Navaree, Florida vs Dublin, Ireland

Reflection:
For my reflection, I wasn’t sure what type of location would be best to compare Dublin, Ireland to but as I was looking through the list of locations I started to think about how Dublin is considered a maritime climate. Then I saw that Navarre, Florida is also considered a maritime climate, but these two locations seem to see very different ranges of weather.
Dublin temperatures never exceed 68 in the summer or drop below 30 in winter, but Navarre temperatures can reach into the 90’s in the summer and can see temperatures below anywhere from 5 to 60 in the winter.
The main reason for that is because of where they are located—Dublin is located at 53.4 N and 6.3 W and Navarre is located at 30.5 N and 86.9 W—and the currents that are dominate in this areas.

http://www.sistersofmercynf.org/ourstory/default.cfm?loadref=36

Navarre is located near the northern gulf coast and the Gulf of Mexico. Warm, wet air is brought up from the Gulf –stream ocean current causing summers to be hot and humid in Navarre. Navarre sees limited amount of continental polar air, but when it does temperatures can get below freezing.

http://navarreflweatherblog.blogspot.com/

Dublin is located near the Irish Sea and the northern portion of the Atlantic Ocean. Cold, dry air come across from the Polar Continental and warm, dry air comes up from the Tropical Continental causing the temperatures to remain mild in the summer.

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/climate-of-ireland.asp

But the elevations of these two cities are very different. Dublin sits at an elevation of 279 ft above sea level and Navarre sits at 102 ft above sea level. The warm wet air coming off the gulf-coast can easily sweep across Navarre as it lower in elevation and closer to sea level than Dublin which sits up higher and whose landscape is dominated with cliffs.
One of the similarities, that I am not sure how to decipher, is the amount of humidity in the air. Dublin has a normal humidity of 90, but it never gets above 70. Navarre has a normal humidity of 95, and its temperatures can reach into the 100’s. Why is this?
My theory is that it has to deal with the amount of clouds and the amount of sun light reached in each region. If I am correct, Navarre sees more sunlight than Dublin because of its closer proximity to the equator.


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