Even though it’s possible to deduce, I think it would still be helpful to indicate temperature units (C/F).
Had to do a quick sanity check too. My ideal climate is definitely in a place where the temperature remains below the boiling point of water.
Goldilocks Zone Finder – Find your ideal climate
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#12If anybody knows how to search the USA (or elsewhere) for the place with the highest [*] mixing height, I will give you all of my internet points and sing your praises for the rest of eternity. Here is what the mixing height looks like for a random spot in Washington State:
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?w3u=1&w13=mhgt&w13...
NOAA doesn't seem to publish any data on actual mixing height, and even these forecasted mixing heights are only available for some areas (I can't find them for anyplace in Northern California, for example).
I am extremely sensitive to air pollution and this is, by far, the number one factor that correlates with my well-being. You'd think that coastal areas mean "clean ocean air", but they also tend to have very low mixing heights (Los Angeles is an extreme example) so when the wind isn't blowing in from the ocean it's pretty bad. Desert areas have spectacularly high mixing heights during the day, but near zero at night.
[*] Technically I'm trying to optimize for the highest height of the lowest Nth percentile (for something like N=5%).
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#13I like data like this - it reminds me of the pleasant places maps[1]. That said - you have to be wary of both types of maps because it doesn't take into account other potentially annoying factors. The biggest being humidity - there's a huge difference between 90 degree phoenix and 90 degree miami. Then there's rainfall, and one a lot of people don't think about - wind. To add - if you're thinking about seriously comp…
Yeah this paints most of the Southwest as having a worse climate than where I live, which... yeah, for anyone who hates humidity (which is most people, I think?), that's not remotely true. I'd take 95F and bone dry over 82F and soaking-wet air, any day. Happily.
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#15And this is why SF is so popular. It is a shame Florida never developed a huge tech hub, but Miami has plenty of other stuff going for it. (besides hurricanes)
People don't get it, SF will be always popular because the climate is just that good. Seattle is a close #2 IMHO, but you have to be able to put up with 8 months of grey, which is a huge "but".
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#16Even though it’s possible to deduce, I think it would still be helpful to indicate temperature units (C/F).
I hit the "back" button when I saw it's only in F units, and I didn't feel like doing conversions.
When I travel outside the US and have to discuss temperatures with people, or I'm talking to foreigners in the US, I convert to C in my head and use that.
It probably isn't that hard for you to just convert in your head.
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#17Another site you can use for this sort of thing is nomadlist[0]. Maybe get a general idea from this site and then use nomadlist to narrow it down to a city.
[0] nomadlist.com
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#18I pretty much only get southern California and southern Florida with my ideal range.
I wish this website supported Europe and Asia.
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#19I like data like this - it reminds me of the pleasant places maps[1]. That said - you have to be wary of both types of maps because it doesn't take into account other potentially annoying factors. The biggest being humidity - there's a huge difference between 90 degree phoenix and 90 degree miami. Then there's rainfall, and one a lot of people don't think about - wind. To add - if you're thinking about seriously comp…
Yeah this paints most of the Southwest as having a worse climate than where I live, which... yeah, for anyone who hates humidity (which is most people, I think?), that's not remotely true. I'd take 95F and bone dry over 82F and soaking-wet air, any day. Happily.
Same. I'm moving from FL to the SW this year. People see our summer weather - 88hi, 78 low almost every day and think it's perfect. It's not, and it feels gross down to about 72 degrees because of the suffocating humidity.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hit the "back" button when I saw it's only in F units, and I didn't feel like doing conversions.
When I travel outside the US and have to discuss temperatures with people, or I'm talking to foreigners in the US, I convert to C in my head and use that. It probably isn't that hard for you to just convert in your head.
There's never a need to use anything else than Celsius, in Europe. Ok, we do learn Kelvin in school but you wouldn't really use it in a normal conversation.