Boston has a subtropical climate (snowy, warm, average, Chicago)
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I see Boston similar to the year 1981, it is tough, it is rough, it is cool. People born in 1981 are cool, they are tough, and they are the eldest of a generation of folks born from 1981 to 1996.
Boston though has a humid subtropical climate the millennials of climate types.
Boston though is more 1981 than 1996 ofc.
Boston does not pass the OFFCIAL test to be continental as officially a continental climate needs that -3C average for their coldest month of the year, which Boston lacks. You see a person born in 1981 came of age right as the 90s were ending, but once they got to enjoy freedom, bam it is 2000 the year of glorious films like American Psycho, Requiem for a Dream, Left Behind (2000), and yes Where the Heart Is (that movie with that chick that lived at Wal-Mart, even seen it since sometime in the 2000s).
You see the year 2000 is like -3C in that is means something. -3C means consistent snow on the ground without break for the most part. 0C just means frost/thaw cycle that leads to mushy mushy conditions for all involved. Not to mention the mean maximum for Boston in the WINTER months are hovering around 15C/59F.
Also Boston does have tropical traits like HUMIDITY! High humidity at that. Sure it is no Atlanta, DC, and certainly no Houston or Tampa but it is more humid than just about any Dfa and certainly any Dfb climate.
Overall you can NOT argue that Boston is continental as it is OFFCIALLY Subtropical. Anything that lists Boston as anything but Subtropical is OBJECTIVELY WRONG in the Reddit definition of things!
Not me though. I just think subtropical environment is something tangible at all times, while the artificial concept of subtropical climate is really just a matter of belief in a particular classification.
Well, I don't know the definition of "subtropical" but I lived in Boston 16 years and it certainly does NOT conform to the layperson's idea of what "subtropical" would mean. Come on, already. 6 feet of snow in the winter, "subtropical"? Gee, I wish I'd had some of what you're smoking when I was having to move all the old snow so I could pile the new snow somewhere on the 6 foot high berms on either side of my driveway.
For someone who lives in a real subtropical region(Grand Strand), this basically undermines the definition of subtropical; it becomes meaningless. Humidity is a normal part of any livable place, even places like Iceland, Ireland, and Minneapolis have humidity. Obviously that doesn't make any of those places subtropical, now does it? It simply means they are not arid. Also, snow isn't as important as one is led to believe, because some continental climates like Manchuria/Korea are not known for snowy winters but still very much continental climates. Zone 8 in the US is a very good edge for the subtropics, basically anything south of zone 8a in the US is basically subtropical. Zone 7 comes very close, with 3 months left off the classification for being too cold, to be classified as more "warm temperate" or "mesothermal". However, neither apply to Boston imo due to the cold highs, which gives the vibes of a milder continential climate[/i] than the prior terms listed.
For someone who lives in a real subtropical region(Grand Strand), this basically undermines the definition of subtropical; it becomes meaningless. Humidity is a normal part of any livable place, even places like Iceland, Ireland, and Minneapolis have humidity. Obviously that doesn't make any of those places subtropical, now does it? It simply means they are not arid. Also, snow isn't as important as one is led to believe, because some continental climates like Manchuria/Korea are not known for snowy winters but still very much continental climates. Zone 8 in the US is a very good edge for the subtropics, basically anything south of zone 8a in the US is basically subtropical. Zone 7 comes very close, with 3 months left off the classification for being too cold, to be classified as more "warm temperate" or "mesothermal". However, neither apply to Boston imo due to the cold highs, which gives the vibes of a milder continential climate[/i] than the prior terms listed.
Agree.
Start of subtropical ....around Virginia Beach....zone 8
North of Norfolk/Virgina Beach ...not subtropical....
for example: Ocean City, MD has to bring in palm trees from Florida
every spring to give hotel and beach areas a subtropical "look"
then they die ...then buy more next spring from Florida....rinse and repeat,
does make the area look good for their peak summer season.
Yep....Montreal summers are pretty humid ...I remember....
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