Battle of strange climates

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Battle of strange climates Aug 23, 2022 16:33:34 GMT -5 chesternz, psychedamike24, and 2 more like this

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Post by massiveshibe on Aug 23, 2022 16:33:34 GMT -5

Mount Elizabeth

Mount Elizabeth has a Tropical Savanna Climate (Aw), despite having an average low of 8.2C in July.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Elizabeth_Station#Climate

Rio Branco

Rio Branco has a Tropical Monsoon climate (Am). Cold snaps happen there frequently, despite being located at sea level and close to the equator. The lowest temperature recorded there was 2.6C.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Branco,_Acre#Climate

Salalah

Salalah has a Hot Desert Climate (BWh), with a foggy season that lasts for 2 months.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salalah#Climate

San Francisco

Of course we can't leave San Francisco out of this poll. San Francisco has a Mild Mediterranean climate (Csb), with autumns being hotter than summers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Climate

Lima

Lima has a Hot Desert Climate (BWh), with less sunshine than most of the UK, despite being an arid desert.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima#Climate

Bermuda

Bermuda has a Tropical Rainforest Climate (Af), despite being located at 32 degrees north.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda#Climate

Crozet Islands

Crozet Islands have a Tundra Climate (Et), despite being located at 46 degrees south. That location rarely experiences snowfall and the lowest temperature recorded there was -6.6C despite being a tundra.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crozet_Islands#Climate

So which weird climate is the best?

Last Edit: Aug 23, 2022 16:35:04 GMT -5 by massiveshibe

Steelernation Supreme Legend Posts: 10,650 Location: Fort Collins, CO Member is Online	Battle of strange climates Aug 23, 2022 17:38:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Steelernation on Aug 23, 2022 17:38:31 GMT -5 Does Bermuda get mostly thunderstorms? If so I’ll pick it, if not San Francisco.
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deneb78 Frequent Poster Posts: 829	Battle of strange climates Aug 23, 2022 18:29:23 GMT -5 via mobile 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 and Shaheen Hassan like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by deneb78 on Aug 23, 2022 18:29:23 GMT -5 I'm going with Salalah. The gloomy season would be interesting there.

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Battle of strange climates Aug 23, 2022 20:08:14 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by massiveshibe on Aug 23, 2022 20:08:14 GMT -5

If I had to pick one, I’d go with San Francisco. The temperatures are comfortable except for a few days during the Indian summer and the city gets a lot of sunshine.

Besides, all the other locations are ugly, while San Francisco is a nice good looking city, at least when compared to the other options.

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Battle of strange climates Aug 24, 2022 4:52:12 GMT -5 psychedamike24, Shaheen Hassan, and 1 more like this

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Post by greysrigging on Aug 24, 2022 4:52:12 GMT -5

Mount Elizabeth, in the Kimberley region of WA. Notorious in the northern Kimberley for dry season mins that dip to less than 2c most years. A pleasant monsoonal climate at slight altitude ( 546m asl )

Speagles84 Legend Darkness and Frost Posts: 4,309 Location: Washington County, Pennsylvania	Battle of strange climates Aug 24, 2022 6:06:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Speagles84 on Aug 24, 2022 6:06:19 GMT -5 Crozet islands, reluctantly
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alex992 Legend Spicy Venezuelan colonizer. Posts: 8,186	Battle of strange climates Aug 24, 2022 8:43:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by alex992 on Aug 24, 2022 8:43:34 GMT -5 All of these are awful climates. I'll choose Crozet, reluctantly, as I'd rather be consistently cool/chilly than always hot, or always mild/boring temperatures.

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Battle of strange climates Aug 25, 2022 3:25:17 GMT -5 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 likes this

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Post by greysrigging on Aug 25, 2022 3:25:17 GMT -5

Mount Elizabeth gets the spectacular thunderstorms typical of the Northern Australian 'wet season'. And likely the coolest climate in the deep north due to the modest altitude. The highest peaks in the King Leopold Ranges top out at about 900m asl ( 3000' )

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Battle of strange climates Aug 25, 2022 8:16:01 GMT -5

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Post by Ethereal on Aug 25, 2022 8:16:01 GMT -5

I'm guessing SF for having the most 'normal' temperature range throughout the year - You know, something close to a "summer" and a winter.

I know you're new here, but you should post screencaps of their climate tables on your thread. 😉

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Battle of strange climates Aug 26, 2022 1:19:09 GMT -5

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Post by desiccatedi85 on Aug 26, 2022 1:19:09 GMT -5

San Francisco wins this sad battle for being the only temperate/subtropical non-desert on this list.

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Battle of strange climates Aug 26, 2022 3:27:09 GMT -5 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿, psychedamike24, and 1 more like this

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Aug 26, 2022 2:16:24 GMT -5 caspase8 said:

Mount Elizabeth. Probably the best possible tropical climate.

Trust me. camping out in a 2c August overnight min after the previous night in Darwin is 23c aint cool...no pun intended, wasn't cool, was fucken freezing haha...
Darwin folk not acclimatised to 2c mins...
Mount Elizabeth mins in 2012

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Battle of strange climates Aug 26, 2022 4:48:37 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by chesternz on Aug 26, 2022 4:48:37 GMT -5

Some really interesting ones here! For me it's a choice between Mt Elizabeth and Bermuda. I think I'll pick Bermuda as the dry season is too long for me in WA. Surely Bermuda is the highest-latitude "tropical" climate in the world?

Crozet Island is the stuff of nightmares 😬

Aug 26, 2022 3:27:09 GMT -5 greysrigging said:

Aug 26, 2022 2:16:24 GMT -5 caspase8 said:

Mount Elizabeth. Probably the best possible tropical climate.

Trust me. camping out in a 2c August overnight min after the previous night in Darwin is 23c aint cool...no pun intended, wasn't cool, was fucken freezing haha...
Darwin folk not acclimatised to 2c mins...
Mount Elizabeth mins in 2012

It's pretty impressive how often they seem to record frosts given the low latitude and the altitude not really being particularly high. I don't see many lows over 25 C either - they seem to almost completely avoid the sweltering nights of the lowlands.

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Battle of strange climates Aug 26, 2022 5:03:42 GMT -5

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Aug 26, 2022 4:48:37 GMT -5 chesternz said:

Some really interesting ones here! For me it's a choice between Mt Elizabeth and Bermuda. I think I'll pick Bermuda as the dry season is too long for me in WA. Surely Bermuda is the highest-latitude "tropical" climate in the world?

Crozet Island is the stuff of nightmares 😬

Aug 26, 2022 3:27:09 GMT -5 greysrigging said:

Trust me. camping out in a 2c August overnight min after the previous night in Darwin is 23c aint cool...no pun intended, wasn't cool, was fucken freezing haha...
Darwin folk not acclimatised to 2c mins...
Mount Elizabeth mins in 2012

It's pretty impressive how often they seem to record frosts given the low latitude and the altitude not really being particularly high. I don't see many lows over 25 C either - they seem to almost completely avoid the sweltering nights of the lowlands.

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Battle of strange climates Aug 27, 2022 16:27:21 GMT -5 deneb78 likes this

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Aug 23, 2022 18:29:23 GMT -5 deneb78 said:

I'm going with Salalah. The gloomy season would be interesting there.

Basically a Lima winter but 10 C hotter and with equatorial rainforest humidity

How frequent are Rio Branco's actual cold snaps? Going off of the daily means, it seems somewhat cooler than an analogous equatorial rainforest climate elsewhere at the same altitude.

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