What would you assume the average highs and lows are for this climate? (records, temperatures)

[Pincho-toot]

I asked this back in 2019 with a fictional climate of mine named "Elkwood Falls." This is a different climate of mine called "Palm Heights." It is supposed to be a humid subtropical beach city. This is what the record temps are and I want to see what y'all would imagine the averages to be.


Palm Heights

January 78/20
February 83/19
March 100/31
April 106/30
May 108/51
June 112/60
July 113/64
August 116/60
September 106/55
October 104/47
November 90/37
December 84/31

[secondbreakfast]

Originally Posted by Pincho-toot

I asked this back in 2019 with a fictional climate of mine named "Elkwood Falls." This is a different climate of mine called "Palm Heights." It is supposed to be a humid subtropical beach city. This is what the record temps are and I want to see what y'all would imagine the averages to be.


Palm Heights

January 78/20
February 83/19
March 100/31
April 106/30
May 108/51
June 112/60
July 113/64
August 116/60
September 106/55
October 104/47
November 90/37
December 84/31

Were I to guess, I'd assume that the average temperatures for each month fall roughly in the middle of the all-time high and all-time low. So from January to December: 49, 51, 65.5, 68, 79.5, 86, 88.5, 88, 80.5, 75.5, 63.5, and 57.5. The average highs are probably around 1/3 of the difference from the mean to the record high and the average lows are probably around 1/3 of the difference from the mean to the record low.

If you prefer formulas:

Average high: (Rechigh+reclow)/2 + (Rechigh-(Rechigh+Reclow)/2)/3
Average low: (Rechigh+reclow)/2 - (Rechigh-(Rechigh+Reclow)/2)/3

The results:

January 59/39
February 62/40
March 77/54
April 81/55
May 89/70
June 93/77
July 97/80
August 97/79
September 89/72
October 85/66
November 72/55
December 66/49

As for real-life places that are something like this, it kind of reminds me of San Antonio, Texas. However, the record highs and lows in the winter are more extreme than in your climate. Chongqing's averages and records come pretty close, too.

[psyche_da_mike24]

Originally Posted by secondbreakfast

Were I to guess, I'd assume that the average temperatures for each month fall roughly in the middle of the all-time high and all-time low. So from January to December: 49, 51, 65.5, 68, 79.5, 86, 88.5, 88, 80.5, 75.5, 63.5, and 57.5. The average highs are probably around 1/3 of the difference from the mean to the record high and the average lows are probably around 1/3 of the difference from the mean to the record low.

If you prefer formulas:

Average high: (Rechigh+reclow)/2 + (Rechigh-(Rechigh+Reclow)/2)/3
Average low: (Rechigh+reclow)/2 - (Rechigh-(Rechigh+Reclow)/2)/3

The results:

January 59/39
February 62/40
March 77/54
April 81/55
May 89/70
June 93/77
July 97/80
August 97/79
September 89/72
October 85/66
November 72/55
December 66/49

As for real-life places that are something like this, it kind of reminds me of San Antonio, Texas. However, the record highs and lows in the winter are more extreme than in your climate. Chongqing's averages and records come pretty close, too.

If this is a beach city, I imagine the diurnal temperature range is going to be lower than somewhere inland. So it'd probably be more like Houston or Chongqing than San Antonio or Wagga Wagga. The record temps seem very North American and typical of the Southern US.

January 59/44
February 62/48
March 73/54
April 79/62
May 86/69
June 91/73
July 94/76
August 95/77
September 88/72
October 82/65
November 73/57
December 64/50