Why is the weather in NYC area so extreme, i.e. very hot and muggy in the summer and very cold in the winter?
915955
You have probably noticed that the jet stream, cold fronts, and that sort of weather all moves across the U.S. from west to east. What is happening is that New York, even though it is on the coast, is getting its weather from air masses that have come across thousands of miles of land, so the effect of being near the ocean is minimal. \n\nThis is only the case in big weather events such as fronts. On days where not much is going on, I suspect that the land/sea breeze dominates the daily temperatures and makes it fairly mild.
1085500
It gets hot only during the summer time because the Earth is tilted towards the Sun during the summer, so the hemisphere that is facing the sun heats up. Strangely, when the Earth is farthest away from the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, and it is summer there. This shows that the tilt of the Earth is more important than the distance away from the Sun when it comes to seasons. It really depends on where you live, though, because if you live on the Equator, it is hot throughout the year, and there are no seasons. In contrast, it is always cold at the poles, and there are no seasons.
125973
First, Australia is a huge place. It encompasses many different climates. New York is a small place, and does not have much variation in climate. Second, Australia is mostly desert, with some tropical forests along the coasts. Third, the oceans near Australia keep it much warmer than the Atlantic does near New York, especially since the prevailing winds in New York are seaward. \n\nAustralia does get snow, but only on the tops of a few mountains. It almost never snows anywhere else in Australia. In the extreme south of Tasmania, it has snowed at sea level but it only lasts for a few hours. Sea level snowfall in other places in Australia has not been recorded.
433740
Pretty darn hot! I've been living in TX most of my life and I know that most days of the week are at about 100 degrees. It does depend on where you are, though. It's worse in the panhandle (west texas).
144302
Hot air is lighter than cold air.\nWhen the ground is heated up by the sun, the air above it heats up too.\nThe warmer air near the ground gets pressed down on by the cold air above it.  When this happens, the air is essentially 'squeezed' out as the colder air moves into the area.\nAny time there is a difference between temperature of different layers of air, there is often movement between those layers to create a blance between them.  They cannot just switch places because one blocks the other, so they tend to move out of each other's way.\nIf you have enough of a difference in temperatures, you can end up with differences in pressure over an entire area.  When these pressure zones collide, they can result in heavy winds or even large storms.
336061
I think the temperatures are too extreme for life as we know it. There is a four hundred degree ( Fahrenheit ) difference between night and day.
740472
Gotta love the NJ weather.  You never know what you are going to get, it's a craps shoot.  One winter we may not have snow till Feb and it will melt by the end of the week, another winter will start in October.  I've seen the thermometer at 30 degrees below 0 and 45 degrees above 0 in the same month, different years.  Generally winters are on the mild side, a few snowstorms, freezing every night and above freezing some times during the day to help melt the snow.  We do get big blizzards with up to two feet of snow sometimes, but that is the exception to the rule.
1035134
The Atmosphere is hot(~~)
825004
Probably just the weather changing quickly ? We had a thunderstorm a few weeks ago, except it was snowing with it. Really warm before it and really cold afterwards... I'm sure it's nothing to alarm yourself over.
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montreal canada, its the best compromise you can have.  In winter you can go ski and its not very far away, in summer we have a lot of festivals (jazz fest, just for laugh (comedy show)...)  we have a lot of trendy store.  It not a super big city like new york but it not a small village. the temperature is not too cold not too hot (-5 to 10 F with wind it can be lower a bit in winter and around 100 F in summer)
1016033
Its probably the humidity. I have friends from africa who tell me that when its over 100 degrees you don't even sweat.
672239
because extreme heat is better than cold.
1107774
Was I speaking of weather? Hmmmm, ok....it's been rather nice here in Southern NJ. However, the weekend is going to be hot and humid. YUCK!
770927
Right now it's 44 degrees and cloudy, it can get really hot and muggy during the summertime.
973898
That is a fantastic question.\nIt is a matter of humidity. The cold weather\nthat allows snow means the air is not humid\nenough to allow an electric current to travel\n(along the water vapor in the air) over the differently\ncharged clouds and sky. People who say temp are\nsort of right, but it is the low temp that leads to the low\nhumidity that causes the "problem".\n\nThanks for asking such a good question.
617001
There are some people that aren't designed for cold places and there are also people who can't tolerate hot places. A coat with good insulation and with a hood might help.
64098
i live in new york, but the only reason its scary is cause i think, what if iraq comes and throws a bomb(like the world trade center)the thing about n.y is that alot of people have attitude and dont care.i live in the bronx,i wouldnt move to brooklyn n.y cause thats where shootings happen and manhattan but the only thing about manhattan is that the streets are clean.in summer time in new york is very hot,but in winter its very cold.the only way you can like n.y is if u can handle and take care of yourself.plus in bronx n.y there is alot of parting and music witch bothers after a while....this came from a 15 year old