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Denver for me, an interesting continental climate with large diurnal range, suitably hot summer maximum temperatures, and 60+ thunder days a year. Not to mention 3500+ sunshine hours a year. Way better.
I have to say NYC, although I would prefer a more outlying area outside of the "concrete jungle" there.
I can't stand the climate of Denver. It is much too arid there along with a brown landscape through a good part of the year.
HMMM, can I vote that the climate isn't appealing in either city? I can't throw stones at other areas cause my winters are awful, but I prefer a much warmer climate then either of those two cities. I also prefer a warmer climate then my own area has.
Yeah, you must really hate the cald because either location would be a significant improvement over South Dakota.
I would say New York City. I'm a heat lover and Denver's July average high of 88 degrees is only 2 degrees warmer than NYC's 86 degrees, but NYC is probably warmer because of the higher humidity. In July NYC's nights are 12 degrees warmer than Denver's which is a huge plus for me. I hate Winter and NYC's Winters are warmer than Denver's.
NYC's record high and low -4°/115° (officially 107°).
Denver's record high and low -39°/105°.
Hmmm, I'd take South Dakota! I was amazed on my first visit to Colorado, I don't know what I expected but it was much browner than I thought it would be. I don't do brown very well.
I have family in Denver and they have a hard time getting height on trees they plant. That kind of says something about the weather. In NYC you can plant a tree and you will gain height each year. In Denver when you plant a tree it kind of stays the same height for a very long time before it gets established and then it slowly adds height. No wonder the trees are so much taller in the Northeast versus Denver. Then again it could be because of the arridness.
I have family in Denver and they have a hard time getting height on trees they plant. That kind of says something about the weather. In NYC you can plant a tree and you will gain height each year. In Denver when you plant a tree it kind of stays the same height for a very long time before it gets established and then it slowly adds height. No wonder the trees are so much taller in the Northeast versus Denver. Then again it could be because of the arridness.
The trees in Denver take a long time to grow due to aridity, the overall dry climate (13 inches of average precipitation, lots of wind, and overall extremes in the weather.
Here in New Hampshire, a white pine sapling can grow 20-25ft in 5 years. That would never happen in Denver.
I hate Winter and NYC's Winters are warmer than Denver's.
As I said earlier, the news likes to promote Denver as being a mountain town with constant snow, which it's not. Then again it isn't always "chamber of commerce" weather like the city claims it is. I'm sure this will get protested and I may not be technically right but to me Denver winters seem warmer than NYC. If for nothing else the sunshine in Denver versus NYC during winter.
It looks like NY doesn't have quite the fluctuations that Denver has so that's a good thing. NY doesn't get as cold, but the highs in Denver are more in the wintertime.
And yea Marbles, both places have warmer winters then I have.
Denver's climate must be semi-arid because they receive only 15.6 inches of rain per year while NYC receives 46.4. I'd guess NYC is much more lush and green and flowery.
Snowfall~NYC only receives 23.6 inches of snow while Denver averages 44.5 inches of snow.
I couldn't find anything on humidity and dewpoint, but I'd guess both are higher in NYC, but nothing that would make it feel humid or muggy.
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I can't throw stones at other areas cause my winters are awful, but I prefer a much warmer climate then either of those two cities. I also prefer a warmer climate then my own area has.
