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Yes, they do. The average is around 1 day per year with a max temp below 60F. Because of that I think Miami is more borderline tropical.
Yes, but I put it in the same category as northern Cuba and northern Bahamas, basically tropical, but prone to the odd cold event. They all basically have the same climate.
Yes, but I put it in the same category as northern Cuba and northern Bahamas, basically tropical, but prone to the odd cold event. They all basically have the same climate.
But how often would Havana or Nassau have a high temp below 60F? Only a couple years ago Miami had a winter with 10 days that had a high temp below 60F. Nassau and Cuba are more tropical as they would never record low temp in the 20'sF, unlike Miami and S. Florida.
Miami has the perfect weather for me ...
Never too hot, never too cold, lot of sunshine, not so brutal humid/dry season (better than other monsoon climates like Darwin for instance).
I would give it an A+, the only problem is the cold snaps during winter but they are very short.
Continental tropical along the likes of southern China and northern Vietnam. There!
Miami is tropical. You can't seriously look at anyone straight in the face and say Miami is not tropical when places like Hanoi, Vietnam are BELOWthe Tropic of Cancer and still considered tropical. Miami is much warmer than Hanoi and both are sea level locations, except Miami is 25°N and Hanoi is 21°N.
Continental tropical along the likes of southern China and northern Vietnam. There!
Miami is tropical. You can't seriously look at anyone straight in the face and say Miami is not tropical when places like Hanoi, Vietnam are BELOWthe Tropic of Cancer and still considered tropical. Miami is much warmer than Hanoi and both are sea level locations, except Miami is 25°N and Hanoi is 21°N.
I can easily look someone straight in the face on a January day where the high is 9C and tell them it is not tropical.... Talk about spoiling a vacation. Weather History for Miami, FL | Weather Underground
Which is why I'm saying people are too hung up about Miami's cold snaps. Hanoi can grow coconut palms and it's climate is similar to Miami's, except the temp deviation is smaller. Hanoi's January is almost always between 60 and 80. Miami's is more 55 to 85. If you were to draw a line that defines tropical as south of it, subtropical north of it; Hanoi is straddling the north side of the line, and Miami right across the fence to the south. My opinion, if it can grow coconut palms, then it's tropical; I don't care if it's 1°F too cool to be tropical. To me, vegetation is a better indicator of what constitutes a climate
Which is why I'm saying people are too hung up about Miami's cold snaps. Hanoi can grow coconut palms and it's climate is similar to Miami's, except the temp deviation is smaller. Hanoi's January is almost always between 60 and 80. Miami's is more 55 to 85. If you were to draw a line that defines tropical as south of it, subtropical north of it; Hanoi is straddling the north side of the line, and Miami right across the fence to the south. My opinion, if it can grow coconut palms, then it's tropical; I don't care if it's 1°F too cool to be tropical. To me, vegetation is a better indicator of what constitutes a climate
Hanoi in winter looks terrible for a tropical climate. High temp in the 60's, lows in the 50'sF, and almost no sun. Miami def looks better than that. However, Hanoi with a record low of 42F does a lot better than Miami in that regard.
Hanoi in winter looks terrible for a tropical climate. High temp in the 60's, lows in the 50'sF, and almost no sun. Miami def looks better than that. However, Hanoi with a record low of 42F does a lot better than Miami in that regard.
Well what's a tropical climate supposed to look and be like? Everybody seems to have Aruba in their mind when it comes to tropical climates during the winter
I think its Humid Subtropical (with some tropical influences), cooler than most Tropical climates, and it gets yearly freezes.
So is tropical the only climate where it has to be firmly within the tropical limits? Sounds like more stereotypes to me. Is Tampico, Mexico subtropical then because it has snowed there before?
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