Climate Maps

Technically a weather map but https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1cdloya/how_much_precipitation_fell_during_the_wettest/ from u/Gigitoe

Is there a time of the day when it rains more? I discussed it in the shoutbox earlier this week. The only information I found on this is Cliff Mass's weather blog (https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2012/04/what-time-of-day-does-is-rain-most.html), which doesn't cite any primary sources, so please let me know if you find any more reliable information. But going off that blog post,

The first map is how strong the diurnal variation is. It is almost zero on the west coast, and it is greatest in Florida, where precipitation is dominated by convective rain in the afternoon.

The second map shows the hour of the day with the most precipitation. For most of the country, it's in the afternoon, but interestingly for the High Plains it's in the middle of the night.

The final map shows the hour of the day with the least precipitation.

At night and in the early morning, the temperatures are likely closer to the dew point, increasing the chance of precipitation, but the greater atmospheric instability in the daytime tends to outweigh that in most of the country.

Note that these maps show precipitation amount, not frequency. I predict the more frequent precipitation would be more skewed toward the night and early morning than what these maps show, but take it with a grain of salt.

So, the northern end of the North Island has the same climate type as Invercargill. Got it. 

And people, including some on here, lap up this swill like a cat to milk. 

Im guessing this is using -3C isotherm? Otherwise I don’t see how St Petersburg could realistically become Cfa by 2100.

St Petersburg coldest month has an average of -5°C. Only 2 degrees needed to take it out of the D classification using -3°C isotherm.

Knew Turdku was subtropical all along. Ariete just has us fooled it's a cold climate