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In 2009 I moved a lot and spent significant time in many different parts of the world and climate zones, so I thought I'd make a weather box out of it
January-March: Paris; incidentally January was one of the coldest in several years April: Nice May: Paris June-July: Nice August: spent the entire month in Northern India, hence I used the data for New Delhi. I spent a couple of nights in Ladakh, where I slept at 4500m asl and recorded a 0.0°C low with my PWS which I included for the lulz just to **** with the consistency of the table (I did not adjust the averages downwards accordingly though, as it was only for a brief time) September-December: Hong Kong
Paris data: Paris-Montsouris. Some missing sun data, so I used the long term averages or interpolated values when only a fraction was missing; Meteociel.
Nice data: all from Nice airport; Meteociel.
New Delhi data: temps from Safdarjung; Tutiempo. No data for rainfall and sunshine so I used long term averages. Record low in Ladakh from PWS.
Hong Kong data: temp and rain days from Airport; Meteociel. Rainfall and sunshine from HKO.
What do you think? Would you have enjoyed experiencing such a climatic year?
As for comfort, I'd give it no higher than a C. The coldish winter in Paris, excessive heat in Delhi and typhoon in Hong Kong were not something I'd like on a regular basis.
In terms of climatic interest though, this deserves in A. So much variety and novelty were very interesting: snow and heavy frosts in Paris, a mild and rainy April and a sunny, glorious summer in Nice, scorching Indian heat, and tropical weather on steroids along with a nice, warm fall; all in the same year
If it were an actual climate, it'd be a subtropical climate with a freakish seasonal lag, 2-month monsoon and, well, an absolutely impossible transition from December to January.
Nice new idea of "fictional" climate from "personal experience" year!
I like rain when the sunsets are getting earlier! too hot september though, even Jakarta's (6 degree from equator) only see average high of 29-30C during rainy season!
- It doesn't have a cold winter. The half assed January saves it from the failing grade in that respect.
- The two driest months should be the rainiest. Who wants drought at a period of the year when the vegetation should be flourishing?
- It breaks the "no single digits (let alone frosts!) in high summer" rule.
- May looks especially frustrating.
- I like heat, but August and September just sound brutal. October I could deal with. But that sure ain't October weather. On top of that, those months are pretty cloudy.
- I already implied it, but November and December are a joke.
It gets a C. A plus for the interest factor. A minus for the sheer weirdness and inconsistency. Well, in the end it's still a C.
Dhdh haven't you said that you experienced temps in the 40s in Delhi? I assume it was in late Spring or early summer just before the monsoon?
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Originally Posted by deneb78
The Paris winter ruins what otherwise would have been a great weather year. D+
- It doesn't have a cold winter. The half assed January saves it from the failing grade in that respect.
- The two driest months should be the rainiest. Who wants drought at a period of the year when the vegetation should be flourishing?
- It breaks the "no single digits (let alone frosts!) in high summer" rule.
- May looks especially frustrating.
- I like heat, but August and September just sound brutal. October I could deal with. But that sure ain't October weather. On top of that, those months are pretty cloudy.
- I already implied it, but November and December are a joke.
It gets a C. A plus for the interest factor. A minus for the sheer weirdness and inconsistency. Well, in the end it's still a C.
Dhdh haven't you said that you experienced temps in the 40s in Delhi? I assume it was in late Spring or early summer just before the monsoon?
Yep, that was in June I think Delhi would have trouble cracking 40C with the relatively higher humidity in Aug, even on sunnier days.
Gosh your requirements are so painfully specific. You're like the nightmare of weather customer service
Did you mistakenly carry the absolute max from October to November?
Nope, oddly enough they were identical. Also noticed it while constructing the table.
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