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San Francisco has horrible summers. In July 2018 was there and on the days I was there the temps were: 65/53 63/51 66/58. Yuck. At the same time NYC was 92/80 93/75 86/72
I was there in July 1973 and a similar dichotomy existed. On my teen tour that summer, the coldest weather was at Crater Lake and Mount Lassen in California, though SF was in the high 50's, low 60's. NYC had typical weather that summer except for two "bake-off" heat waves; mid-June and end of August into early September, typical of La Niña. That ENSO state may have made SF cooler than normal.
I was there in July 1973 and a similar dichotomy existed. On my teen tour that summer, the coldest weather was at Crater Lake and Mount Lassen in California, though SF was in the high 50's, low 60's. NYC had typical weather that summer except for two "bake-off" heat waves; mid-June and end of August into early September, typical of La Niña. That ENSO state may have made SF cooler than normal.
San Francisco definitely has the coolest summers out of any major US city, excluding Anchorage of course. You can freeze your butt off on the California coast then roast it off in Death Valley on the same day during summer.
San Francisco definitely has the coolest summers out of any major US city, excluding Anchorage of course. You can freeze your butt off on the California coast then roast it off in Death Valley on the same day during summer.
I think Anchorage in July is warmer, though September and October are SF's warmest months. Now Juneau, Kodiak, Nome and Barrow are a different story.
I moved to Minnesota in August 2017 and it was fairly cool, especially considering I came from Texas. Didn't get cold by any means, but it wasn't that warm. Most highs were around mid 70s and lows around low 60s.
I moved to Minnesota in August 2017 and it was fairly cool, especially considering I came from Texas. Didn't get cold by any means, but it wasn't that warm. Most highs were around mid 70s and lows around low 60s.
Late August 2019 was fairly cool as well.
That must've been a really big change weather-wise. How long do your snowpacks typically last?
Phillip Island, ( Southern coastal Victoria ) Jan 1991
Drove down from Tocumwal/Cobram up in the Murray Valley to visit friends at Cowes ( major town on the Island )
There had been a severe heatwave along the Murray Valley, temps into the 40's.
I was taking my kids to have a ride on the Puffing Billy Historical steam train in the Dandenongs before continuing further south to Phillip Island. As usual in Victoria in summer, heatwave days are broken by frontal systems passing west to east, and often these fronts only clip the southern coast or at best make it to the Great Dividing Ranges.
So we stop off at Bonnie Doon, and its 37c about 11.00am, and we could see ominous dark clouds in the hills to the south. 40lkm later, there is a 20c temp drop, and by the time we boarded the steam train it was a full on bleak, cold Melbourne winters day....except it was the first week in January, the height of summer ! We continued on to our friends house on Phillip Island....the next day was Melbourne's second coldest January day on record, 15.3c, Bass Straight squalls blowing onto the deserted beaches, and my wife and her sister refusing to get out of the car and look at the Penguins and Koalas. I lasted about 10 mins walking on the beach....haha.
Melbourne first 12 days of Jan 1991
30.0c, 40.2c, 41.6c, 21.5c, 13.3c, 19.6c, 20.5c, 20.2c, 24.8c, 37.4c, 38,8c, 23.0c.
It was June so:
Cold but not extremely cold
Never got dark
Longyearbyen is a nice small town with a good amount of amenities (restaurants, stores)
Reindeer and Eider Ducks are common.
You can take a dogsled on the road (the snow was melted by then)
You can take a boat cruise to see Walruses (and may even get a Whale sighting)
It was June so:
Cold but not extremely cold
Never got dark
Longyearbyen is a nice small town with a good amount of amenities (restaurants, stores)
Reindeer and Eider Ducks are common.
You can take a dogsled on the road (the snow was melted by then)
You can take a boat cruise to see Walruses (and may even get a Whale sighting)
That sounds awesome. I'll have to go someday.
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