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View Poll Results: OKC vs. Austin
OKC 7 31.82%
Austin 15 68.18%
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Old 03-08-2020, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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OKC has horrible weather. It's windy all year, winters are highly variable with extremely cold windy days possible. Summers can be just as hot as Austin so no relief there (look at OKC record highs) and springs are extremely volatile with tornadoes possible. Falls are also highly variable in OKC with drastic changes in temps.

Austin is a fairly nice climate IMHO. The hottest weather is usually dry, cold is present but limited, usually no more than 3 cold days in a row before a warm up, and spring is long and comfortable. For instance we've already had a few weeks of 60's/70's and more expected probably until late April. Our summers are long and predictable and plenty of sun. Falls are sunny and warm.
Oklahoma City Sounds like a warmer version of Indianapolis lol

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Old 03-08-2020, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Saint-Petersburg
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OKC has horrible weather. It's windy all year, winters are highly variable with extremely cold windy days possible. Summers can be just as hot as Austin so no relief there (look at OKC record highs) and springs are extremely volatile with tornadoes possible. Falls are also highly variable in OKC with drastic changes in temps.

Austin is a fairly nice climate IMHO. The hottest weather is usually dry, cold is present but limited, usually no more than 3 cold days in a row before a warm up, and spring is long and comfortable. For instance we've already had a few weeks of 60's/70's and more expected probably until late April. Our summers are long and predictable and plenty of sun. Falls are sunny and warm.

34°C average high of hottest month in Oklahoma? 35°C in Austin? That's terrible for me, I could never live in climate with so hot summers. I think 35°C is good for all-time record high, not for average high.
Why I think Oklahoma is better? It has less dangerous sun and it's slightly cooler.
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Old 03-09-2020, 12:04 AM
 
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Really? OKC is windier than Austin? Remember, I'm talking about winds OTHER THAN tornadoes.

OKC in the winter is not that windy at all.

I'm a fan of humid, muggy weather, so whichever is muggier is for me.
I spent a winter in Oklahoma City once and was blasted by winds that originated somewhere north of Minnesota and proceeded south unmolested. Not at all pleasant.
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Old 03-09-2020, 02:57 AM
 
Location: Putnam County, TN
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Both have miserable summers, but Austin is just a tad hotter. I always note both Austin and OKC/Norman as two of the worst three colossal U.S. cities for summer heat though, along with DFW; they simultaneously get the extreme heat further west and high humidity further east, which is a terrible combination for even a heat-tolerant cold-hater like me.

I say Oklahoma City is more pleasant. Its winters are barely chilly at all despite freezing at night (days are comparable to Chattanooga or Huntsville and nights Nashville), and the extreme humid heat wouldn't last quite as long as in Austin. Also, while Austin isn't near the coast, I still would be as distrusting as with Raleigh if not slightly more so due to how angry those Gulf hurricanes get; DFW, southern Arkansas or Atlanta is as close to the Gulf as I'd willingly live unless we had another Little Ice Age (although it'd probably also be as far as I'd willingly get in another full glacial period, if even that).

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Old 03-09-2020, 04:05 AM
 
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I prefer the ATX
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Old 03-09-2020, 08:12 AM
 
Location: Sheffield, England
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Austin for milder winters but the summers suck completely.
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Old 03-10-2020, 11:52 AM
 
Location: Norman, OK
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OKC has horrible weather. It's windy all year, winters are highly variable with extremely cold windy days possible. Summers can be just as hot as Austin so no relief there (look at OKC record highs) and springs are extremely volatile with tornadoes possible. Falls are also highly variable in OKC with drastic changes in temps.

Austin is a fairly nice climate IMHO. The hottest weather is usually dry, cold is present but limited, usually no more than 3 cold days in a row before a warm up, and spring is long and comfortable. For instance we've already had a few weeks of 60's/70's and more expected probably until late April. Our summers are long and predictable and plenty of sun. Falls are sunny and warm.
I feel like OKC doesn't get much wind in summer, which is the one season I want breezes to cool things off. I do wish OKC had a bit less variability, but I prefer it over Austin for being cooler.
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Old 03-11-2020, 05:31 PM
 
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It seems like winds in OKC are more consistent than in other places but not extremely strong, other than tornadoes.

Other places get stronger winds than OKC, just more occasionally.

Not once during this winter in OKC have the winds been so strong that they rattled my windows and I couldn't sleep. But there are pockets of Orange County, California (where I lived) where I couldn't sleep because the wind rattled the windows all night long.
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Old 03-11-2020, 05:51 PM
 
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It seems like winds in OKC are more consistent than in other places but not extremely strong, other than tornadoes.

Other places get stronger winds than OKC, just more occasionally.

Not once during this winter in OKC have the winds been so strong that they rattled my windows and I couldn't sleep. But there are pockets of Orange County, California (where I lived) where I couldn't sleep because the wind rattled the windows all night long.
You have not hit the storm season yet. And maybe your current house doesn't have rattly windows?
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Old 03-11-2020, 05:58 PM
 
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You have not hit the storm season yet. And maybe your current house doesn't have rattly windows?
No, it's an apartment. At least 15-20 years old. Windows are cheaper than the ones my house back in California had.

My point is, I've seen plenty of stronger winds in Trabuco Canyon than in OKC in the winter.

You have said that Santa Ana winds are not that common. That is not true. On average, there are 10-30 Santa Ana winds per year, and each time they last 1-3 days on average. So there's Santa Ana winds for 30 days ever year, on average. And Santa Ana winds don't happen in four months: May, June, July, August. So all those 30 days happen within eight months, meaning that one out of every eight days there will be winds.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig2_232804600

https://www.researchgate.net/publica..._of_California

Santa Ana winds can be highly variable, based on year, though. A rainy winter like 2018-2019 will have less Santa Ana winds. A dry winter like 2013-2014 will have more.

Also, coastal areas have weaker winds, while canyon areas (like Robinson Ranch) will have stronger winds.
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