IMO Medellín, Colombia (known as "the city of eternal spring") is about perfect from a weather perspective. It averages around 23c year round (varying between about 18 and 28). It does have a rainy season, but even then mornings are often sunny (afternoon not so much).
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#302> I live near Toronto. It’s springtime, and currently about 30 °C
I don’t think this is true. It’s been around 20° at most in the Toronto area this past week.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/toronto/m5h/may-weather/55...
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#303Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
That's true of any place in the Southern hemisphere though.
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#304> 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's not so bad for rain. Not compared to Glasgow, at least. The wind, however, is incessant from October to Easter, and somehow is always blowing into your face. When it does rain, it comes down sideways. Add wind chill to the already cool temperatures and it's absolutely bitter. I love Edinburgh, lived there for a few years, but it's tough going.
> somehow is always blowing into your face
This might sound ridiculous but I can confirm it, really peculiar
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#305Earlier quoted context omitted.
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)
I have never been to Edinburgh, but mm/year isn't the best way of saying if a place is wet or not. A city that has that horrible misty rain two thirds of the year may not score high a mm/year measure, but in reality you'll be wet two days out of three.
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#306The answer is, of course, invariably, San Diego. That's the one city. That's it.
This was the subtle joke in "Anchorman" with Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) the weatherman with an IQ of 48. You don't have to be smart to predict "78 and sunny" every day.
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#308Earlier 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 from a place that (I'm told) has similar weather, and it's common for people from colder climates to complain about lack of insulation. The quick answer is, here you don't have winters that are as cold, therefore developers can get away with shoddy construction without killing its inhabitants... so they do. If you built something like this in Toronto, people would literally freeze to death inside, so it can't be done.
Also, take into account that spring/summer is warmer, and construction practices also have to take this into account.
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#309Come to Bangalore, temperate weather with tropical climate. You can't find it anywhere else ;)
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#310Earlier quoted context omitted.
Snow isn't bad compared to rain. At least it looks nice and lights up the night.
Try shoveling 6-9 inches of snow per storm--storms every 4-6 days during the winter in the Rockies....
I live in Michigan. We might not get quite as much precipitation as the mountains, but I assure you, I'm no stranger to snow.