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My favorite precipitation pattern belongs to the city of Memphis, Tennessee and the surrounding areas. It has two peaks; one in spring and one in late fall/early winter. It is still considered to have evenly distributed rainfall, but late summer is distinctly drier. What are your favorite precipitation patterns?
I prefer wet summers (>150 mm each month), and drier, but not dry, winters (>50 mm each month). I don't think that I've found a climate that fits this pattern perfectly, although the eastern seaboard of the US comes pretty close.
Slight summer precipitation maximum. I like how the rain makes the vegetation lush and green, however I would prefer the rain to be not extremely common because it can make walks unpleasant. In winter, I wouldn't like when there is too much snow, I just want stable snowpack with snow not melting during whole winter.
Never really thought about it but I think I like Memphis's pattern as well. I hate wet summers (defeats the purpose of summer) but I also hate wet winters (not really winter if it's wet, and the combination of dark and wet is just too depressing; if it's all snow, that's way too much snow). Spring and fall peaks in precip. sound just right.
My favorite is a very strong summer maximum, but not totally dry the rest of the year - probably a borderline Cwa / Cfa climate, like many ones in Yunnan. The cooler the temps the drier I want the summer in relation to the winter.
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