The Absolute Worst City to Live in (for either cold, hot, humid,stormy, etc. wether) (days, world)

[§AB]

Originally Posted by Piazza

The worst cities: London, Amsterdam. Hardly any sunshine from September to early April and partly cloudy from April to August. Just 1600 hours of sunshine a year. In Summer, it is only 22 degrees Celsius. And people are so stupid to complain when it is 25 degrees.

lol they do that here too.

[sarah2911]

London

[brandyrun]

Central Mid West (Missouri in particular) not my fav climate and I would like some input on the following issue~
Born and raised in the center of the US. (Kansas City, MO) I'm an old lady now '50' and kids are grown. I'm ready to live alittle and hubby and I are looking for milder summers AND winters than what this area has. We are tired of driving to work on ice and snow in winter and tired of excessive heat in summer. We've visited the SE, SW and North Central regions. What about the Pacific North West like Oregon? West of Cascades and inland from coast about an hour??? Snow up there? Ice up there? Is heat a long drawn out thing like it is here during July and August? HELP~ I like warmth and sunshine but not HOT. Not too much to ask is it??? Visited PNW recently- specifially Oregon and it was great. I am concerned about gray skies over lengthy periods of time. Do they really have 3 SOLID months of no sunshine throughout the winter months???
Need good solid feedback if anyone can offer this.
Thx (smile)

[RWood]

"No sunshine" is typical hyperbole. Actual averages for 2 Seattle sites (Name, #years record, %possible sun for Jan, Feb, Mar,....Dec, year):

Seattle C.O., Wa 31 28 34 42 47 52 49 63 56 53 37 28 23 43
Seattle Sea-Tac Ap, Wa 30 28 40 50 52 56 56 65 65 62 43 28 23 47

Cloudy climates by US standards, but there are substantial inhabited portions of the planet that are much cloudier.

[katkatmiller]

weather is bad period! I have lived in souther california my whole life and it is unbearably hot in the summer. Not humid at least but it was 107 last week and my kids couldn't even play at recess because it was too hot the school found it unsafe. It smells from smog so hot mixed with fumes is aweful! not to mention the huge fires every summer that cover the entire area with thick black smoke and ash! our winters hear aren't bad maybe 2 weeks of rain and the lowest is like 30-40.

[DreamWeavin]

Originally Posted by brandyrun

Central Mid West (Missouri in particular) not my fav climate and I would like some input on the following issue~
Born and raised in the center of the US. (Kansas City, MO) I'm an old lady now '50' and kids are grown. I'm ready to live alittle and hubby and I are looking for milder summers AND winters than what this area has. We are tired of driving to work on ice and snow in winter and tired of excessive heat in summer. We've visited the SE, SW and North Central regions. What about the Pacific North West like Oregon? West of Cascades and inland from coast about an hour??? Snow up there? Ice up there? Is heat a long drawn out thing like it is here during July and August? HELP~ I like warmth and sunshine but not HOT. Not too much to ask is it??? Visited PNW recently- specifially Oregon and it was great. I am concerned about gray skies over lengthy periods of time. Do they really have 3 SOLID months of no sunshine throughout the winter months???
Need good solid feedback if anyone can offer this.
Thx (smile)

I love Oregon and live outside Portland.
Low humidity all summer. Had only a couple weeks of what some called HOT weather but I was raised in the deep south so didn't think it was all that hot.
Most don't have ac tho due to not normally hot temps. The last winter was cold and snowed but that too was unusual,I've been told.
I love the temps here. The weather is awesome--to me.

[sarah2911]

Originally Posted by Piazza

The worst cities: London, Amsterdam. Hardly any sunshine from September to early April and partly cloudy from April to August. Just 1600 hours of sunshine a year. In Summer, it is only 22 degrees Celsius. And people are so stupid to complain when it is 25 degrees.

I hope youre not calling me stupid. I for one live in London and I dont think that 25 deg is something to complain about. I love the heat which is probably for me 35 and above of which we dont really get a lot of. Yet I was born in London. Dont judge before you've heard people's views who live there.

And we do get more than 22 degrees in the summer. Maybe you dont in Rotterdam

[Rainbow girl]

I am in Indiana and it is beautiful here today but dreading the winter coming up. Does anyone on here know how cold it gets in Destin and Pensacola in the winter months? I have a job opportunity there but want to move to warm weather!

[RichardW]

Originally Posted by RWood

Seattle C.O., Wa 31 28 34 42 47 52 49 63 56 53 37 28 23 43
Seattle Sea-Tac Ap, Wa 30 28 40 50 52 56 56 65 65 62 43 28 23 47

Buxton, Derbyshire's winter monthly sunshine is typically around 10% of the maximum possible which makes Seattle's winter seem like somewhere on the Costa del Sol.

http://www.buxtonweather.fsnet.co.uk...artwebsite.htm

Not exhaustive but all that there is for the area.

[RWood]

Originally Posted by RichardW

Buxton, Derbyshire's winter monthly sunshine is typically around 10% of the maximum possible which makes Seattle's winter seem like somewhere on the Costa del Sol.

Rain – To reset at Midnight on the last day of the month

Not exhaustive but all that there is for the area.

Do you have validated Met. averages for sunshine 1971-2000?

There is also the issue of hills - to be fair you have to know what proportion of astronomical daylight is lost thereby. If the recorder is affected by them it's feasible there might be a nearby spot that is less affected and would get higher numbers. The lowest number I have for England in an incomplete list is 1149 at Malham Tarn, Yorkshire.