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View Poll Results: Battle of the Gulf: Corpus vs. Tampa
Corpus Christi 3 17.65%
Tampa 14 82.35%
Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-07-2017, 03:49 PM
 
Location: South Padre Island, TX
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If there's gonna be discomfort to the level of a CC summer, there may as well be storms.
There are storms, they just wait until September to show up in full force.
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Old 04-07-2017, 03:52 PM
 
Location: Broward County, FL
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There are storms, they just wait until September to show up in full force.
That's kind of lame, I'd rather have them in early summer when the sun angle is at its peak, more relief that way. Here in South FL, our strongest storms tend to happen in June/July. September is one of our wettest months as well but that's more due to the amount of tropical disturbances that come through here that time of year.
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Old 04-07-2017, 04:37 PM
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Location: Ontario
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Florida climate at any given latitude is superior to Texas gulf coast.

Florida is warmer in winter, cooler in summer.....better.
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Old 04-07-2017, 04:39 PM
 
Location: Rochester, NY
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Corpus for being drier and more continental.
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Old 04-07-2017, 04:48 PM
 
Location: South Padre Island, TX
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That's kind of lame, I'd rather have them in early summer when the sun angle is at its peak, more relief that way. Here in South FL, our strongest storms tend to happen in June/July. September is one of our wettest months as well but that's more due to the amount of tropical disturbances that come through here that time of year.
I've noticed that the strongest storms in many areas come early in summer (especially June).

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That looks nothing like Senegal. Senegal is virtually rainless in the winter, Corpus Christi gets a good amount of rain. Also, Corpus has a secondary maximum in the spring (April/May). For instance May has more rain than August, so August is not a "rainy month". September is the only anomaly and that is due to tropical storms being able to penetrate the western Gulf that time of year.

Senegal has a Savannah type climate but Corpus Christi has a Humid Subtropical climate that features adequate rain in every month. There really is no dry season.
I was referring more to relative patterns when I made the comparison. The overall pattern for both areas is a year that stays relatively dry, until the big 2-month peak arrives. Now, in Dakar, August is more involved, and then September, whereas the South Texas cities are more of September then October (but the rainfall increase starts in mid August). The South Texas cities also have the entire May-Oct period having more distinct higher rainfall than compared to Dakar. But, these distinctions are still slight relative to the overall pattern of the two areas.

September in Corpus not only has the highest totals, the rainfall frequency (# of precipitation days) are also highest as well. Thus, September is indeed the reliable solid rainfall max month in Corpus, and not just a fluke due to tropical storm strikes. The "secondary maximum" in Corpus looks more May and June rather than April and May; April is a dry month, with not even up to 2 inches of rain on average. Even May barely has higher totals than July and August. August isn't the wettest month, but the middle of the month is when rainfall starts to build up from the mid-summer dry out, culminating in the September peak. The RGV has the same pattern, but more defined:
https://www.weather.gov/media/bro/ne..._July_2014.pdf

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Florida climate at any given latitude is superior to Texas gulf coast.

Florida is warmer in winter, cooler in summer.....better.
Only for the peninsula (Central/South Florida) vs the corresponding coastal areas of South Texas. But for the northern coastal areas of both states, the temperatures are more of a wash (though summer rainfall is still higher for Florida).
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Old 04-07-2017, 07:14 PM
 
Location: Atlanta metro (Cobb County)
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Record low/high of -12F/107F in Corpus and record low/high of -8/99 in Tampa so not really that far off.
Just a small correction - the record lows in both cities are -12 and -8 in Celsius, not Fahrenheit. Subzero F temperatures have never been recorded in peninsular Florida (only in the extreme northern part of the state), and winters in Tampa can certainly pass without any freezes.

My vote for the better climate is Tampa given the more moderate temperatures and lower susceptibility to drought.
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Old 04-07-2017, 07:22 PM
 
Location: South Padre Island, TX
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My vote for the better climate is Tampa given the more moderate temperatures and lower susceptibility to drought.
Keep in mind that Tampa has a distinct dry season from October-May, wherein conditions can get dry enough to induce wildfires.
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Old 04-07-2017, 07:40 PM
 
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I voted for Tampa.
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