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Goldilocks Zone Finder – Find your ideal climate
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
If I had the money... Spokane throughout the summer, central Florida during the winter.
Don't know about Spokane, but summer would probably be somewhere on the West Coast, northern New England, or higher altitudes in the Southwest (e.g. Santa Fe). Winter is harder but, assuming I was trying to avoid snow, probably somewhere broadly in the desert Southwest.
Sounds like you could minimize travel then by say, Flagstaff and Phoenix, respectively?
Re: Goldilocks Zone Finder – Find your ideal climate
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't know about Spokane, but summer would probably be somewhere on the West Coast, northern New England, or higher altitudes in the Southwest (e.g. Santa Fe). Winter is harder but, assuming I was trying to avoid snow, probably somewhere broadly in the desert Southwest.
Sounds like you could minimize travel then by say, Flagstaff and Phoenix, respectively?
Personally, I'm generally fine with snow and cold but but, yeah, if you're looking for fairly temperate climate year-round, it's mostly either California coastal areas or shifting between the lowlands/highlands in the Southwest. As you say, Flagstaff and somewhere in the Phoenix region would be a good example. Probably are examples in Colorado and New Mexico as well. Vegas in winter is also an option many like.
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#124Reading the comments makes me wonder if I'm the only one who would even be interested in this, but I really like variety, so I'd love to be able to be able to layer semitranslucent layers on top of each other. It's probably way too much customization, but if I want somewhere that has at least 30 days that don't get over 30 degrees, as well as maybe 15 days above 90 degrees, I'd kind of have to have it open in two win…
Yeah, big +1 on seasons and variety. I grew up on the east coast so I guess I'm just kind acclimated to it, but I never got being so obsessed with the weather.
Like when I go outside and it's freezing, am I like "yay"? No. But there is a coziness to the winter I appreciate, getting to go inside and warm up. And then warmer weather starts to come, and you feel relieved by it, you get to actually be like "yay, Spring is here!", instead of just getting acclimated to it being spring all the time. You get to cycle through different fashion styles too (which until a few years ago I wouldn't have really thought about, but have started to care about more recently). I think happiness is more about deltas than steady state, and so I think it is actually nicer to get to experience the variety.
But even ignoring all of that, the fact that weather is so important to someone that they consider moving over it just feels so alien to me.
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#125Those finding fault in this may be better served by the B6ppen climate classification, which is a global index that takes into account not just temperature but also rainfall and whether the rain is strongest in summer or winter. Notably, it shows that the idyllic Mediterranean/Californian climate can also be found in parts of Western Australia, South Africa, and Chile. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_cl…
Cape Town South Africa, Coastal Southern California/Mexico, and Pacific Northwest Jun to Sep are as good as it gets in my opinion. Nairobi is up there too, but I have not spent enough time there to know about year round.
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#126I must say, it's frustrating clicking this link and landing on a page narrowed to the USA, and, to top it off, in Fahrenheit… Maybe a title change would be welcome.
Sorry! I'd love to extend this to other countries, but I wasn't sure where to get the data.
That's fine, but maybe mention US-only in the submission title?
Re: Goldilocks Zone Finder – Find your ideal climate
#127Those finding fault in this may be better served by the B6ppen climate classification, which is a global index that takes into account not just temperature but also rainfall and whether the rain is strongest in summer or winter. Notably, it shows that the idyllic Mediterranean/Californian climate can also be found in parts of Western Australia, South Africa, and Chile. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_cl…
Cape Town South Africa, Coastal Southern California/Mexico, and Pacific Northwest Jun to Sep are as good as it gets in my opinion. Nairobi is up there too, but I have not spent enough time there to know about year round.
Medellín in Colombia sometimes described as the city of eternal spring is known for its perfect climate. In addition it's a very vibrant city.
Re: Goldilocks Zone Finder – Find your ideal climate
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cape Town South Africa, Coastal Southern California/Mexico, and Pacific Northwest Jun to Sep are as good as it gets in my opinion. Nairobi is up there too, but I have not spent enough time there to know about year round.
Medellín in Colombia sometimes described as the city of eternal spring is known for its perfect climate. In addition it's a very vibrant city.
Have not been there, but I look forward to visiting!
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#129I'd say the California weather tax is really worth it (for me).
Climate plays a huge role in quality of life but it rarely comes up when people are comparing the next "tech hub" to move to.
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#130-10F isn't that cold. Maybe extend the bottom of the range (or provide a number input) for those of us who like the cold?
I emphatically disagree, but I did notice that the full range of temperatures in the NOAA dataset is -30 to 120. I've updated the site to use that range.