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View Poll Results: Would you rather have it 100 or 0 (F)?
100 deg 44 57.14%
0 deg 33 42.86%
Voters: 77. You may not vote on this poll

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Unread 07-18-2010, 03:38 PM
 
Location: Hot-Houston Texas
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Zero degree for me, I'd rather be cold then hot any day of the week.
Me too!!!!!!!!!
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Unread 07-18-2010, 04:15 PM
 
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A dew point of 61°F is definitely low in my mind, but I wouldn't call it exceptional. During summer our dew point seems to hover as low as 68 and as high as 76 with occasional exceptions on both ends. I can tell quite a difference between 68 and 61, but for me it doesn't get truly pleasant until the dew point gets down into the 50s, which is extremely rare during summer. A dew point of 50s or less is exceptional to me, and something I usually don't experience until winter. Also, if dew points were normally that low here in summer, I probably wouldn't even want to move so badly.

Relating more to some of the other comments on this page, I've lived in the same town my entire life, and I've seen the temperature drop as low as -14°F and go as high as 110-112°F. We usually top 100°F a few times per year (though we reach high 90s almost weekly it seems), and we'll usually drop below 10°F a couple of times.

You would love Minnesota summers.

Today is what I would call a typical Minnesota summer day.......

sunny, 81
humidity 48%
dewpoint 58

Plus, being farther north, we get much longer daylight hours to enjoy summer weather

current sunrise 5:46
...........sunset 9:04
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Unread 07-18-2010, 05:06 PM
 
Location: Bellingham, WA
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sunny, 81
humidity 48%
dewpoint 58

Plus, being farther north, we get much longer daylight hours to enjoy summer weather

current sunrise 5:46
...........sunset 9:04
That does sound pleasant for summer (though I'd still prefer 55 degrees regardless of humidity). If summer was like that here I'd probably never complain. However, I wouldn't like having the sun set so late. One thing I like about winter is less daylight. I know, I'm probably the only person in the world who prefers that!
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Unread 07-18-2010, 05:29 PM
 
Location: Western Massachusetts
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That does sound pleasant for summer (though I'd still prefer 55 degrees regardless of humidity). If summer was like that here I'd probably never complain. However, I wouldn't like having the sun set so late. One thing I like about winter is less daylight. I know, I'm probably the only person in the world who prefers that!
Vampires would agree with your daylight taste
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Unread 07-18-2010, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Sunshine N'Blue Skies
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I love 100! Just awesome. Great time to get out into the pool........wonderful evenings.......swimming weather.
Cold is not for me.........
Oh yes, and long days of sunshine and light feel good........
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Unread 07-18-2010, 06:51 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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That does sound pleasant for summer (though I'd still prefer 55 degrees regardless of humidity). If summer was like that here I'd probably never complain. However, I wouldn't like having the sun set so late. One thing I like about winter is less daylight. I know, I'm probably the only person in the world who prefers that!
That makes the two of us.

I love when the days get shorter.
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Unread 07-18-2010, 08:23 PM
 
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I guess 0 or 100 are two extremes of temperature, without starting another topic i wonder what most peoples comfort zone would be. For me lows of 50ish to highs of 75ish would be ideal..
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Unread 07-18-2010, 11:32 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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You're kidding, right? 0F is not suitable for humans to live in. You'd need arctic type clothing just for it to be tolerable. 100F can be almost nice at times - it certainly won't kill you!
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Unread 07-19-2010, 08:51 AM
 
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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Probably the opposite of OP's intention, I picked 100 because it's the middle of the summer and therefore used to it. It was a knee jerk reaction, and I have no doubt that I would've picked 0 if this topic was made in January. Overall, I would rather be in a climate in which 0F is more common than 100F.
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Unread 07-19-2010, 09:56 AM
 
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You're kidding, right? 0F is not suitable for humans to live in. You'd need arctic type clothing just for it to be tolerable. 100F can be almost nice at times - it certainly won't kill you!
I think you might be talking to me.

I never said 0 is suitable for humans. I just said it's gotten a lot colder than 0 (the record low on earth is -128 in Antarctica). I agree 100 is nice, that's why I said I don't find 100 very uncomfortable.
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