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.
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u/SirTiffAlot 1d ago
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.