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Post by fairweatherfan on Sept 17, 2022 9:15:52 GMT -5
In this thread we’ll discuss what stereotypes people in your area, or anywhere really, have about the climates of different regions. Obviously not everyone has the same view of climates, these are sweeping generalizations.
I’ll start with the Bay Area since that’s what I’m most familiar with.
Bay Area people’s stereotypes about different climates:
Bay Area: Climactic paradise. Everyone thinks the particular climate they happen to live in is the best.
SoCal: too dry.
Sacramento/Central Valley: scorching hot
Pacific Northwest: Cloudy and rainy
East Coast: The east coast is seen as a monolithic region with universally bad weather. Winters are freezing and summers are stiflingly humid. This impression is based on actual weather conditions, as well as what people from the east coast say about their climate.
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Post by MET on Sept 17, 2022 9:31:15 GMT -5
London, UK (only place most foreigners have heard of): constant overcast and drizzle, rainy, constant fog, 40 degrees in winter and 60 in summer.
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Post by fairweatherfan on Sept 17, 2022 9:58:15 GMT -5
London, UK (only place most foreigners have heard of): constant overcast and drizzle, rainy, constant fog, 40 degrees in winter and 60 in summer. That’s what I used to think London was like tbh |
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Post by Ethereal on Sept 27, 2022 18:54:17 GMT -5
Melbourne region having the worst weather in Australia, with frequent drizzle and low sunshine hours, when places like Albany WA and Tasmania are far worse.
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Post by greysrigging on Sept 27, 2022 19:08:22 GMT -5
Melbourne region having the worst weather in Australia, with frequent drizzle and low sunshine hours, when places like Albany WA and Tasmania are far worse. i'm not so sure Albany is worse.....certainly bad by WA standards, very changeable etc, but does get some surprisingly stable and sunny conditions, even in winter. But yeah, its not real good. Coastal southern Victoria is worse....haha ALBANY, WA  PORTLAND, VIC  |
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Post by Ethereal on Sept 30, 2022 18:35:19 GMT -5
Melbourne region having the worst weather in Australia, with frequent drizzle and low sunshine hours, when places like Albany WA and Tasmania are far worse. i'm not so sure Albany is worse.....certainly bad by WA standards, very changeable etc, but does get some surprisingly stable and sunny conditions, even in winter. But yeah, its not real good. Coastal southern Victoria is worse....haha ALBANY, WA PORTLAND, VIC Yikes, I take back "far worse". I forgot how its climate box looked like. It's actually not bad. Heck, it's slightly better than Melbourne because it seems more consistent. |
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Oct 3, 2022 0:03:12 GMT -5
Melbourne region having the worst weather in Australia, with frequent drizzle and low sunshine hours, when places like Albany WA and Tasmania are far worse. i'm not so sure Albany is worse.....certainly bad by WA standards, very changeable etc, but does get some surprisingly stable and sunny conditions, even in winter. But yeah, its not real good. Coastal southern Victoria is worse....haha ALBANY, WA PORTLAND, VIC Albany and Portland look far better to me due to their much wetter winters and drier summers than Melbourne  |
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Post by firebird1988 on Oct 3, 2022 6:33:04 GMT -5
Most people think that all of Arizona is hot desert, when BWh only covers about 30% of the state. The other 70% of the state ranges from BSk to Csa to Dfb to BWk to Dfc to ET depending on elevation. BWh is confined to areas below 2,500ft of elevation (SE AZ) to 3,000ft of elevation (NW AZ).
Northeastern AZ is mainly BWk below 6,000ft and BSk from 6,000 to 8,000ft.
Central AZ is BSk from 3,000 ft to 5,000 ft, Csa from 5,000 ft to 7,000 ft l, Dsb from 7,000 ft to 9,000 ft, Dfc from 9,000 ft to 11,500 ft and ET above 11,500 ft.
SE AZ is BSh from 2,500 to 3,500 ft, BSk from 3,500 ft to 5,000 ft and Csa from 5,000 ft to 6,000 ft
Far western AZ is BSh from 3,000 ft to 4,000 ft, BSk from 4,000 ft to 6,000 ft and mainly Dsb above 6,000 ft
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Post by Cheeseman on Oct 3, 2022 6:36:45 GMT -5
firebird1988 I've noticed that misconception around here as well. People also seem to think all of Florida has the climate of Miami or Key West and never gets cold in winter, and that London and Seattle have the climate of Macquarie Island.
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Post by Steelernation on Oct 3, 2022 15:38:04 GMT -5
Most people think that all of Arizona is hot desert, when BWh only covers about 30% of the state. Also people who lump Phoenix in with places like Mecca, forgetting that half the year is relatively comfortable and it can even get cold. |
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Post by CRISPR on Mar 22, 2024 17:09:52 GMT -5
Here are some stereotypical fictional climates I made (not entirely accurate) of different countries: USA: A classic Dfa climate with four pronounced seasons (Winters should have been slightly colder). Inspired by Omaha France: A regular Csa climate with a gentle breeze and is kissed by the summer sun. Inspired by Porto-Vecchio UK: A crummy Cfb/ Cfc with howling winds, grey skies and sideways drizzle. Inspired by Lerwick Germany: A foggy, errie Dfb with thick stratocrapulus and little sun. Inspired by Erfurt China: A highly continental Dwa with not much extremes in either direction. Inspired by Xian + Fuzhou India: A tri-seasonal Aw with an intense, short monsoon, and a sweltering, sunny spring. Inspired by Chennai + Mumbai Italy: A very warm Csa with great beach weather for most of the year. Winters are still good for tourism. Inspired by Palermo Spain: A BSh ( Csa temps) with world-class winters and a long, very hot summer. Inspired by Seville Canada: A Dfc with four seasons. Just that one is 7 months long, followed by mosquito-ridden summers. Inspired by Yellowknife |
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Post by Beercules on Mar 22, 2024 17:25:24 GMT -5
Melbourne region having the worst weather in Australia, with frequent drizzle and low sunshine hours, when places like Albany WA and Tasmania are far worse. Albany is debatable, but Tasmania is a subarctic island in the roaring 40s so doesnt count. Melbourne is in the top standard deviation for worst climates in Australia regardless. |
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Post by Steelernation on Mar 22, 2024 18:21:31 GMT -5
Stereotypical Colorado according to most of the public and AJ has extreme variation every single day and has 4000 sunshine hours.
People think our winters look like this:
High 75 Low 15
High 15 Low -20, blizzard
High 70 Low 10
High 15 Low -5, snow
High 70 Low 30
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Post by Cadeau on Mar 22, 2024 20:17:06 GMT -5
France: A regular Csa climate with a gentle breeze and is kissed by the summer sun. Inspired by Porto-Vecchio  I think exaggerated romantic image of Paris what the media portrays giving an impression much warmer climate than the reality. |
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Post by Ethereal on Mar 25, 2024 2:45:57 GMT -5
France: A regular Csa climate with a gentle breeze and is kissed by the summer sun. Inspired by Porto-Vecchio I think exaggerated romantic image of Paris what the media portrays giving an impression much warmer climate than the reality. Yeah I was a bit surprised to find out that its climate is virtually like London's. In the media Paris is usually depicted as sunny and warmish. |
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Post by Ariete on Mar 25, 2024 10:51:29 GMT -5
Yeah I was a bit surprised to find out that its climate is virtually like London's. In the media Paris is usually depicted as sunny and warmish.
In media Paris is also depicted as a romantic cultured city, the City of Love and Light, and not as a gritty city smelling off pee and which has quite monotonous architecture.
I think this plays a huge factor in it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2024 11:04:07 GMT -5
Seattle has a stereotype for being cool and rainy all the time, but this is not true.
We have a Mediterranean climate, so our winters are like this but our summers are warm, very dry and sunny almost every day it seems.
Cool (or in this case mild) rainy weather does continue into spring and fall, but closer to summer, this kind of weather is often interrupted by pleasantly warm, sunny dry spells. And becomes less frequent closer to summer.
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Post by B87 on Mar 25, 2024 11:45:11 GMT -5
London's stereotype is for winters with zero sun hours, fog and drizzle every day, with temperatures between 3-5c day and night.
The summer stereotype is for maybe a couple of hours of sunshine per month, otherwise constant fog or heavy rain. Temperatures between 10-20c, and never above 25c.
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Post by CRISPR on Apr 5, 2024 16:46:33 GMT -5
Here are some more stereotypical fictional climates I made (not entirely accurate) of different countries/states: Japan: A four-season Cfa climate with a summer monsoon, regular winter snowfall and equal seasonal lag. Winters should have been cooler and 3x snowier. Inspired by Toyama Russia: Stereotypical Canada on steroids: with a bordeline Dwa/ Dwc/ Dwd climate. Still four seasons included! Inspired by Astrakhan + Oymyakon Mexico: A BWh Cwa/ Csa climate with two highly variable wet seasons: one cool, driven by showers, one very hot, driven by hurricanes. Inspired by Mexicali + Culiacán Brazil: An Am/ Af climate with a steamy wet season and a hot dry season: but with hotter days and cooler nights. Bring mosquito repellent there! Inspired by ManausIran: A highly continental BSk ( Dsa if wetter), with slushy winters and unforgiving, Death Valley-esque summers. Inspired by Borujen + Ahvaz Australia: A 'four season' BSh ( Cwa if wetter) with dessicating, windy winters and mostly dry, scorching summers- but with the odd cyclone + flood! Inspired by Alice Springs Norway: A bottom-end Dfc with summers just warm enough for stunted trees. Winters of course, are severe and insanely snowy. Inspired by Kautokeino Sweden: Stereotypical Norway but more continental, drier and sunnier (still Dfc). Summers are nice, but a mosquito haven. Inspired by Kiruna Wisconsin: A Dfa/ Dfc with ridiculous spring warm ups and autumn cool downs. Summers have many 90/90 days, while winters last most of the year. Inspired by neurofibrillary tangles = Alzheimer's Alaska: A classic ET with 'four seasons.' Snow occurs in all months, and no temperatures above freezing for half the year. Inspired by Utqiagvik |
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Apr 6, 2024 14:11:31 GMT -5
France: A regular Csa climate with a gentle breeze and is kissed by the summer sun. Inspired by Porto-Vecchio I think exaggerated romantic image of Paris what the media portrays giving an impression much warmer climate than the reality. This is very accurate for the French Riviera, but I'm thinking of Paris when I think of France. I never thought of Paris's climate as warm, always just thought of it as pretty standard and temperate like it is, it's shown in media often as a foggy place with two people making out in the drizzle. |
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