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As a local, it is too hot for too long. Over 100 days of 90F weather on average, with most of it being under heavy humidity. Way too stormy as of recently and too prone to flooding. Too hot during the winter months, it went up to 87F in February this year and passed 80F 17 times from December 2016 to February 2017. Getting up to 86F or higher twice. That was more of an extreme winter, but well it happens. Most normal winters are more in the middle.
No complaints from me whatsoever, the only thing that would make Houston a better climate is if it averaged more year round precipitation and had slightly higher humidity.
I'll certainly agree with too hot in the summer--well, to me it's just too warm there year round because I like cold winters
Cloudy?? I know it's not Phoenix with 3800 sunlight hours but Houston definitely doesn't rank among the list of cloudy cities in the U.S.
This guy did a graphic on where the clouds are and although he shows bias by calling it the "Dreariness Index" it's pretty accurate as to which areas are cloudy:
I'm not sure why it's "dreary" to be cloudy. I grew up in one of the top 5 cities for cloudiness and personally find it downright depressing when the sun shows up for more than a couple of days
I think that the UK got the better deal in terms of sunlight hours. I've looked at some places that get under 1,000 hours annually and would personally love that.
I lived in the area for a few years. For me it would be the humidity and the hot summers. With possible flooding and hurricanes as other issues. Not every year has hurricanes and flooding but the hot summers and the humidity are guarantees yearly.
The cloudiness does not occur in the way you expect. The sunshine hours don't tell the full story.
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Originally Posted by Marie Joseph
Cloudy?? I know it's not Phoenix with 3800 sunlight hours but Houston definitely doesn't rank among the list of cloudy cities in the U.S.
This guy did a graphic on where the clouds are and although he shows bias by calling it the "Dreariness Index" it's pretty accurate as to which areas are cloudy:
I'm not sure why it's "dreary" to be cloudy. I grew up in one of the top 5 cities for cloudiness and personally find it downright depressing when the sun shows up for more than a couple of days
Precisely.
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