Comparing climates of China and Eastern United States (snowy, season, world)
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One thing that amazed me about the stats of southeast Asia is that going down the coast in China,
it gets progressively cloudier to where even parts of Vietnam are cloudier than Hong Kong.
I wasn't expecting more cloud than Hong Kong, without high altitude making "cloud-forests"
I used to live in Shenzhen just north of Hong Kong for a year and I can attest first hand how cloudy it is there. Although, I was never sure how much was smog and how much was cloud as they seemed to blend together in a kind of haze many days. Aside from the pollution, I think another reason why Southern China is cloudier is because it is much more mountainous overall than the southern US and the mountains seem to trap the clouds.
To me Eurasia climatically works like North America , save it's bigger so this largeness cause some different patterns , actually we should consider Japan as the coast of Eurasia , since the Chinese sea is not that deep to work as the Atlantic Ocean works for America.
The deep water of North Atlantic cause NorthEast US to get more rain/snow if compared to NorthEast China and Inner China is way drier , especially in winter , than NorthEast US so a much more correct comparison would be for me:
China=Eastern US (leaving out the coast)
US East Coast=Japan
in fact nothern prairies are in winter damn cold and dry just like Northern China and if it weren't for the Great Lakes they would have been even drier and cold.
While the coast from the Carolinas to Maine look very similar to Japan , humid all year around , lot of snow/rain (accordingly to the latitude) , cold to mild winters , mild to hot summers.
That makes sense. St. Louis has similar weather averages to Bejing, except that's it's a few degrees warmer (but St. Louis is a bit further south) and with much wetter winters.
I've noticed that the Northeast Coast of the US has similar weather to Northern Italy. For examples, Milan's and New York City's averages are rather similar.
I noticed that NYC has almost exact same temperatures as Qingdao (formerly known as Tsingtao). NYC is about 4 degrees farther north though. Precipitation pattern is of course different. But sunshine hours aren't that far off - NYC has slightly more.
I think Washington's winters are too warm for it to be like Washington. I think it's more like Trenton, NJ or Philadelphia, PA with slightly hotter summers.
I noticed that NYC has almost exact same temperatures as Qingdao (formerly known as Tsingtao). NYC is about 4 degrees farther north though. Precipitation pattern is of course different. But sunshine hours aren't that far off - NYC has slightly more.
I just thought I would make a note of something funny:
I don’t know how many people have noticed it…but there seems to be a ton of homes, business, zoos, parks…ect on the middle East Coast from Virginia to Rhode Island that have bamboo growing (including the Tri-State area). What is so funny… is that when someone sees a towering 50-foot bamboo grove in suburban Maryland or Long Island, NY the first question they ask “how can that grow here”?When you tell them the East Coast has a very similar climate to East China/Japan…they look at you like your crazy lol.
Perceptions can be funny.
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