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Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by almostarockstar »

avereveard wrote: post #70
angarg12 wrote: post #59

> We’ll ignore any other weather characteristics like humidity, rain, wind, diurnal temperature difference, etc. I chuckled at this. Ignoring factors like humidity, rain, wind, and number of sunny days gives you a very distorted vision of the weather in a given place.

Yeah, not surprising to see Dublin surface in a good weather list built off temperatures alone, and yet the weather is piss poor for 49/52 weeks a year.

I currently live in Dublin, I think you are exaggerating quite a bit.

There are many reasons not to live in Dublin (poor housing quality / price, high cost of living, poor public transport, crime, etc) but the weather is absolutely not on that list.

Dublin has about 130 rainfall days each year, and most of those are in the winter. Most days are mild and dry. The weather is warm and pleasant enough to enjoy water sports year-round. I spend most of my recreation time during the winter in a wetsuit without a hood.

We don't get heavy snow, extreme cold/heat, hurricane force winds, or flooding. Overall, I think the weather here is better than most people give it credit for.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by citboin »

Nullabillity wrote: post #139
thematrixturtle wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This problem is trivially fixed with blackout curtains. Dealing with lack of sun is harder.

Lack of sun is trivially fixed with lights. Blackout curtains don't form a good seal and always let light bleed through around the edges.

You want “ Blackout EZ - Total Sunlight Blocking Window Covers” (available on Amazon) which seal to Velcro strips that are mounted around your windows with screws, and a DIY hard shell window valence above that, plus blackout curtains over that just so it doesn’t look so stark. That’s what I do.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by smcl »

arethuza wrote: post #169
thih9 wrote: post #68

> We’ll ignore any other weather characteristics like humidity, rain, wind, diurnal temperature difference, etc. If the author ends up moving to Edinburgh based on this, we can count on seeing a follow up analysis that doesn’t ignore rain.

Edinburgh isn't particularly wet - there is a lot of variation in rainfall levels in the UK and as Edinburgh is on the east coast its not that bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Europe_by_pr...

Yeah guys here like to joke about how we're having "Scottish" weather when it's raining, so it's funny to see Edinburgh (704mm/year) isn't really that much wetter than Prague (587mm/year)

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by Liquid_Fire »

this_is_not_you wrote: post #175
reactspa wrote: post #7

Nice 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.

It says "This page was generated from an R markdown file." under Tools at the top.

This seems to have been added in response to parent's comment.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by nixass »

avereveard wrote: post #70
angarg12 wrote: post #59

> We’ll ignore any other weather characteristics like humidity, rain, wind, diurnal temperature difference, etc. I chuckled at this. Ignoring factors like humidity, rain, wind, and number of sunny days gives you a very distorted vision of the weather in a given place.

Yeah, not surprising to see Dublin surface in a good weather list built off temperatures alone, and yet the weather is piss poor for 49/52 weeks a year.

Even the weather is miserable in Dublin, there's a ton of other more miserable things about that city. It's just combination of everything awful

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by smcl »

mskullcap wrote: post #204
gspr wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a Norwegian, I'm rather used to cold and wind. I was once in Johannesburg in late-winter-early-spring. It's one of the coldest experiences of my life! Indeed, the outdoor temperature wasn't too bad, but the wind was constant and what the fuck why are there like centimeter-wide gaps around doors where the wind just comes howling in so that you have to wear a jacket indoors?!

I am Canadian, I lived in Joburg for 2yrs. You are bang on: huge gaps in doors, windows that can't fully close and uninsulated homes. It was bloody cold in the winter, with my indoor temp being around 10C in the morning! And of course, all sorts of creepy crawlies appearing in my living room (scorpions, prawns) at random times. Loved the cloudless skies, however.

I'm guessing "prawn" is local slang for some insect, because I'd only ever heard it refer to the seafood (like shrimp) or those aliens in District 9

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by dzhiurgis »

athenot wrote: post #216
doitLP wrote: post #205

Just use this tool: https://lukechampine.com/goldilocks/ (Posted to HN two months ago and very helpful convincing my wife that there’s only a couple places in the US with weather like San Diego)

This only looks at one dimension: temperature. There are other dimensions to look at: - Humidity, or rather: Dew Point. 22ºC / 72F feels awesome or nasty depending on whether dewpoint is 10ºC or 21ºC. Anything above 16ºC is generally unpleasant. - Sunshine. Many overcast days can do a number on our well being, but some people actually prefer the softer light. - Rainfall. Some prefer more on the dry side, others more…

I'd add UV to the mix - i.e. Auckland climate is great, but on sunny day you generally stay away from it.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by soared »

kortilla wrote: post #62
soared wrote: post #21

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…

>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. Difference in distance to the sun is completely negligible. Maybe you’re thinking of UV index?

UV index is definitely a more accurate representation. I had to look it up because people always say it’s the elevation, which turns out to be partly true.

The link below says an increase of 2% for every 1000 feet, so most of Denver gets 10% more uv index because it’s closer to the sun (more accurately higher elevation/less atmosphere).

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/uviguide.p...

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by soared »

L_Rahman wrote: post #74
soared wrote: post #21

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…

Miami is gross and sticky even in March and I'm surprised it's listed next to Californian cities.

Miami has some weird weather patterns where it’s always humid, but the temperature never reaches triple digits so you don’t have the crazy hot muggy unbearable summers like the Midwest.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom »

lelanthran wrote: post #225
SideburnsOfDoom wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Johannesburg, South Africa. A city with many problems but everyone agrees the weather is great. Johannesburg's rival, Cape Town, would also lay claim to "great weather".

> Johannesburg's rival, Cape Town, would also lay claim to "great weather". I lived in Cape Town. Would not live there again. Winter is very very cold, it rains every single day and the wind is insane, making you need warmer clothing than you would think. Summer is very dry, it never rains and the mountain keeps catching fire which gets spread by the constant high-speed winds. There are advantages though: six months…

Cool rainy winters and hot dry summers are characteristic of the Mediterranean climate, which is often seen as "pleasant".

I thought you would mention that it can be hot in CT in Jan-Feb, in the 30-40C range. But it's a dry heat.

> Winter is very very cold

Since it does not freeze in CT, not that cold. Not even as cold as JHB.

> it rains every single day

It does not typically constant rain every day in CT in winter (it's nothing like London, Dublin or Seattle in that regard) instead, storms bring strong wind and rain very few days, which abates and clears before the next cold front. I find this preferable to e.g. London's "long months of grey drizzle and dark at 4pm". It's certainly more eventful.

Wind speed is also not constant, and depends on where exactly you are, some areas are sheltered, some spots are "high-sided vehicles will blow over when there's a storm".

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