Your dream climatic averages (snow, temperature, Chicago, day)

[Jammie]

Originally Posted by dxiweodwo

Jammie....I don't mind summertime heat too much if it only lasts 1 or 2 months . But here it lasts 5-6 months and sometimes 7 or 8....and it gets really irritating at times. If summertime heat stays in the months of June, July and August only.....than I don't mind that much .

OK, I remember we talked about this before, but I can't remember where you plan on heading after graduation. I believe the Twin Cities was on your list. Is that correct?

If you don't like humidity, have you thought about Rapid City, So. Dak.?

[ColdCanadian]

If I was in a "four-season mood"
(predominantly for gardening purposes)

January: 65/46 F (18/7 C)
February: 69/48 F (21/9 C)
March: 75/54 F (24/12 C)
April: 83/62 F (28/16 C)
May: 89/68 F (31/20 C)
June: 92/71 F (33/22 C)
July: 93/72 F (34/23 C)
August: 92/71 F (33/22 C)
September: 90/69 F (32/20 C)
October: 84/63 F (29/17 C)
November: 76/55 F (25/13 C)
December: 69/48 F (20/9 C)

Add 45% afternoon humidity year-round, with 75% chance of sunshine and enough rain to keep everything green.
For my temps, I picked them to have 80+ F from April 1st until just days before Halloween.

Now for my really fake, ideal climate:

75 F (24 C) at 6:30 am (sunrise; year-round)
80 F (27 C) by 8:30 am
85 F (30 C) by 10:00 am
90 F (32 C) by 11:30 am
94 F (34 C) by 1:00 pm
92 F (33 C) by 4:00 pm
90 F (32 C) by 5:00 pm
85 F (30 C) by 7:00 pm
80 F (27 C) by 8:30 pm (sunset; year-round)
75 F (24 C) by midnight
Staying 75 F until sunrise.

-Dewpoint is 70 F all day long, all year-round.

-95% chance of sunshine year-round;
yes, there are some cool-looking cloud formations, yes it rains to keep things green, but the sun is nearly-never blocked by clouds.

Now for my ultra-fake, ideal climate:

80 F (27 C) between midnight and sunrise, 60% humidity
85 F (30 C)at 8 am, 55% humidity
90 F (32 C) at 9 am, 45% humidity
95 F (35 C) at 10 am, 35% humidity
100 F (38 C) at 11 am, 30% humidity
105 F (40 C) at 12 pm, 25% humidity
110 F (43 C) at 1 pm until 3 pm, 20% humidity
105 F at 4 pm, 25% humidity
100 F at 5 pm, 30% humidity
95 F at 6 pm, 35% humidity
90 F at 7 pm, 45% humidity
85 F at sunset, 55% humidity
80 F at midnight until morning,

99% chance of sunshine,
with occaisional cool cloud formations that nearly-never block the sun
yet plenty of beautiful plants to get shade from
rain only "on command"; purely for entertainment purposes
(but miraculuously everything stays green.)
Repeat for eternity...

*** Is anyone sweating just reading my post?

[§AB]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Now for my ultra-fake, ideal climate:

80 F (27 C) between midnight and sunrise, 60% humidity
85 F (30 C)at 8 am, 55% humidity
90 F (32 C) at 9 am, 45% humidity
95 F (35 C) at 10 am, 35% humidity
100 F (38 C) at 11 am, 30% humidity
105 F (40 C) at 12 pm, 25% humidity
110 F (43 C) at 1 pm until 3 pm, 20% humidity
105 F at 4 pm, 25% humidity
100 F at 5 pm, 30% humidity
95 F at 6 pm, 35% humidity
90 F at 7 pm, 45% humidity
85 F at sunset, 55% humidity
80 F at midnight until morning,

99% chance of sunshine,
with occaisional cool cloud formations that nearly-never block the sun
yet plenty of beautiful plants to get shade from
rain only "on command"; purely for entertainment purposes
(but miraculuously everything stays green.)

Repeat for eternity...

Sounds like the desert towns in northwestern Australia Although most of them stay above 32C until atleast midnight and reach 40C by 10am, sometimes by 9am!!!!

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by dxiweodwo

I think there are places south of 60N latitude that average below 0F for a daytime high......Thompson, Manitoba has an average high of -4 in January, and it's located at 55N. In fact, in Thompson is where they do the "cold-weather testing" for cars .

Not according to "Environment Canada."
Their coldest month if I remember correctly is -17 C (and a decimal something)
That is equal to precisely 0 F at the coldest.

A degree or two north of Thompson, maybe you'll have -3 C.

What I meant was monlthy average highs below 0 F (-18 C) are extremely rare below 60, but fairly common north of 60 F.

[dxiweodwo]

Originally Posted by Jammie

OK, I remember we talked about this before, but I can't remember where you plan on heading after graduation. I believe the Twin Cities was on your list. Is that correct?

If you don't like humidity, have you thought about Rapid City, So. Dak.?

It was Duluth, MN. However, Madison, WI is higher on my list now since the university of Wisconsin has a good meteorology program

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

If I was in a "four-season mood"
(predominantly for gardening purposes)

January: 65/46 F (18/7 C)
February: 69/48 F (21/9 C)
March: 75/54 F (24/12 C)
April: 83/62 F (28/16 C)
May: 89/68 F (31/20 C)
June: 92/71 F (33/22 C)
July: 93/72 F (34/23 C)
August: 92/71 F (33/22 C)
September: 90/69 F (32/20 C)
October: 84/63 F (29/17 C)
November: 76/55 F (25/13 C)
December: 69/48 F (20/9 C)

Add 45% afternoon humidity year-round, with 75% chance of sunshine and enough rain to keep everything green.
For my temps, I picked them to have 80+ F from April 1st until just days before Halloween.

Now for my really fake, ideal climate:

75 F (24 C) at 6:30 am (sunrise; year-round)
80 F (27 C) by 8:30 am
85 F (30 C) by 10:00 am
90 F (32 C) by 11:30 am
94 F (34 C) by 1:00 pm
92 F (33 C) by 4:00 pm
90 F (32 C) by 5:00 pm
85 F (30 C) by 7:00 pm
80 F (27 C) by 8:30 pm (sunset; year-round)
75 F (24 C) by midnight
Staying 75 F until sunrise.

-Dewpoint is 70 F all day long, all year-round.

-95% chance of sunshine year-round;
yes, there are some cool-looking cloud formations, yes it rains to keep things green, but the sun is nearly-never blocked by clouds.

Now for my ultra-fake, ideal climate:

80 F (27 C) between midnight and sunrise, 60% humidity
85 F (30 C)at 8 am, 55% humidity
90 F (32 C) at 9 am, 45% humidity
95 F (35 C) at 10 am, 35% humidity
100 F (38 C) at 11 am, 30% humidity
105 F (40 C) at 12 pm, 25% humidity
110 F (43 C) at 1 pm until 3 pm, 20% humidity
105 F at 4 pm, 25% humidity
100 F at 5 pm, 30% humidity
95 F at 6 pm, 35% humidity
90 F at 7 pm, 45% humidity
85 F at sunset, 55% humidity
80 F at midnight until morning,

99% chance of sunshine,
with occaisional cool cloud formations that nearly-never block the sun
yet plenty of beautiful plants to get shade from
rain only "on command"; purely for entertainment purposes
(but miraculuously everything stays green.)
Repeat for eternity...

*** Is anyone sweating just reading my post?

I LOVE IT!!! Completely insane, just like it's supposed to be!!!.

But I would never, ever, ever live in a climate like that though....... To me, living in a clime like that would be like slowly turning into pot roast!!! You would be cooking and walking at the same time.....highly convinient!!

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by §AB

Sounds like the desert towns in northwestern Australia Although most of them stay above 32C until atleast midnight and reach 40C by 10am, sometimes by 9am!!!!

Remember I was asking you about Port Headland.
(which turns out to be a dump, and an expensive one at that )

Those temps don't freak me out,
but I think I could cross of the "plenty of shade from lots of nice plants" and "everything stays miraculously green."

[dxiweodwo]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Not according to "Environment Canada."
Their coldest month if I remember correctly is -17 C (and a decimal something)
That is equal to precisely 0 F at the coldest.

A degree or two north of Thompson, maybe you'll have -3 C.

What I meant was monlthy average highs below 0 F (-18 C) are extremely rare below 60, but fairly common north of 60 F.

They're not that rare though.....I'm pretty sure places in Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba, and maybe even interior British Columbia would average below 0 for a high in January........ Now, below 55 north is extremely rare to have a below 0 for an average high in January......but at 55N-59N there are several places with a negative as an average high.

Even Winnipeg at 49.7 degrees north...their average high is 9 for January, so I'm guessing that if you travel 5 hours north of Winnipeg you will start seeing some negatives as an average high for January.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by dxiweodwo

I LOVE IT!!! Completely insane, just like it's supposed to be!!!.

But I would never, ever, ever live in a climate like that though....... To me, living in a clime like that would be like slowly turning into pot roast!!! You would be cooking and walking at the same time.....highly convinient!!

Thanks dixweodwo!

Which climate would cook you? The four-season, fake or ultra-fake?
All of them?

If I had my pick, I'd take the middle (fake) climate with the high of 94 F and low of 75 F.
I picked 94 F so it's never hot ( )
but it comes pretty darn close to being hot and 75 F for some cool,
but only ever-so-slightly cool.

[dxiweodwo]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Thanks dixweodwo!

Which climate would cook you? The four-season, fake or ultra-fake?
All of them?

If I had my pick, I'd take the middle climate with the high of 94 F and low of 75 F.
I picked 94 F so it's never hot ( )
but it comes pretty darn close to being hot and 75 F for some cool, but only ever-so-slightly cool.

The Ultra-fake one!!! YIKES!!! . Though 110 with 20% humidity would like cause a heat index less than the actual temp.....but still!!!

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by dxiweodwo

They're not that rare though.....I'm pretty sure places in Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba, and maybe even interior British Columbia would average below 0 for a high in January........ Now, below 55 north is extremely rare to have a below 0 for an average high in January......but at 55N-59N there are several places with a negative as an average high.

Even Winnipeg at 49.7 degrees north...their average high is 9 for January, so I'm guessing that if you travel 5 hours north of Winnipeg you will start seeing some negatives as an average high for January.

No, the averages don't change that much when you start travelling north from there.

Probably because of the two Jet Streams, the Sub-Arctic and Sub-Tropical.
Canada is mostly affected by the Sub-Arctic Jet
and most of southern Canada gets flip-flopped between being north and south of this Jet Stream.

If I drive 500 miles south or a 500 miles north, the southern climate is 2-3 times more warmer than the nothern climate. I believe this is because of the influence of our Jet, and secondarily the influence of the Sub-Tropical Jet for the southern U.S.

500 miles south I can count on winters above 45 F and summers nearly 90 F,
a full 17+ F warmer in January and 10+ F warmer in July

while 500 miles north,
I can count on winters averaging about 15 F and summers at 74+ F
only 13 F colder in winter and 4-6 F cooler in July