History Main / ItsAlwaysSunnyInMiami

* Some could argue that RealityIsUnrealistic. While Miami and UsefulNotes/NewOrleans are constantly at war for the title of America's rainiest city, their southern latitude ensures that they have quite a bit of sunlight even during the winter. Thus, while they do get a lot of rain, they still get quite a bit of sunshine, and it is warm enough that it is nice to be outside even during the winter. The tropical weather pattern also ensures that the time when Miami gets the most rain is during the ''summer''.

* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': With a few exceptions, it's almost always bright and sunny in the late 19th century Toronto. Even overcast days are rare, and winter seems practically non-existent.

* Some could argue that RealityIsUnrealistic. While Miami and UsefulNotes/NewOrleans are constantly at war for the title of America's rainiest city, the number of rainy ''days'' are relatively few compared to cities like Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. It's just that when it does rain in the Southeast, it rains ''hard''.

* People who live in the Pacific Northwest (Northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia) like to characterize it as either constantly raining or looking like it's ''about'' to rain.

The sun's a-shinin', the town's a-bustlin', yes, It's Always Sunny In Miami! When in a show the weather is completely static (except in extreme situations), this trope comes in. In shows with this trope, the current weather almost never changes, and locations with notoriously volatile weather rarely have it affect the plot. Unfortunately for the producers, this is usually seen as the production not having enough money or technology for realistic weather. Yes, It's Always Sunny In Miami!

Related to ItsAlwaysSpring and ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans. Also a consequence of SoCalization. Not related to ''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', though the title references the trope.

Related to ItsAlwaysSpring and ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans. Also a consequence of SoCalization. Not at all related to ''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''.

** A notable aversion is "Center of the Storm," which starts just before a hurricane hits. While the aftermath is sunny, puddles are everywhere.
** Actually, quite often, it's raining and the camera just doesn't pick it up unless you look very carefully. This is because rain is notoriously difficult to film.
* ''{{Neighbours}}'' has a rule that it never rains on Ramsey Street. A behind the scenes special showed that on rainy days outdoor shots are artificially lit to make it look like summer.
** However, it still rains in [[HomeAndAway Summer Bay]]. One notable example is in the ''Hearts Divided'' DVD, which clearly shows that the rain was a contributing factor in Dani not being able to avoid hitting Kane.
*** And it certainly has a lot of stormy weather. Hasn't significant portions of the town slid into the sea during various tempests (blurry on the details). Usually someone dies.
* Somewhat justified in ''Series/{{CSI}}'', seeing as how Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert. Also averted in one episode where a sudden rainstorm catches the team off guard, washing away much of the evidence at the crime scene.
** Averted again when a humdinger of a thunderstorm takes out a substation, forcing the team to use low-tech methods to solve the MysteryOfTheWeek.
* Subverted in CSIMiami where the weather's been a plot point several times.

* Averted on {{The X-Files}}. There are only a couple of episodes even set in Florida, and one of them ("Space") was shot almost completely inside. The one that shows the agents outside is "Agua Mala." The entire episode is set during a hurricane.

* Regardless of the medium, it's almost always daytime in [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Metropolis]], whereas it's almost always nighttime in [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham City]]. This has a lot to do with when their respective Super Heroes like to do their hero work.
** To such an extent that Metropolis is lit like Vegas at night and Gotham is overcast during the day. Both characters have commented upon it while visiting each other's cities. Animators in the {{DCAU}} once said that there was something inherently wrong in drawing Gotham on a bright sunny day.

* Regardless of the medium, it's almost always daytime in [[{{Superman}} Metropolis]], whereas it's almost always nighttime in [[{{Batman}} Gotham City]]. This has a lot to do with when their respective Super Heroes like to do their hero work.

* According to most movies, California is also sunny and green all the time. Winter can get surprisingly wet and windy for non-natives, especially along the coast where random rainstorms last on and off for days, and it takes until March for most of the plants to stop looking half-dead.

* Some could argue that RealityIsUnrealistic. While Miami and NewOrleans are constantly at war for the title of America's rainiest city, the number of rainy ''days'' are relatively few compared to cities like Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. It's just that when it does rain in the Southeast, it rains ''hard''.

*** Conversely, someone living in an area with a cold continental climate will be amazed to hear Londoners complain and complain about how cold it is - because compared to winter in much of Eastern Europe, Asia, and North America, a "cold" day in London would be a particularly nice winter's day - maybe even a nice '' early spring'' day.
* Before Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed NewOrleans, stories based in Louisiana rarely showed how severe the weather can get. Sure there'd be rain, but not the hurricanes, tornadoes, or floods that plague the state.

* Parodied in ''[[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]'', where it's always Saturday afternoon on Ursa Minor Beta, everywhere except those places which have instead a perpetual early Saturday evening.

*** Conversely, someone living in an area with a cold continental climate will be amazed to hear Londoners complain and complain about how cold it is - because compared to winter in much of Eastern Europe, Asia, Canada, etc. the coldest day London has ever experienced would be a particularly nice winter's day - maybe even a nice ''spring'' day.

** To such an extent that Metropolis is lit like Vegas at night and Gotham is overcast during the day. Both characters have commented upon it while visiting each other's cities. Animators in the {{DCAU}} once said that there was something inherently wrong in drawing Gotham on a cloudless sky backdrop.

* Parodied early in ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'': it is noted that it never gets dark until they go to the inn. [[spoiler: This later becomes a plot point where the Light Warriors have a day to prepare for a fight... and Fighter almost immediately goes to an inn.]]

** Actually, quite often, it's raining and the camera just doesn't pick it up. Unless you look very carefully.

* It is almost always sunset in MichaelBay movies.

* You'll never find a rainy, overcast, or any other kind of day but sunny in the Miami of ''BurnNotice'' unless it's important to the plot. In fairness, however, ''Burn Notice'' emphatically averts CaliforniaDoubling and SoCalization, and is actually shot in and around Miami (the main shooting location being Hollywood, Florida, a few miles to the north). If it's sunny on ''Burn Notice'', that means it was actually sunny in Miami on the day they were shooting.

* Somewhat justified in ''{{CSI}}'', seeing as how Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert. Also averted in one episode where a sudden rainstorm catches the team off guard, washing away much of the evidence at the crime scene.

* It's virtually always sunny in ''{{Dexter}}'''s Miami.

* Averted in ''[[GrandTheftAutoViceCity Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''. The titular city is based on Miami and Key West, and it can rain occasionally. The bridges to the second island are even blocked off [[BrokenBridge due to a hurricane warning.]]

* It's always snowy in ''SouthPark'', except for a few weeks in summer.

** Played straight with Gotham in ''BatmanBegins'', but averted in ''TheDarkKnight'', which has many scenes of Gotham (filmed in Chicago) in broad daylight.

Note: Anyone who believes this has never been to Florida, much less Miami. It rains a little over 60 percent of the time. You have been warned.

* Subverted in {{CSI Miami}} where the weather's been a plot point several times.

** As do people from Japan, Korea, and to an extent the British Isles (GKChesterton once said it was unpatriotic for an Englishman to dislike rain, since it's always raining in his country).

* People who live in the Pacific Northwest (Northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia) like to characterize it as either constantly raining or looking like it's ''about'' to rain.

The sun's a-shinin', the town's a-bustlin', yes, It's Always Sunny In Miami! When in a show the weather is completely static (except in extreme situations), this trope comes in. In shows with this trope, the current weather almost never changes. Unfortunately for the producers, this is usually seen as the production not having enough money or technology for realistic weather. Yes, It's Always Sunny In Miami!

Related to ItsAlwaysSpring. Also a consequence of SoCalization.

Not at all related to ''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''.

* Before Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed NewOrleans, stories based in Louisiana rarely showed how severe the weather can get. Sure there'd be rain, but not the hurricanes, tornadoes, or floods that plague the region.

* Averted in ''[[GrandTheftAutoViceCity Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''. Though it doesn't actually take place in Miami, Vice City is based on Miami, and it can rain occasionally.

-->'''The State of Florida''', [[{{Irony}} which has the highest average rainfall in the country.]]

* People who live in Vancouver like to characterize it as constantly raining (or at least constantly overcast and ''usually'' raining).
** And Seattle is in the same climate.
** The whole Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington and British Columbia) is categorized as constantly raining.
* Before Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed NewOrleans, stories based in Louisiana almost never showed how severe the weather can get there. Sure there'd be rain, but never the hurricanes, tornadoes, or floods that plague the region.