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It's a little odd that even places at low elevation in the interior Northeast have very cool summer lows, given the amount of precipitation these places receive.
It's a little odd that even places at low elevation in the interior Northeast have very cool summer lows, given the amount of precipitation these places receive.
higher latitudes, risk of arctic cold fronts, away from gulfstream and precipitation has an effect of lowering temps, rather than increase it.
The semi-arid inland areas of Victoria, NSW and SE Sth Aus have summer lows of only 12-18C depending on where you are, even though daytime highs are well over 30C. Ofcourse, these areas are very dry in summer, both in terms of humidity and rainfall with clear skies, so temps will drop quickly. However, the coastal areas of NSW at similar latitudes have average lows of around 19-21C, due to the warm ocean currents moving down along the E coast of Australia. Ofcourse, this does not compare to the wetter, greener inland of NE USA, but the concept is the same with regards to the gulfstream increasing overnight lows along the coast of NE USA and New England.
Are you kidding me? Since when does interior Alaska get anything resembling a "real" summer?
Most of Interior Alaska gets peak average summer highs above 70F, and has highs above 60F (warm temperatures) for four months. In addition it can and usually does get kind of toasty there in summertime, with temperatures rising above 80F, and on rare occasions even above 90F. However, the summer average lows remain near or below 50F and the plant growth period is so short that it doesn't have a distinct summer season, but rather plant-wise spring, summer, and autumn are blended into one season. So I'd say it doesn't have a real summer, but it does have something resembling one, with the hotter periods that usually occur.
A better question is how can anything even approaching 60F resemble a real winter? With sunshine that's a temperature warm enough to melt snow really fast, it's 30 degrees above freezing, only rain occurs at that temperature, and in the U.S. it's associated with humidity and thunderstorm outbreaks, as well as being warm enough for tree growth (depending on the lows) and warm enough to keep the grass green, and in prolonged cases bring bugs out of dormancy. There is nothing about a 60F average that resembles anything I'd call winter. Spring? Definitely. Winter? Definitely not.
Most of Interior Alaska gets peak average summer highs above 70F, and has highs above 60F (warm temperatures) for four months.
So, London has 3 months with highs above 70F, 2 of those above 74F, and 6 months with average highs above 60F, yet many people say London doesn't have a summer.
So, London has 3 months with highs above 70F, 2 of those above 74F, and 6 months with average highs above 60F, yet many people say London doesn't have a summer.
I am not among them. London's summers are a lot longer, and thus vegetation-wise there is a distinct summer season between spring and autumn. It's also a bit warmer than Fairbanks's summers.
I don't Fairbanks nor London qualifies in the OP's mind as having a "real summer". From his post:
also a warm spring and summer, with summer high temps averaging well into the 80s
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