I always love to see data analysis on tolerable weather. I've done a lot of research on weather in the US and its a perpetually challenging problem. There are a small list of cities where its consistently nice (Solely in california and miami), and a larger list of cities that are have 4 nice seasons. But the data will never tell you the full story - Denver doesn't rank incredibly well in the data but the winters are mild and the summers surprisingly hot because its always sunny and closer to the sun. SLC ranks well, but has unbearable smog. It seems that every city has caveats that can't be captured in the data. Portland seemingly has great weather.. when its not raining.
Cities with Nice Weather
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#22Nice analysis, but... ...here's something I find astonishing. The word "R" doesn't appear anywhere in this article. He doesn't mention anywhere that he's using "R", and within "R" he's using the "tidyverse". So much good work to write a tutorial, but a rank beginner will have a hard time figuring out how to replicate it.
The code blocks blending in with the rest of the post and the code itself is very aesthetically pleasing. I thought it was julia at first glance.
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#23Nice has the most Nice weather.
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#24The SF Bay Area has the nicest weather year round, which is probably a strong contributing factor to why the area is so rich.
I'm currently in Tokyo. The temparetrue is not the nicest year round, but it feels very natural. There are four seasons. Winter is tolerable and it rarely goes below 0C. It snows about once a year. Summer is hot, just like it should be, but it hardly goes above 32C.
The only thing that bothers me is the rainy season in the summer.
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#25>>> nice weather >>> Scotland You need more variables
This is so very true...
Funny anecdote: whilst deciding where to pursue a PhD, the Univ. of Edinburgh website stated: "If you are deciding based on weather, don't come here."
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#26Nice analysis, but... ...here's something I find astonishing. The word "R" doesn't appear anywhere in this article. He doesn't mention anywhere that he's using "R", and within "R" he's using the "tidyverse". So much good work to write a tutorial, but a rank beginner will have a hard time figuring out how to replicate it.
I will consider adding a section mentioning the tools! (I'm the author of this page.)
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#27Running this with wet bulb/dry bulb temperatures would interesting.
In our spring/summer it can get into the mid thirties (celsius), where I live, which is definitely hot, but it typically comes with minimal humidity.
Whereas our biggest city might hit 25 degrees max, but the humidity feels to me like the entire city had a shower and didn't turn on the extractor fans.
So I definitely prefer the dry heat to the humid.
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#28This seems to miss out the broader dimensions of "nice weather".
For example, 39F/3.8C on a cloudy winter day on the US east coast is entirely different than the same temperatures in the (intense) sun and low humidity of the high desert in the US southwest.
Conversely, 78F/25.5C in May in the US southwest on a windy day is totally miserable to be out in, because the wind can hit sustained bursts of 25mph/40kmh with much higher gusts, whereas the same temperature on a sunny May day in London might be paradise.
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#29I would settle for an ideal temperature, let's say 20 C and see the cities which have lowest variations based on that.
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#30I always love to see data analysis on tolerable weather. I've done a lot of research on weather in the US and its a perpetually challenging problem. There are a small list of cities where its consistently nice (Solely in california and miami), and a larger list of cities that are have 4 nice seasons. But the data will never tell you the full story - Denver doesn't rank incredibly well in the data but the winters are…
> caveats that can't be captured in the data
hold up - this tiny part of your comment strikes me as the essential issue facing tech in this era.