Rate the climate: Fictional Phoenix (snow, hot, recorded, temperatures)
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This is Phoenix in my fictional earth that has a greater tilt on its axis. It's a desert climate and the mountains completely cut off all moisture from both the pacific and the gulf, creating extremely dry air (0% humidity through most of the year except for monsoon season). This means huge variations between daytime highs and nighttime lows. The only precipitation that falls is due to monsoonal systems that sweep through the valley in late summer and early fall, which can be quite intense in August. The rest of the year has never seen rain in recorded history. Personally I think this climate would be very pleasant. Due to the low humidity, the hot daytime highs don't feel near as hot as farther east and nights usually bring a nice cool down. This climate data was recorded at Sky Harbor airport. Desert nighttime lows can actually be 10-15 degrees cooler than these temperatures due to the heat island effect in the city.
B- summers are too hot and winter nights too chilly.
NO DENEBA ALMOST EVERY AMERICAN WOULD SAY THOSE WINTER NIGHTS ARE NOT CHILLY AT ALL,YOU ARE LIKE THE ONLY PERSON ON EARTH WHO WOULD TYPE SUCH NONSENSE.
Give me a freaking break man.deep down inside you know that's not cold.any snowbird or person who moved to the sunbelt who can't handle wintertime lows in the UPPER 30s AND LOW 40S needs to be locked away in a nuthouse ,if i ever hear a snowbird complain about overnight temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s,i swear i am calling the nearest nuthouse and getting them locked up. deneb78 wouldn't mind living in temperatures where it got into the upper 30s at night in the winter,deep down he wouldn't .he's just not in touch with his inner self
Last edited by twisterfan22323; 06-04-2012 at 09:31 AM..
I'd say it's an improvement over the real Phoenix. I like the fact that the nights are quite cool, considering the extreme daytime temperatures. I'd like to live in the outskirts where the lows average in the 50's instead of the 60's. This is the type of hot desert that I like . Nevertheless it is still a hot desert, and it is winterless, with its Januaries resembling some Western spots' Julys. There isn't any chance for snow, either.
So I give the city itself an F+. If the outskirts average in the 50's for lows instead of 60's, I give them a D-, and that is very generous coming from me.
Part of the reason for my "generosity" is the sheer coolness of having days that are so hot and dry and then having a big night-time cooldown. Heat is like a poison to me, so if I had to "pick my poison" this scenario would be it.
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Originally Posted by twisterfan22323
NO DENEBA ALMOST EVERY AMERICAN WOULD SAY THOSE WINTER NIGHTS ARE NOT CHILLY AT ALL,YOU ARE LIKE THE ONLY PERSON ON EARTH WHO WOULD TYPE SUCH NONSENSE.
Give me a freaking break man.deep down inside you know that's not cold.
Why should anyone care what Americans (or any other nationals) think? Secondly, he didn't make any claim that 39F was cold. He just said that it was "too chilly", presumably relating to the fact that the temperatures are lower (i.e. chillier) than he would prefer or be fine with physically. In other words, it is too chilly for him, which is quite a different statement than saying "oh, it's so cold, it's, like, below 40F". In that event I'd be with you in ridiculing that statement.
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. Nevertheless it is still a hot desert, and it is winterless, with its Januaries resembling some Western spots' Julys. There isn't any chance for snow, either.
