They’re the same latitude, and Georga and SC are hotter than SoCal in their costal regions. Both are also in the Subtropics, so why is there this sort of distinction?
They’re the same latitude, and Georga and SC are hotter than SoCal in their costal regions. Both are also in the Subtropics, so why is there this sort of distinction?
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Maybe humidity? Humidity makes summers wretched in the Southeast. Might also be better beaches. I’m sure Georgia must have beaches but they’re never hyped up.
Georgia and South Carolina are absolutely seen as warm and sunny.
Much of SoCal is desert, regardless of latitude.
SoCal is consistently warm. The Southeast gets oppressively hot and humid, and also has other seasons.
Most of SoCal doesn’t get the same amount of rain and humidity as SC or GA.
Humidity. The climates may both be in the subtropics, but they are vastly different.
Source: have lived in both.
They’re definitely warm but they have a different climate. SoCal is almost always sunny. It has pretty limited variation in weather. Georgia and SC, on the other hand, have a lot of weather and distinct seasons.
SoCal doesn’t get as much rain, it’s much drier. So you have more sunny days as a result. SoCal winters are incredibly mild compared to most of the East Coast. There’s days in January in SoCal where you can walk around in shorts and a T-shirt.
I’d still consider South Carolina and Georgia as warm and sunny places as a Pennsylvanian. It’s all relative. But SoCal is just at a different level. Winter as I know it is basically nonexistent there. It’s more of a Mediterranean climate, but even more mild in winter due to the latitude.
SoCal has beautiful warm, dry weather. In South Georgia right now the humidity is 95% and it feels like the jungle. I’d kill to be back in San Diego right now.
If you visited those places in the summer you wouldn’t have to ask this question. SC and Georgia are humid AF which changes everything. 80 and dry is a warm summer day. 80 and humid is a sweaty nightmare. They also get much colder in the winter. Latitude is not the only thing that effects the climate of a place.
They aren’t?
I fundamentally disagree with your premise. SoCal is considered mild and pleasant year-round. It has no seasons. Georgia and and SC are HOT and humid. At least in the summer.
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SoCal?
The southeast isn’t warm and sunny, it is hot and humid.
Source: I live in SC
The Southeast is warm and sunny. Some areas feel less sunny than SoCal, because of taller, denser trees.
Milwaukee and Marseille are on the same latitude, fyi. Same latitude doesn’t mean same weather.
Very different climates.
Because it doesn’t rain often in SoCal but it rains fairly often in the Deep South. Sunny describes the weather, not just the temperature