Setting the record straight about Canadian weather (february, Europe, amount)
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I think what is telling is that Australia has an active and thriving beach scene in the middle of "winter" in many areas like Cairns and Darwin. Canada's ski scene is minimal in the middle of summer. So I would even argue that Australia has more of a beach culture than Canada has a ski culture because there are many places in Australia where swimming at the beach is a year round possibility.
It's not a contest
Just the fact that you admit there is a beach culture within Canada helps. Do you live near a beach in Vancouver?
Now you are just playing. Most people follow the astronomical seasons. June 21st is the first day of summer, but you know that.
Actually a lot of countries use only the meteorological seasons. Australia, for example.
But more relevantly, here on the weather forum we use the meteorological seasons exclusively. Check with the regulars--or just wait until tomorrow when everyone suddenly switches to posting to the summer thread.
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Originally Posted by Natnasci
You don't seem to know much about Vancouver's weather. The weather in summer IS consistent enough to have a beach culture. In summer the city is focused on the beaches.
You don't seem to have any perspective. Compare Vancouver to Sydney for example and then decide whether you think Vancouver is still beach-focused.
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Originally Posted by Natnasci
There have already been postings about beaches in Canada that have nice warm water, mainly lake beaches.
People DO swim in ocean beaches as well. I grew up swimming at Vancouver's beaches.
Here's the thing. This thread ISN'T about comparing Canadian beaches to Australia or New Zealand, let alone NJ.
It about the misconceptions of Canadian weather. Once again, this thread has PROVED the misconceptions are still out there.
Grand Beach in the middle of the prairies looks nice.
Quite an ordinary beach in the grand scheme of things.
I'm still waiting to see a Canadian beach that is picturesque with warm weather and warm water.
I've been in Canada for about tens days now. Ontario. I come here frequently enough that I was stopped and questioned by Immigration last crossing.
Some of my friends in Jersey seem to think it's always freezing here. Well, while it's been 60 and raining near the Jersey shore for a few days this past week, it's been in the 80s and hot and muggy here.
With black flies, something I've never met before. Have about a dozen and a half bites to show for it.
Actually a lot of countries use only the meteorological seasons. Australia, for example.
But more relevantly, here on the weather forum we use the meteorological seasons exclusively. Check with the regulars--or just wait until tomorrow when everyone suddenly switches to posting to the summer thread.
You don't seem to have any perspective. Compare Vancouver to Sydney for example and then decide whether you think Vancouver is still beach-focused.
Quite an ordinary beach in the grand scheme of things.
I'm still waiting to see a Canadian beach that is picturesque with warm weather and warm water.
We aren't talking about other countries, we are talking about SUMMER in Canada, which starts on June 21st.
You are just deflecting anyway. I don't care if you call the warmer months " boogoologo ", Canada has warm weather in summer, and in fact HOT weather in many places.
After explaining time and time again, you either don't get it, or you are being purposely obtuse.
Just because another spot on the planet may have MORE of a beach culture does NOT negate the fact that other places DO have one.
I've been in Canada for about tens days now. Ontario. I come here frequently enough that I was stopped and questioned by Immigration last crossing.
Some of my friends in Jersey seem to think it's always freezing here. Well, while it's been 60 and raining near the Jersey shore for a few days this past week, it's been in the 80s and hot and muggy here.
With black flies, something I've never met before. Have about a dozen and a half bites to show for it.
And then the mosquitoes...
I'm on a lake, though, not a beach.
Every been to the west coast or east coast of Canada?
Yes, a lot of people find it difficult to comprehend warm weather in Canada...as shown in this thread.
The fact that it was 21C in LA a week ago, and 33C in parts of Manitoba, would seem like a lie to a lot of people.
The cliche of Americans crossing the border in July with skis, isn't far from the truth.
Just the fact that you admit there is a beach culture within Canada helps. Do you live near a beach in Vancouver?
Yes I do think most of Canada has a beach culture or at least spend time near or in the water culture in the warmer months. There are so many people not just in BC but also the rest of Canada who own/rent cottages on fresh and salt water and spend a lot of time there in the summer. I have some cousins who live on the prairies and Ontario who own cottages and go there almost every weekend in the summer and getting out on the water with a canoe/kayak/water-skiing etc.. I actually think doing this is fairly engrained as a past time in a lot of Canada during the summer. It is definitely NOT the same kind of beach/watersports culture found in tropical environments but it is definitely still a culture and many Canadians partake.
I personally don't live super close to a beach myself but I try and go fairly often in the summer to an ocean beach at low tide so I can relax in a warm tidal pool and swim around a bit. I also have visited several lake beaches on the north shore too and enjoyed them. I do love being on or in the water though and if the water is a little cold, I don't mind. That being said, I can also understand people who are reticent about cold water swimming at our beaches.
I've been in Canada for about tens days now. Ontario. I come here frequently enough that I was stopped and questioned by Immigration last crossing.
Some of my friends in Jersey seem to think it's always freezing here. Well, while it's been 60 and raining near the Jersey shore for a few days this past week, it's been in the 80s and hot and muggy here.
With black flies, something I've never met before. Have about a dozen and a half bites to show for it.
And then the mosquitoes...
I'm on a lake, though, not a beach.
Lol cherry picking a few hot days to compare to rainy noreasterly windy days at the Jersey shore doesn't cut it my friend.
May so far in Cape May NJ avg high/low 23.7C/13.6C
May so far in Toronto (far inland from cool ocean) 22.5C/10.8C
How does Cape May compare to the gold standard Prince Edward Island lol? Or Nova Scotia or Halifax?
Philly of course warmer than Toronto averages so far this month
May so far for Philadelphia 25.2C/14.3C
Even better is this. So far Cape May on the southern NJ shore is averaging 18.7C for the month which is the mean for July for Charlottetown on PEI. And in July Cape May mean is 24.5C vs 21.5C for Toronto vs 18.7C for Charlottetown. Nice try, but you fail.
It is so boring watching Canadians on this thread trying to puff up their beaches, which are just not enjoyable if you like warm water and warm weather on an OCEAN beach. Stop bringing lakes into this. I said Canada fails in the decent beach department and they just do. And where I live beach means one thing and that is an ocean beach not a lake. There are tons of lakes all around here with far warmer water than any lake in Canada. Heck people swim in Del Bay and River and the water is in the mid 80's in summer. Another popular thing is riding down the upper Delaware River in floats and inner tubes and the water is like a bath. Still the vast vast majority in Philly go to the ocean beaches of the NJ shore.
Why else would so many Canadians flock down here in summer for the beach. And they basically set up camp for the entire day and never leave lol. I see them every year. They rent houses here.
That being said, I can also understand people who are reticent about cold water swimming at our beaches.
Exactly what I had in mind when I said Canada lacks beaches to enjoy for swimming, etc. They just do.
The Atlantic Coast of Canada c'mon who wants to swim in that water off Halifax or wherever it is just cold and more cold.
And so Canadians with low self esteem about their beaches pick some small island sitting in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and then measure the water temp in shallow tidal pools lol, and then claim it is "some of the warmest water in the Northern Hemisphere". That says a lot about the mentality. Not my idea of a beach vacation.
Get over it. You have great mountains but your far north location robbed you of any really decently warm beaches to enjoy in summer. Why no mention of Hudson Bay lol as having great beaches?
Atlantic Coast of Canada somewhere in Newfoundland:
Where is the beach to enjoy and what is the water like? Yes pretty to look at, but not swim and lay on the sand. Wonder how many months it actually looks like this as those small pine trees mean cold cold many months.
Why are y'all arguing so much about a "beach culture" for Canada? Canada, more than anything, has a LAKE culture just like Minnesota. There's fabulous lakes in Canada which are just as good for swimming. And why does it matter if its an ocean or not? Are you all marine mammals? Can your skins not handle fresh water? I'm confused.
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