Wettest and hottest place in the world

Matt Townsend · Unread post by **Matt Townsend** » Fri 26/05/2006 18:53

What city in the world have the wet and hot all year round?

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Fri 26/05/2006 20:09

Thats easy here

well i mean we would have to be 2nd on the list of a temperate climate with Alexandra being first.
We get temps up into the 30's and down below zero.
We also get thunderstorms seasonal rains winter snowfalls and lovly winter frosts.
Only one word for such a place that no other country would ever get.
4 seasons in one day

( by Neil finn aye

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Cheers
Jason.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Fri 26/05/2006 20:46

Matt Townsend wrote:What city in the world have the wet and hot all year round?

Hottest city is probably near the Red Sea - the hottest area is Dallol in the Danikil depression in Ethiopia (below sea level, helped by geothermal activity).

The wettest recognised town is probably Mawsynyram (?sp) near Cherrapunji in Assam, India

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Fri 26/05/2006 21:07

alexandra is a dust bowl so can rule out it been the wettest

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 26/05/2006 23:50

Mecca is the hottest even in winter its aboce 30 and lowest about 16 ever and thats January

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 27/05/2006 00:08

I would think that some of the cities in Indonesia would be hot and wet all year round. The Philipines would come into that category too!

JohnGaul
NZTS

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Sat 27/05/2006 13:04

Phew maybe we can chuck Cairns in there too,2500mm since the start of the year and still around 28 degrees every day,minimums 20-21 overnight in May.

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Sat 27/05/2006 13:07

ChCh would be one of the coldest cities Jase.Even Ashburton has a better climate than chilly ChCh.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sat 27/05/2006 13:18

Michael wrote:Mecca is the hottest even in winter its aboce 30 and lowest about 16 ever and thats January

There's a port near the location I mentioned - Massawa I think - which is significantly hotter than Mecca or any of those places further east.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sat 27/05/2006 13:20

Deano wrote:ChCh would be one of the coldest cities Jase.Even Ashburton has a better climate than chilly ChCh.

Facts don't back you up.

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Sat 27/05/2006 16:05

Yeah you are right,

Just seems it,that ChCh easterly in summer spoils the climate.When I arrived back at ChCh airport in March it was a chilly 16 degrees,cruised down the highway to step out to a rather mild 25 degrees in Ashburton.

Matt Townsend · Unread post by **Matt Townsend** » Sat 27/05/2006 16:24

I found a city that i really like, Singapore, always 30C in days and 24C at nights all year round and over 150mm of rain every month due to double monsoonal season which from SW and NE.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sat 27/05/2006 16:30

Deano wrote:Yeah you are right,

Just seems it,that ChCh easterly in summer spoils the climate.When I arrived back at ChCh airport in March it was a chilly 16 degrees,cruised down the highway to step out to a rather mild 25 degrees in Ashburton.

Mean temps in Ash. are not higher than in Ch'ch - though mean daily max is a little higher. The cold grey easterly in Ashburton is just the same as the cold grey easterly in Ch'ch or Timaru or ...etc. Furthermore Ch'ch has a much higher annual sunshine than the other 2 towns, primarily because of differences in the warmer months.

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Sat 27/05/2006 23:20

well we could put hawai in there aswell for the wet

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 27/05/2006 23:38

Kuala Lumpur could qualify?
Every time I read the World Yesterday in the Press's weather section, 9 times out of ten it says thunder with a temperature range of between of 23 and 34.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 27/05/2006 23:46

Yeah Singapore is hot and wet.. heat indicies really soar there all year.. I swat buckets there.. and in the malls they chill place to a freezing 20c.. so you needed to carry a jersey! Then you when you get out there's no escaping the heat.. like you can here by entering the shade.

Manaus, in the central Amazon Basin, Brazil is wetter than Singapore with the average dewpoint down by just 1c.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 27/05/2006 23:52

Singapore has less thunder days than Kuala Lumpur, not by much tho'
Where there is thunder, in these places, there is rain.

JohnGaul
NZTS

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 28/05/2006 08:38

squid wrote:well we could put hawai in there aswell for the wet

Only parts - the Big Island also has desert zones (in fact many climate zones)

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Sun 28/05/2006 18:28

There are many light NW days where the temperatures 20 K or more inland,are far warmer than the cool easterly wind on the coast.
Ashburton is over 20 k from the coast.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 28/05/2006 19:18

Doesn't have a huge impact on the mean daily temps - the 30-year averages for Ch'ch city and Ashburton show the following:

Mean daily max. - Ash. 0.9C higher
mean daily min. - Ash. 1.1C lower

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Sun 28/05/2006 19:40

Could see why the minimum would be lower,Ashburton being 100 metres above sea level.
Are those ChCh temps taken at the airport?.

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Sun 28/05/2006 19:55

wonder why hawai has many different mini climates
is it because of the mountains on the bigger islands?? or something else??

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 28/05/2006 19:57

No, airport ones are a little lower with open exposure. But Ash. temps are from a semi-sheltered part I understand. Also remember that places a lot further inland will still exhibit Plains characteristics in being prone to low cloud from the south and east.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 28/05/2006 20:02

squid wrote:wonder why hawai has many different mini climates
is it because of the mountains on the bigger islands?? or something else??

Hawaii (ie the "Big Island") has altitudes up to 4000m with the large volcanoes. All the islands have dramatic rainfall contrasts between windward (trade-wind side) zones and leeward zones, particularly Hawaii. The NW corner of the island has only about 160mm rain annually. The gradient is so sharp on the windward slopes that the city of Hilo has about twice the rainfall at its upper end than at its seaward end. I have driven around the island, and also across it past the observatories.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 28/05/2006 20:27

N.Z would have a wonderful climate if it was situated 20 s with its current north south orientation and Auckland would have one of the best climates including the SI west coast with the trades

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