winters, also a bit too cloudy. Sydney is like BA but also its summers are not solid enough and has those annoying temps swings by day. Brisbane/Johannesburg are weak by most aspects but aren't terrible thanks to their good pp regime and moderate humidity. Tampa is terrible and Hong Kong disgusting and i barely can believe both are labeled subtropical really...(this koppen guy).
I don't understand why such love for Brisbane. Non existant winters and so damn long warm seasons (also a bit too sunny).
I'm happy to see that most non-Americans realize the major flaws of the Southeast US and rank them accordingly. Way too hot summers, and way too unstable winters is the reason.
People in the US think everything here is the be all end all. Wrong. There are so many better subtropical climates in the world than the Southeast US I don't know where to start. Yes I admit they are subtropical, but I like places where you know what you are going to get. When I went to Savannah in January I didn't know whether I was going to get Jan 2014 or a warm one. Luckily I got an average one, but you never know. That doesn't happen in almost every other subtropical climate. As I have said, no in Australia frets about whether or not millions of citrus trees are going to be killed by cold. They never know in Florida.
Slight edge to Hong Kong over Sydney. I love Charleston's climate as well, but I thought I'd think outside the box on this one considering Charleston is 90 minutes away from me. I chose Hong Kong Just because of the precipitation and year-round tropical-esque climate, with a rare cold snap every now and again to make it interesting . Dry as a bone summers, like J-Burgs, doesn't tickle my fancy all that much; much like Mediterranean climates. Beautiful areas the Mediterranean climates are, but I like my thunderstorms and humidity. Weird, I know.
Wow! And looking back at it, I had no idea Johannesburg was located at 26 degrees south. Gets pretty cool even at that latitude.
Slight edge to Hong Kong over Sydney. I love Charleston's climate as well, but I thought I'd think outside the box on this one considering Charleston is 90 minutes away from me. I chose Hong Kong Just because of the precipitation and year-round tropical-esque climate, with a rare cold snap every now and again to make it interesting . Dry as a bone summers, like J-Burgs, doesn't tickle my fancy all that much; much like Mediterranean climates. Beautiful areas the Mediterranean climates are, but I like my thunderstorms and humidity. Weird, I know.
Wow! And looking back at it, I had no idea Johannesburg was located at 26 degrees south. Gets pretty cool even at that latitude.
It's because of the high (5751 feet; 1753 meters) altitude. If it was at sea level, using the International Standard Atmosphere, which says the temperature falls by 6.5 °C every kilometer, Johannesburg, at a low elevation of 100 meters, would have probably gotten 36.3 °C highs in January, and 27.4 °C highs in July. Hardly pretty cool for the latitude
I'm more amazed by Hong Kong, it's at 22N, inside the tropics, yet the winters are fairly damp and chilly. For example, in the western hemisphere, Havana, Cuba is at 22N.
Charleston, Tampa, Brisbane, and Johannesburg are all solid As. Sydney and Buenos Aires are borderline because I'm not sure how to convert those sunshine hours to US equivalents. Hong Kong has good temperatures but very bad sunshine and too much rain. Tokyo has so-so temperatures and bad sunshine. Oklahoma City has good sunshine but not so great temperatures and too much wind. Florence would be perfect temperature-wise if it were 2 or 3 degrees cooler and I don't know about the sunshine. So there are my three tiers.
Charleston, Tampa, Brisbane, Johannesburg
Sydney, Buenos Aires
The other ones
Slight edge to Hong Kong over Sydney. I love Charleston's climate as well, but I thought I'd think outside the box on this one considering Charleston is 90 minutes away from me. I chose Hong Kong Just because of the precipitation and year-round tropical-esque climate, with a rare cold snap every now and again to make it interesting . Dry as a bone summers, like J-Burgs, doesn't tickle my fancy all that much; much like Mediterranean climates. Beautiful areas the Mediterranean climates are, but I like my thunderstorms and humidity. Weird, I know.
Wow! And looking back at it, I had no idea Johannesburg was located at 26 degrees south. Gets pretty cool even at that latitude.
It's the winters in Joburg that are "dry as a bone." Summers are their wet season.
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