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Yeah his summers are now hotter than mine. Wouldn't have imagined that a few years ago.
Yeah, over last summer I learned to appreciate heat and humidity during the summer time. Nothing says "summer" more to me than an intense sun angle, temps around 33 C with high humidity, and lots of convectional activity on the horizon. I realized it being cool year-round would likely be boring and would make me appreciate cool/cold weather less, also it would hinder thunderstorm development during summer.
Now my taste in weather is it can get as hot as it wants from June-August, but I at least need my cold winter. I'd choose a climate with a hot summer/cold winter any day over a mild summer and mild winter.
A perfect climate should have variety, as comfortable as possible seasonal peaks, and short transition seasons. Behold:
I define the seasons of the climate as:
- Warm, mostly wet period (Feb-Apr)
Frequent, intense showers with thunderstorms, supercells, tropical depressions, cyclones, etc. Still plenty of sunshine between rain events. Of course, this town happens to be atop a hill, so drainage isn't a concern.
- Cold, mostly snowy Period (May-Jul)
Cold fronts bring showers, subzero temps and the odd thundersnow event. Otherwise sunny.
- Cold, mostly dry period (Aug - Sep)
A short period for winter sports now that the ground has a thick cover of snow.
- Warm, mostly dry period (Oct - Jan)
The odd thunderstorm but otherwise dry. The most sunny period.
Mild to warm winters, warm summers, ample precipitation year-round, lots of sunshine, and fairly low humidity. Even the coldest winter days are warm enough for a T-shirt and shorts.
By the way, where has Galaxyman been recently, and why did he stop doing the Saab Island stuff?
I bet if we tallied everyone's dream climates here, the average would look somewhere like Kentucky or Missouri
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