Un Happy Thread (Phoenix, comfortable, area, climate)

[ilovemycomputer90]

Temperature wise, Christchurch looks perfect. Their annual sunshine would be fine with me.

[RWood]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

Temperature wise, Christchurch looks perfect. Their annual sunshine would be fine with me.

The monthly % values range only from 53 to 47 (brief drop in midwinter, not much variation over the rest of the year), so there's no shock of big seasonal change either.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

Temperature wise, Christchurch looks perfect. Their annual sunshine would be fine with me.

But that's because you don't want summer.

The worst aspect of ChCh's recent forecast for me is their 11-12 C (51-54 F) lows
and then couple that with relatively cool daytime highs 18-22 C (64-72 F) and you get very meagre daily mean warmth.
To even consider those daily means as "warmth" is being optimistic, generous or just plain silly.

[Stumbler.]

There was a time when I was younger when used to think New Zealand was muggy and subtropical (maybe because of the imagery of the wildlife and heavily forested vegetation as seen in photos, magazines etc.), so it was rather a shock when I first found out much of it was as close to maritime in summer as London or Vancouver.

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

But that's because you don't want summer.

The worst aspect of ChCh's recent forecast for me is their 11-12 C (51-54 F) lows
and then couple that with relatively cool daytime highs 18-22 C (64-72 F) and you get very meagre daily mean warmth.
To even consider those daily means as "warmth" is being optimistic, generous or just plain silly.

Those temperatures are very refreshing, IMO. As long as it isn't raining too much, they would be ideal for outdoor activities such as sports, hiking, or yard work. Not sure how "urban" or polluted Christchurch is, but I can imagine having the windows open most of the summer based on those temperatures. Even with the marginal summers, it still gets hot. High of 34 C yesterday.

[RWood]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

Those temperatures are very refreshing, IMO. As long as it isn't raining too much, they would be ideal for outdoor activities such as sports, hiking, or yard work. Not sure how "urban" or polluted Christchurch is, but I can imagine having the windows open most of the summer based on those temperatures. Even with the marginal summers, it still gets hot. High of 34 C yesterday.

If you're on the hills, the air is clean. Sometimes gets dirty on the flat in winter. Rainfall is only about 600-660mm per year.

My abiding memory of a year in the USA midwest in the late 60s was air pollution - I'd rather have clean air and our modest summer temps. than hotter and more polluted air. A weather forecaster in this country did a tour of the US west and southwest recently and wasn't very impressed with the air clarity there, either.

The one thing I envy so many other countries for is the higher sunshine tallies..temperatures rate last in my list of climate parameter priorities (out of sun, rain and temperature).

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

Those temperatures are very refreshing, IMO. As long as it isn't raining too much, they would be ideal for outdoor activities such as sports, hiking, or yard work. Not sure how "urban" or polluted Christchurch is, but I can imagine having the windows open most of the summer based on those temperatures. Even with the marginal summers, it still gets hot. High of 34 C yesterday.

For me, I'd want heat on whenever the sun wasn't shining.
18-31 C (65-89 F) would be a good range for me to leave windows open.

[Weatherfan2]

Originally Posted by Derangled

I'd go mental if I lived there. 11C nights and 18C days are just evil. But make no mistake, Melbourne certainly has no trouble getting that cold in mid-summer either

18°C max and 11°C min are exactly Fuxton's July averages. Add to that about 70 hours sunshine and 25 days with rain but only 0.02 days with thunder, and it really shines as a wonderful example of odoriferous climatic turd.

[Weatherfan2]

Originally Posted by Derangled

Climatic turd sounds about right there What's Fuxton's average annual sunshine?

1,100hrs per year AFAIK. Last year was 1,183, a sunny year.

[ChesterNZ]

Originally Posted by Weatherfan2

18°C max and 11°C min are exactly Fuxton's July averages. Add to that about 70 hours sunshine and 25 days with rain but only 0.02 days with thunder, and it really shines as a wonderful example of odoriferous climatic turd.

What are the winters like? Low 1 / High 6 C?