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Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America

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Re: Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America

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Post by dghughes »

knz wrote: post #66
thebent wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the conversion. Whoah, that's cold.

A true northern winter redefines your sense of cold if you are from a more mild climate. The ambient temperatures sting any exposed skin and freeze any moisture (like the inside of your nose or condensation as your exhale) almost instantly. Add in a strong wind and you can feel the heat being sucked from your body even if you have a good winter coat on. Visually, everything changes. Snow piles up so high you can't se…

> you can feel the heat being sucked from your body even if you have a good winter coat on.

I've felt that! At -25C 100km/h north wind at a bus stop I think it's my soul being ripped out not my body heat.

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Post by rukuu001 »

pacofvf wrote: post #31
mmastrac wrote: post #8

21ºC for us non-Americans. That would be a pleasant year's worth of weather for me, given that the winter temperature in my Canadian city can reach -35ºC in the deepest part of winter.

You can come to Mexico City, with a min. 14ºC Daily mean temperature in winter and a max. 20ºC in summer. It's basically Spring all year long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City#Climate

Spent a month in Mexico City ("DF"!) about a year ago. I was surprised to enjoy it as much as I did. I'd seriously consider living there if it weren't for the pollution.

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Post by tomerico »

pacofvf wrote: post #31
mmastrac wrote: post #8

21ºC for us non-Americans. That would be a pleasant year's worth of weather for me, given that the winter temperature in my Canadian city can reach -35ºC in the deepest part of winter.

You can come to Mexico City, with a min. 14ºC Daily mean temperature in winter and a max. 20ºC in summer. It's basically Spring all year long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City#Climate

Pretty similar to the bay area: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=mexico+city+2016+tempe...

Re: Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America

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Post by 11thEarlOfMar »

So here's the thing.

It starts in Brownsville, Tx.[1]

In January 2016, There were 2 days in Brownsville where the high was 70, the 13th and 28th.

Even if you say +/- 5 degrees is 'close enough' to 70, less than 1/2 the days in January 2016 fall into that range.

From the 3rd to the 4th, the high temperature jumped 15 degrees from 51 to 66.

On the 2nd, the high was 45 degrees. The 15th, the high was 83 degrees. That's a 38 degree high temperature spread in one month.

So if you really do need 70, spot-on to be happy, you may need to add standard deviation to your criteria.

Here's the chart:

[1] http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/brownsville-tx/78520/januar...

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Post by bbarn »

dreamsofdragons wrote: post #53
thebent wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the conversion. Whoah, that's cold.

I'm guessing he lives within a few miles of the American border. It gets a lot colder than that up here. I remember in college trying to find a kitten on a farm that escaped the house for a girl I was into. No idea what the temperature was, it only had markings to -50c (-58f) and all the mercury was in the reservoir. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long to freeze a little kitten in those temperatures.

I'm surprised any creature would leave relative warmth for temperatures 50 below (either scale!). Even for a girl.

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Post by bbarn »

donretag wrote: post #59
wallflower wrote: post #11

It is almost a cliche but my friends who moved to LA truly do miss the seasons, especially leaves changing colors. It is like living in a giant open-air mall all year long. When nothing changes but the store displays, the seasonal heartbeat is lost. Living in LA, of course, means they can go to the beach all-year long with a short commute though. Snapchat is particularly smart for having its corporate headquarters al…

I live in LA (somewhat new, but I have been in CA for years), and I do not miss seasons at all. It has been many years since I have seen snow, and I plan to keep it that way. I cannot recall the last time I was in below freezing weather. I am an avid cyclist, and it is amazing to bike year round. My tan lines are very prominent from the amount of cycling I do in sunny weather.

See, I too am a fairly avid cyclist, and I too hate any weather that prevents me from doing it.. but when I lived in LA, it was hard to find good cycling routes. It's a very car-centric area.

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Post by anshumanravi »

pacofvf wrote: post #31
mmastrac wrote: post #8

21ºC for us non-Americans. That would be a pleasant year's worth of weather for me, given that the winter temperature in my Canadian city can reach -35ºC in the deepest part of winter.

You can come to Mexico City, with a min. 14ºC Daily mean temperature in winter and a max. 20ºC in summer. It's basically Spring all year long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City#Climate

Bangalore has similar temprature range on average.
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