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It's less "bi-polar" when you get closer to the coast rather than the Fall Line....and even less so once you get into Florida.
That's why even though Savannah and Macon, GA are about the same latitude....Macon gets slightly more "bi-polar weather" than Savannah....and generally the farther west you go in the South the wilder temp swings get. Like Houston, TX has much more wild temperature swings than Jacksonville, FL even though they are the same latitude.
It seems as though a good chunk of the country (anything east of the Rockies) is susceptible to "wild" changes in weather over a short period of time. Heck, even Florida isn't completely immune to it (at least during the winter).
I recall there being severe thunderstorms in early March, blizzards in the middle of April, heatwaves in April, etc. It could be 95 or 35 on any given day! Okay that may be a slight exaggeration, but it is true. March and April are nearly impossible to predict.
Yes I do notice this as well It's very interesting to look at weather maps and it being so obvious to see where the cold front is , I love it when I see somewhere where it's 71 degrees and cloudy and then 150 miles to the north/west it can be 26 degrees with snow
It's less "bi-polar" when you get closer to the coast rather than the Fall Line....and even less so once you get into Florida.
That's why even though Savannah and Macon, GA are about the same latitude....Macon gets slightly more "bi-polar weather" than Savannah....and generally the farther west you go in the South the wilder temp swings get. Like Houston, TX has much more wild temperature swings than Jacksonville, FL even though they are the same latitude.
So does that mean going from Atlanta to Macon, the differences from a front will be roughly equal, except that Macon is starting out warmer and not cooling down as low?
Like this?
Atlanta 65 F, Macon 69 F... March coldfront, next day: Atlanta 45, Macon 49 F
One thing I've always thought about though, is how stable the Southern U.S. is during the summer. Cool downs seem rare and many record lows are only in the 50s and 60s, even in the low 70s in some of the hotter places. For example, the record low in Miami for July and August is 66 and 67, respectively.
Not only that, but I can't really recall and sort of historic cool downs during the summer that have affected the south.
So does that mean going from Atlanta to Macon, the differences from a front will be roughly equal, except that Macon is starting out warmer and not cooling down as low?
Like this?
Atlanta 65 F, Macon 69 F... March coldfront, next day: Atlanta 45, Macon 49 F
Precisely but usually a March cool off would be like this:
Atlanta 73F, Macon 77F.....Cold front, next day: Atlanta: 40F, Macon: 44F.
And Savannah would be about 78F the day before and probably around 47/48F the next day....
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Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90
One thing I've always thought about though, is how stable the Southern U.S. is during the summer. Cool downs seem rare and many record lows are only in the 50s and 60s, even in the low 70s in some of the hotter places. For example, the record low in Miami for July and August is 66 and 67, respectively.
Not only that, but I can't really recall and sort of historic cool downs during the summer that have affected the south.
Well, the Jet Stream also moves well to the north during Summer.....so that dosen't allow cold fronts to reach south most of the time. However, in early June it's possible to have lows in the lower 50s after an "early summer cool front" moves through....I'm talking North GA not South FL. I've also seen it at 54F on July 1 as well on one morning. Of course, this broke a record low. Again, I am talking about North GA not Florida
Well, the Jet Stream also moves well to the north during Summer.....so that dosen't allow cold fronts to reach south most of the time. However, in early June it's possible to have lows in the lower 50s after an "early summer cool front" moves through....I'm talking North GA not South FL. I've also seen it at 54F on July 1 as well on one morning. Of course, this broke a record low. Again, I am talking about North GA not Florida
Even up here in New Jersey, anything below 55 is pretty unusual during the summer months. Most of our record lows are in the 40s, but we even have a few that are around 50, which is pretty high if you think about it.
But wouldn't it be cool if the jet stream moved farther south one summer, allowing cold fronts to affect the deep south? For some reason it would be really cool to see Miami drop below 70 during July. I know that sounds nerdy and cheesy, but I have strange wishes in life.
Even up here in New Jersey, anything below 55 is pretty unusual during the summer months. Most of our record lows are in the 40s, but we even have a few that are around 50, which is pretty high if you think about it.
But wouldn't it be cool if the jet stream moved farther south one summer, allowing cold fronts to affect the deep south? For some reason it would be really cool to see Miami drop below 70 during July. I know that sounds nerdy and cheesy, but I have strange wishes in life.
That would be pretty cool!
It would definitely make summer much more bearable. Most of our record lows here in summer are 65-70F here.....our record lows!!!
That would mean Atlanta would get occasional days with highs in the low 70s and lows around 50....in July
It would definitely make summer much more bearable. Most of our record lows here in summer are 65-70F here.....our record lows!!!
Yeah, record lows in the 70s are kinda pathetic.
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That would mean Atlanta would get occasional days with highs in the low 70s and lows around 50....in July
That does happen up here during the summer occasionally. It feels very cool, but very nice at the same time, partly because the humidity drops. Our poor friends down south probably don't get to experience this until what, September or October?
That does happen up here during the summer occasionally. It feels very cool, but very nice at the same time, partly because the humidity drops. Our poor friends down south probably don't get to experience this until what, September or October?
LOL yes they are pathetic
Haha yeah....usually Septmeber 15 brings the first morning below 55 and October 1 or so below 50 at least when I lived in North GA....About 2 months after that here now
Usually the first frost happens around late October or so in the upper South
I think 70 F lows are awesome.
There's not a single day in the year in Toronto that can't be too cold for me.
(yet nearly none of them can even come close to being "too hot")
It's one thing that I love about places like the Carolinas in summer;
all but guarantee I'll see zero lows below 60 F and zero highs below 80 F.
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It's very interesting to look at weather maps and it being so obvious to see where the cold front is 
