Climate Battle: Austin vs. OKC (tornadoes, hottest, warm, record)

[MrJester]

1. Which is windier (excluding tornadoes)?

2. Which is hotter?

3. Which is more pleasant?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Oklahoma_City

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas#Climate

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Austin is better for the warmer winters

[Marie Joseph]

Both are pretty bad for being too hot and on the dry side.

OKC has several months of comfortable weather and at least some cold months (at night) going for it.

Austin is a just a nope all the way around.

It's funny that you use these two for a climate battle. Just last week a position (lateral transfer) came up in Austin and myself and a colleague located in Milwaukee were offered it. He went ahead and took it.

[deneb78]

Austin for sure. I think it has a pretty good climate actually

[klimkin199]

1) Oklahoma
2) Austin
3) Oklahoma, due to lower UV index and cooler summers. Oklahoma is C-, while Austin is D.

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by klimkin199

1) Oklahoma
2) Austin
3) Oklahoma, due to lower UV index and cooler summers. Oklahoma is C-, while Austin is D.

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.

[klimkin199]

Originally Posted by MrJester

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.

OK, here's stats for wind:
https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather...merica_4544349
https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather...merica_4671654
Oklahoma has more days with wind speed >38 km/h.

[Isleofpalms85]

Austin for the warmer winters and slightly longer summers.

[cBach]

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.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by cBach

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 voted Austin was better, but I have to weigh in on the bolded. Austin may not be Miami or New Orleans or even Houston, but it's still objectively humid. Their mean dewpoint is 69°F in both July and August. That's humid