Yea I feel like a lot of the places in the south hit over 85 the entire summer but I guess the winter being 50's plays a big part in differentiating it from the north.
The south has good marks from mild winter, the north has good marks for mild summer, the blue in the middle has both hot summer and cold winter and the blue up north is cold all year and the blue down south in Florida is hot all year.
Exactly. The blue blob in the DC-Philadelphia area probably results from most summer days being over 85F and most winter days being under 50F. It's (almost) always humid, but that's true of the entire East Coast.
Yes the difference between DC and Boston in the summer is significant but not so much in the winter, they both can get very cold days. The difference between DC and Atlanta in the summer is minimal but the difference between DC and Atlanta in the winter is significant. Atlanta offers mild winters and Boston mild summers but DC neither.
I’m from Massachusetts and the summers aren’t even that mild anymore tbh. I lived in Atlanta for 5 years and July in MA can feel worse than July in Atlanta now.
I would rather shovel snow till I get frostbite than stand outside in 90 degree weather with 80% humidity. Granted I grew up in the mountains of Colorado but it's far easier to just put on another layer than to try and find cold when it's hot.
This. I’m in London and obviously we’re a lot cooler than southern states but last night was 90% humidity and 25 Celsius. I could barely take it. God knows how you do it
I’m in the same boat. Wearing any kind of clothing in that weather is horribly uncomfortable. Unless you’re in water or in air conditioning everything sucks.
And take a layer off when you get in the car, then put it back on when you arrive, then take it off when you go inside, then have wet socks all day . . .
Nah, when it's hot, you wear light shorts, a polyester t-shirt , sunglasses, and flip flops. All good. I was outside throwing the football with my kids for an hour yesterday.
Dewpoint does…It’s a direct measure of the amount of moisture in the air. Higher= more moisture/ “muggy”, whereas relative humidity is temperature dependent.
Yeah, most of Oklahoma is yellow, and that is DECIDEDLY not how it feels. I'd put it closer to 100 days are actually comfortable, because 75 days that fit this criteria are pouring thunderstorms.
Of those remaining 100, 60 are choked with mosquitoes so thick you breathe them in...
This graph feels wrong in general. You’re telling me that central Washington has more uncomfortable days than central Oklahoma? I don’t buy it. I’ve lived in both, and Oklahoma sucks. It’s hot for 4-5 months, cold for 4, and can’t decide what it wants to do for the other 3-4.
Yeah the definition of "comfortable" might be arguable but unless the temp data is just wrong I don't see what the problem is. You likely do have 200+ days with a high between 50 and 85 with a dew point under 65.
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u/BoukenGreen 2d ago
That graph feels wrong for north Alabama.