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NA is a big continent winters means hotter summers and colder winters or very unstable winters in the South.
It shouldn't matter, Africa is the second largest continent in the world, after Asia, yet Durban, SA is cool compared to the SE. The SE is so far away from any desert, and yet places in the Southern Hemisphere RIGHT NEXT to boiling hot deserts stay so mild. Very strange.
Alice Springs has similar summer temps day + night and with lower humidity than in Houston right by the coast. Such is the maritime influence of the SH.
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It shouldn't matter, Africa is the second largest continent in the world, after Asia, yet Durban, SA is cool compared to the SE. The SE is so far away from any desert, and yet places in the Southern Hemisphere RIGHT NEXT to boiling hot deserts stay so mild. Very strange.
In the case of South Africa, 1. Most of southern Africa is a plateau, so you have cooler air temps in the interior, plus Mountain blockage, like coastal California
2. Cooler sea temps than the GOMEX and coastal Atlantic once again
I'll take the United States because I like the majority of the climates in the Western US as opposed to liking certain, somewhat scattered climates in Australia. With that being said, I will say that Canberra and Sydney are better than most of the climates in the Eastern US, all of them actually. I'll even take Melbourne in a heartbeat over a climate like Memphis.
In the case of South Africa, 1. Most of southern Africa is a plateau, so you have cooler air temps in the interior, plus Mountain blockage, like coastal California
2. Cooler sea temps than the GOMEX and coastal Atlantic once again
1.) I know about the plateau, but I mentioned Durban, which is a coastal city.
2.)The ocean water may be warm, but I don't know if that necessarily means hotter temps. Tropical Mexico isn't as hot as the SE US in summer (80s for highs vs 90s), yet it has the same GOMEX.
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1.) I know about the plateau, but I mentioned Durban, which is a coastal city.
2.)The ocean water may be warm, but I don't know if that necessarily means hotter temps. Tropical Mexico isn't as hot as the SE US in summer (80s for highs vs 90s), yet it has the same GOMEX.
Actually, tropical Mexico is very hot in the summer, and with even higher DP's than the south. Veracruz may have a normal high of 88° in July, but coupled with 76°-77° DP's, worse than Miami Beach
Actually, tropical Mexico is very hot in the summer, and with even higher DP's than the south. Veracruz may have a normal high of 88° in July, but coupled with 76°-77° DP's, worse than Miami Beach
He is trying to make The South sound like Phoenix.
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Not at all. I am just wondering what would make summer temps in the SE US hot compared to coastal Australia. Summer temps in the SE are in the low 90s, which isn't all that hot, but coastal Australia, with low 80s temps, is far cooler.
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