Which area has the biggest range of temperatures?

[Argo]

I nomiate North-East, specifically New England. It's regularly 90+ degrees in the summer and it's been in single digits most of the last month.

 

[Oger]

Hey Argo, cold enough for you ?

On the coast it's now 2 degrrees F

What's it like north of the parkway ?

 

[Argo]

It was 5 degrees when I was driving to work this morning. Supposed to hit 24 today, which would be the first time it's over 20 in God knows how long. Global warming my ass.

 

[meltdown75]

I'd say Southwestern Ontario is pretty extreme - esp. Windsor area.

Hot & muggy as hell in the summer and pretty darn cold in the winter. Further North though is probably more extreme, assuming it can get up over 90 in the summers in Ottawa for example.

 

[DougK62]

Nah - the largest change has to be in the midwest - out in the plains.

If I recall correctly, the largest temperature change within a 24 hour period happened out in the plains - the temperature dropped something like 100 degrees!

 

[jEnus]

Boise, ID

116 in the Summer
Mid to Low Teens in the Winter.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Argo
I nomiate North-East, specifically New England. It's regularly 90+ degrees in the summer and it's been in single digits most of the last month.

single digits??? its been NEGATIVE in the TEENS here on and off for the past 2 weeks

 

[bernse]

Where I live in Alberta, summer temps on a hot day can be mid 90s, but winter can get down to a true -50 and colder.. *not* including wind chill.

 

[Calin]

In desert areas, the days can be very hot and the nights very cold. However, record differences in temperature can be much easier found in populated areas

 

[axnff]

The largest 24 hour change was a 103 degree drop in Loma Montana, January 14-15 1972: High was 49 followed by a massive cold front dropping the temperature later that night (early morning Jan 15) to -54.

My guess is the biggest swing would be Montana or South Dakota. Summers regularly see highs well in to 100s, even 110s, and winter lows can reach -40 most years, and some years -60 or lower...

Here in Eastern Nebraska, the highest I've seen was around 117 (1995?). Record lows in 1997 dropped down below -40. I know that Rapid City, South Dakota, is regularly more extreme in both regards...

 

[Kelemvor]

Midwest fluctuates all the time. In WI, MN, MI, etc we can hit negatives in the winter and hit 90s (or even a 100 now and then) in the summer.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Argo
I nomiate North-East, specifically New England. It's regularly 90+ degrees in the summer and it's been in single digits most of the last month.

single digits??? its been NEGATIVE in the TEENS here on and off for the past 2 weeks

Wow, you must live in a much more awesome place.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

the moon

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: KMDupont64

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Argo
I nomiate North-East, specifically New England. It's regularly 90+ degrees in the summer and it's been in single digits most of the last month.

single digits??? its been NEGATIVE in the TEENS here on and off for the past 2 weeks

Wow, you must live in a much more awesome place.

no its pretty non awsome here

currently
-2°F Feels Like -13°F

last night it hit -11F feels like -30F

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: DougK62
Nah - the largest change has to be in the midwest - out in the plains.

If I recall correctly, the largest temperature change within a 24 hour period happened out in the plains - the temperature dropped something like 100 degrees!

Yup.. I live in KC.. Trust me.. Its out this way.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt

Originally posted by: DougK62
Nah - the largest change has to be in the midwest - out in the plains.

If I recall correctly, the largest temperature change within a 24 hour period happened out in the plains - the temperature dropped something like 100 degrees!

Yup.. I live in KC.. Trust me.. Its out this way.

If you don't like the weather in Kansas, wait 5 minutes.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Definitely not SoCal. Hottest here in the summer is 95-100 (coastal) and the coldest I've seen in the winter is low 30 in 14 years of living here.

It's got to be one of those cold states in the midwest. Like North Dakota or Minnesota or Montana. The places that see temps like -56 degrees in the winter.

 

[stuman19]

Here in Wisconsin it gets to around 110 at least once a summer and then in the winter it usually drops to below zero once a winter. Temperature fluctuates (sp) like crazy!

 

[MaluMan]

uranus ??

 

[Amused]

Yakutsk, Siberia

http://www.valdosta.edu/~grissino/geog1112/lecture9.htm

Look near the bottom:

Finally, let's go to Yakutsk, Siberia (62°N), where we notice that this subarctic location has:

a. a radiation deficit for six months out of the year, indicating we're near the Arctic Circle.
b. the highest values of Q* for any site no matter which latitude
c. extremely cold winter temperatures, coldest place on planet
d. widest range of temperatures for any location on earth's surface, over 60°C (107°F) fluctuation between lowest winter and highest summer temperatures.

 

[RedRooster]

Originally posted by: Amused
Yakutsk, Siberia

http://www.valdosta.edu/~grissino/geog1112/lecture9.htm

Look near the bottom:

Finally, let's go to Yakutsk, Siberia (62°N), where we notice that this subarctic location has:

a. a radiation deficit for six months out of the year, indicating we're near the Arctic Circle.
b. the highest values of Q* for any site no matter which latitude
c. extremely cold winter temperatures, coldest place on planet
d. widest range of temperatures for any location on earth's surface, over 60°C (107°F) fluctuation between lowest winter and highest summer temperatures.

60C, that's it?
I've personally seen 41C in the summer here and last winter we had a day that was -42C before windchill. Western/Central Canada has to have the biggest difference. We're far enough north to get the really bitter winters and far enough south to get as high of temperatures as southern states get.

 

[Excelsior]

Alaska, Fairbanks specifically has one of the highest, if not the highest, in the US, I think.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: RedRooster

Originally posted by: Amused
Yakutsk, Siberia

http://www.valdosta.edu/~grissino/geog1112/lecture9.htm

Look near the bottom:

Finally, let's go to Yakutsk, Siberia (62°N), where we notice that this subarctic location has:

a. a radiation deficit for six months out of the year, indicating we're near the Arctic Circle.
b. the highest values of Q* for any site no matter which latitude
c. extremely cold winter temperatures, coldest place on planet
d. widest range of temperatures for any location on earth's surface, over 60°C (107°F) fluctuation between lowest winter and highest summer temperatures.

60C, that's it?
I've personally seen 41C in the summer here and last winter we had a day that was -42C before windchill. Western/Central Canada has to have the biggest difference. We're far enough north to get the really bitter winters and far enough south to get as high of temperatures as southern states get.

I believe they are talking about average mean temperature.

 

[vi edit]

Upper midwest - Iowa/Minnesota/Dakotas.

I know in Iowa we can hit -15 to -20 on a bad winter (with wind chills in the -50's) and then be upwards of 100 degrees in the summer with humidity around 95% making for heat indexes of 115-120.

That's some disparity.

 

[Vanman]

I Nominate Colorado, I've seen the weather go from 80 degrees (F) down to -10 degrees (F) in a 24 hour period. Might not get the largest extremes between seasons, but on a day to day basis you never know what you're going to get here.

Dirk