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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2020 9:09:26 GMT -5
  These two places have surprisingly similar temperature profiles even despite Moscow being 9 degrees farther north and Russia being stereotyped around here as though it's cold everywhere all the time. Both have cool humid continental (Dfb) climates and the same July mean temperature: 66.6'F  . Winters are about equally cold in both places, but in Marquette there's more snowfall due to the effect of Lake Superior being right there, whereas Moscow is way inland far away from any source of lake-effect precipitation. Which do you prefer? I'd go with Marquette (though I find both climates rather offensive), due to the higher precipitation, sunshine, and record temperatures, but no song about Marquette has been made that's nearly as epic as this 1980 classic by the German band Dschinghis Khan: |
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Post by Benfxmth on Dec 4, 2020 9:14:57 GMT -5
Shockingly similar temperature profiles, though I'll have to go with Marquette. Winter sunshine hours are suicidal in Moscow, in fact IIRC December 2017 had 6 minutes of sunshine that month there.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2020 9:27:21 GMT -5
Shockingly similar temperature profiles, though I'll have to go with Marquette. Winter sunshine hours are suicidal in Moscow, in fact IIRC December 2017 had 6 minutes of sunshine that month there. 6 minutes of sunshine the entire month? As in, the length of the song I posted, and that's it? Holy shit, didn't realize it was that cloudy there! |
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Post by Speagles84 on Dec 4, 2020 9:43:45 GMT -5
Wait, can we discuss the validity of a 108F temperature in Marquette first before we go any further?
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Post by Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Dec 4, 2020 12:07:20 GMT -5
Both are close. I have to choose Marquette because of the higher variability though.
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Post by AJ1013 on Dec 4, 2020 12:08:32 GMT -5
Wait, can we discuss the validity of a 108F temperature in Marquette first before we go any further? I bet it was in 1936. Probably legit. Steele, ND saw 121 that summer. |
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Post by AJ1013 on Dec 4, 2020 12:09:50 GMT -5
I chose Marquette for more sun, less cold rain, more variability, and presumably more storms
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Post by Speagles84 on Dec 4, 2020 12:20:43 GMT -5
Wait, can we discuss the validity of a 108F temperature in Marquette first before we go any further? I bet it was in 1936. Probably legit. Steele, ND saw 121 that summer. 108F MAYBE possible in Michigan somewhere, but Marquette? So far north, inbetween Lake Superior/Michigan/and Huron.... just doesn't seem possible to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2020 12:37:40 GMT -5
I bet it was in 1936. Probably legit. Steele, ND saw 121 that summer. 108F MAYBE possible in Michigan somewhere, but Marquette? So far north, inbetween Lake Superior/Michigan/and Huron.... just doesn't seem possible to me. I'd believe it if the wind was coming entirely from the south that day (i.e. no lake breeze) - it was 75'F there during last month's heat wave. |
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Post by aabc123 on Dec 5, 2020 17:05:23 GMT -5
Objectively speaking Marquette is better because it is sunnier and the other half of the summer is warmer. Springs are cooler in Marquette. Also there are no such nice songs associated with Marquette as it is here. At least I don't know them.
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Post by snj90 on Dec 5, 2020 17:09:51 GMT -5
Marquette for being sunnier. But I also think that Moscow is more likely to experience an extended heatwave (like in Jul-Aug 2010), so that's another reason I'd go with Marquette.
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Post by Iwantsnow on Dec 12, 2020 23:16:35 GMT -5
Marquette for more sun since the rest is so close. Seriously, these are extremely close.
Marquette is also colder in winter. The biggest problem is the slow spring warm up. I prefer the faster warm up and cooler fall of Moscow.
Marquette recorded 56 inches (142cm) of snow in February 2019 so it can get extreme snowfall at times. If you go further inland, where the Marquette WFO office is located, it recorded 90 inches (228cm) the same month. This is the station that shows up on NOWData for Marquette, but it is not at the city. The high snowfall is lake effect snow and inland is higher elevation than the shore.
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Post by Cadeau on Nov 17, 2024 21:06:36 GMT -5
Marquette has superior winter sunshine hours.
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. Winters are about equally cold in both places, but in Marquette there's more snowfall due to the effect of Lake Superior being right there, whereas Moscow is way inland far away from any source of lake-effect precipitation.
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