"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message
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> Sarah Banick wrote:
>>>Based on a small LA sample of 4 winters I would expect that the winters
>>>are milder than Houston let alone those up north in Atlanta. Certainly I
>>>never saw snow (outside of dance decoration) in LA. There have been
>>>three snows in Houston over 3 decades. In the very few days I have
>>>visited Atlanta I have seen snow there. I suspect that it isn't
>>>uncommon.
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>>>Since the humidity is lower in LA (it is a desert after all) it will get
>>>hotter in the summer than Houston or NO.
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>> Actually, snow is pretty rare in Atlanta these days. We used to see it a
>> few times a season, with maybe one day off from school (that only takes
>> one inch :-) I don't think we saw any in the city in 2007 (the northern
>> 'burbs might have it, 45 minutes or an hour north of the city).
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>> Houston is warmer than Atlanta, but it also gets more ice storms.
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> Nope. Although there is a severe disparity in the time spent in each
> place I've been in more ice storms in the Carolinas than in Houston.
I don't see much reason to expect Atlanta to be too different from
> Greenville or Charlotte.
It is. There are some mountains in between.
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