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0 pointslucaspiller10y ago0 comments

TIL Texas isn't as warm as I thought...

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It's a little misleading, because climate zones are just based on minimum average temperatures. British winters are similar to Texan winters, but British summers are more like Alaskan summers.

noxToken10y ago

>British winters are similar to Texan winters

Hmm. That's not so bad. What does everyone complain about?

>but British summers are more like Alaskan summers

You poor, poor people. Though they probably say the same about our 100F (~38C) summers.

TwiztidK10y ago

Speak for yourself. Texas Winters with Alaska summers sounds awesome! The best summer weather I've ever experienced was 70-80 during the day and 60s at night. Absolutely perfect weather, until snow started to fall from November to June.

If I never had to experience 100F heat again (excepting saunas), then I would die a happy man.

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bryanlarsen10y ago

> What does everyone complain about?

British winters have a similar temperature as Texan winters, but they have a lot more rain and a lot less sunshine (because of the clouds, and because the day is shorter).

ascorbic10y ago

Anything over 25C is a scorcher. Though nobody has AC in their homes, so we're less able to cope.

icebraining10y ago

Though they probably say the same about our 100F (~38C) summers.

Considering how many of them come to our Southern corner to enjoy our 38C summers, probably not.

(And they're very welcome, by the way! I'm quite happy to see tourists around.)

knodi12310y ago

But don't british winters usually include snowfall? Because Texas winters rarely include snowfall.

ascorbic10y ago

Not in much of the country. There have been a few unusually snowy winters in the past few years, but in much of the country you can go for years without snow. I've had no snow this winter, and it hasn't been below -2C. As someone else mentioned though, Britain is much wetter than Texas, so it's not surprising there'd be more snow.

ska10y ago

Well, not in the winter.

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ascorbic10y ago

It's a little misleading, because climate zones are just based on minimum average temperatures. British winters are similar to Texan winters, but British summers are more like Alaskan summers.

noxToken10y ago

>British winters are similar to Texan winters

Hmm. That's not so bad. What does everyone complain about?

>but British summers are more like Alaskan summers

You poor, poor people. Though they probably say the same about our 100F (~38C) summers.

TwiztidK10y ago

If I never had to experience 100F heat again (excepting saunas), then I would die a happy man.

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bryanlarsen10y ago

> What does everyone complain about?

British winters have a similar temperature as Texan winters, but they have a lot more rain and a lot less sunshine (because of the clouds, and because the day is shorter).

ascorbic10y ago

Anything over 25C is a scorcher. Though nobody has AC in their homes, so we're less able to cope.

icebraining10y ago

Though they probably say the same about our 100F (~38C) summers.

Considering how many of them come to our Southern corner to enjoy our 38C summers, probably not.

(And they're very welcome, by the way! I'm quite happy to see tourists around.)

knodi12310y ago

But don't british winters usually include snowfall? Because Texas winters rarely include snowfall.

ascorbic10y ago

ska10y ago

Well, not in the winter.

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