Climate Battle: Spain vs California (snow, record, temperatures, 2014)
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Completely true! It has also some extreme dry and hot climates like those ones from the Death Valley. More than 46.9ºC/116.5F every day? Who would like that.
No place in Cali has Cfa, Cfb, Dfa or Dfb climates (Oceanic, Humid Subtropical and types of humid continental climates).
I don't know why some people say that they are pretty similar and variated if Cali hasn't got a single humid climate, although in the north some places are very humid with Csb climates and pretty green, but still with a defined dry season in the summer. No oceanic for example, which is probably the climate with the greenest landscapes. Spain has also a few zones with humid subtropical climates.
13 Köppen climates in Spain vs 10 in California. But California has a Csc climate which is very similar to a Dsb one, no humid continental/subtropical instead.
The distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco is similar as the distance between Seville and Burgos.
Average temperature in Los Angeles in January is 15,1c , in San Francisco is 10,7c - difference 4,4c
Average temperature in Los Angeles in July is 23,6c , in San Francisco is 15,7c - difference 7.9c
Average annual temperature in Los Angeles is 19,2c , in San Francisco is 14,1c - difference 5,1c https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles#Climat, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Climate
This is why many people chooses California instead of Spain. Spain has things known by a very few outside Spain. Not a problem, I can show them gladly =)
No man, you don't know them, that doesn't mean that "nothing can match it". Be calm, at the end of this post I will show you things that California really can't match in any way, while Spain can match (and overcome many of those ones from above)
whaaa? are you serious? and those are the best Californian beaches? don't even mentioning that in most of Cali the water is very cold even in summer...
Spain smashes without any kind of piety the beaches of California. Those are Atlantic/Oceanic beaches, are similar in temperature as the ones of Cali. Wanna see the warmer Mediterranean ones?
Texas can have better beaches, Florida of course has and wins Spain by far. But California? lol, the only part of which wins the beaches of Spain is in Mexico, not in the US =)))
Those palm trees are not native of there. That is a palm tree farm... Spain also has even bigger concentrations of palms... The 3rd in the world, to be more exact. (the first 2 ones are in Africa)
Verdict: Comparing Spain to California is pretty cruel. I'm sorry, but your post was with enormous superiority complex... I don't know why, if it's clear that Cali hasn't got Oceanic, Humid Subtropical or Humid Continental climates. Spain has. And Spain has anything you can find in California. Better beaches, better landscapes... Maybe Cali has better deserts, but because Cali has 1000 times more desert.
I think the two have similar climatic variety. However, California has this variety a lot closer together with far more micro climates. There are much more mountains, and so it's very easy to just go like 50km from anywhere (except if you're in the middle of the Sacramento valley) and experience a very different climate. Also, there are so many more A climates in California, whereas I don't even know if Spain has a single one. California is more moderated and has the possibility for warmer winters (that's if we're talking about Iberian Spain, I mean, discussing Denmark's climate you wouldn't really bring in Greenland into the discussion would you?). California also have a lot of climates with moderate rainfall that also have nice sunshine, and very few rain days. Inland Cali is also very comparable, if not better than inland Spain as well. There's really no area Spain excels in for me, except perhaps warmer ocean water.
I think Junter has written about a Bible's worth of posts coming into the defense of Spain. Chill out dude, not everything is an attack on Spain, for ****s sake.
And tbh, I think some people are voting against Spain just to **** you off.
I think the two have similar climatic variety. However, California has this variety a lot closer together with far more micro climates. There are much more mountains, and so it's very easy to just go like 50km from anywhere (except if you're in the middle of the Sacramento valley) and experience a very different climate. Also, there are so many more A climates in California, whereas I don't even know if Spain has a single one. California is more moderated and has the possibility for warmer winters (that's if we're talking about Iberian Spain, I mean, discussing Denmark's climate you wouldn't really bring in Greenland into the discussion would you?). California also have a lot of climates with moderate rainfall that also have nice sunshine, and very few rain days. Inland Cali is also very comparable, if not better than inland Spain as well. There's really no area Spain excels in for me, except perhaps warmer ocean water.
Spain has lots of mountains too!
About the variation in a small area... in less than 50km from me I have 4 different Köppen climates and 5-6 different landscapes, including a very high mountain with decidious trees.
Cali has more extreme and instable weather, one day can be cool and 2 days later can be hot. In California, droughts are quite more frequent, and earthquakes a lot more.
Well, AlmerÃa, Cádiz, Málaga, Alicante and Tarifa have some pretty warm winters too, AlmerÃa is very similar to San Diego and those parts of Spain have less possibilty of extreme cold than southern Cali.
AlmerÃa is the only place in mainland Europe which never recorded a temperature of 0°C or less. Has Cali a place which never recorded temps uf 0°C or less? Without counting the small islets of Cali, in mainland I say.
Although the US California goes down to 32°N and Spain barely lower than 37°N so it's also a difference for that. Slightly inland Southern California has warmer high temps during the winter than any European place of course, some places have avg highs in their coldest month above 20°C, that's more than anywhere else in Spain or Europe.
Baba, which would be a perfect climate for you? I'm interested.
If you tell me a couple of examples of A climates to you it would be great!
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Originally Posted by alex985
I think Junter has written about a Bible's worth of posts coming into the defense of Spain. Chill out dude, not everything is an attack on Spain, for ****s sake.
And tbh, I think some people are voting against Spain just to **** you off.
Bro, I know, to the only one i replied kinda pi**ed and a long reply was to the guy with the superiority complex.
I shown him that Spain has all that of those landscapes he claims that Cali has and more things...
The other replies I made were to show examples. I'm sure that a few people would think that Spain had Decidious forests or very wet climates.
About the variation in a small area... in less than 50km from me I have 4 different Köppen climates and 5-6 different landscapes, including a very high mountain with decidious trees.
Cali has more extreme and instable weather, one day can be cool and 2 days later can be hot. In California, droughts are quite more frequent, and earthquakes a lot more.
Well, AlmerÃa, Cádiz, Málaga, Alicante and Tarifa have some pretty warm winters too, AlmerÃa is very similar to San Diego and those parts of Spain have less possibilty of extreme cold than southern Cali.
AlmerÃa is the only place in mainland Europe which never recorded a temperature of 0°C or less. Has Cali a place which never recorded temps uf 0°C or less? Without counting the small islets of Cali, in mainland I say.
Although the US California goes down to 32°N and Spain barely lower than 37°N so it's also a difference for that. Slightly inland Southern California has warmer high temps during the winter than any European place of course, some places have avg highs in their coldest month above 20°C, that's more than anywhere else in Spain or Europe.
Baba, which would be a perfect climate for you? I'm interested.
If you tell me a couple of examples of A climates to you it would be great!
Bro, I know, to the only one i replied kinda pi**ed and a long reply was to the guy with the superiority complex.
I shown him that Spain has all that of those landscapes he claims that Cali has and more things...
The other replies I made were to show examples. I'm sure that a few people would think that Spain had Decidious forests or very wet climates.
I want all months to be as close to 22-25'C as possible. I'm fine with 26'C and 27'C as long as it's dry warmth.
Then I want maximum sunshine, minimum humidity, and minimum rain days but enough precipitation to keep environments lush. Coastal-ish SoCal is all A. The Bay area is also A, as I'm fine with sacrificing winter warmth for lushness as long as there's a quick warmup, and the temps are still warm enough to only have to wear perhaps a thin jacket.
Coastal parts of Spain are kinda humid in summer, hot in summer, and arid, and still don't have as warm winters as I'd want. Inland Spain isn't humid, but still arid, really hot in summer, and even colder in winter. North-western Spain has perhaos a couple of A-climates, but only barely. Sunshine is low and there are a lot of rainy days.
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don't even mentioning that in most of Cali the water is very cold even in summer...
