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You're in luck because you did have my most favorite temperature as a daytime high; 85 F.
(5-10 mph breezes are welcome at this temp too)
Why do I like 85 F in the afternoon? It is simply the most versital temp for me.
1. Barely warm enough to swim and not need a towel when you get out
2. Barely warm enough to lounge all day, (in the sun or the shade) in nothing but swim trunks and sunglasses
3. Warm enough to give heat loving plants a chance to ripen fruit quickly, yet cool enough that won't cause most plants stress
4. Cool enough that I can wear a t-shirt without fear of it sticking to me, even when it's muggy.
5. Cool enough to wear long pants with no discomfort on a dry day, minimal discomfort on a muggy day
6. No chance of heat exhaustion or heat stroke unless I'm either sick or doing incredibly high amounts of excersize without taking a brake for a cold drink.
6. Cool enough that it wouldn't kill me to wear a suit outside if it's a little muggy
7. With humidity under 50%, it's cool enough to wear a suit and still not get sticky, if I don't move too quickly.
8. With humidity around 30%, I'd be almost gauranteed to keep a suit dry.
Y'all seem to be forgetting that time honored statement: It's not the heat, it's the humidity.
I have a much wider comfortable temperature range with low humidity.
It's true for me too; It extends my comfort range down to about 40 F and up way past 100 F.
How high exactly, I don't know; it doesn't get that hot here.
I prefer dry air below 55 F because it makes it feel colder.
I'm indifferent between 56-65 F.
I often prefer muggy air from 66-94 F, because it makes it feel warmer and that is usually an improvement for me; especially when it's under 80 F.
Location: Monterey Bay, California -- watching the sea lions, whales and otters! :D
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I think I like the cooler weather. Cannot stand humidity. Where I live now is still too hot in the summer. Where (other than Anchorage) is it coolest? I don't mind rain, and would pick Seattle, but my husband doesn't like rain. I heard Monterey/Santa Cruz Calif is nice?
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Santa Cruz or Monterey? Well, I live in the Santa Cruz area, and it is actually different from Monterey. Monterey is where someone would want to be who wants lower temps -- actually, San Francisco is probably ideal (way too cold for me, though). However, there are "micro-climates" all over the Central Coast, so one only needs to go a few miles to find different weather. I'm six miles from Santa Cruz and where I am it is in the mid-eighties in the summer, while in Santa Cruz it is often in the 60s and 70s. That's why they say to dress in layers out here -- you either need to put a sweater or jacket on, or you need to take it off!
Santa Cruz gets less fog than Monterey, therefore it's warmer. I have a friend who works at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, and when the new students arrive in summer and it's cold (to me) in the 50s, and foggy, they ask, "When's summer?" And the reply is, "This is it."
And as we all know from this board, each person likes a different thing, so some people love Monterey and the lack of high heat, and that moist fog that cools everything down, while others hate it. I have a friend who lives near Monterey and his license plate reads: "IH8FOG"
I guess I'm a cold-blooded person because when it gets below 60*, I start to become uncomfortable. 85 or so is warm enough for me to wear comfortable shorts, enjoy a nice breeze or maybe even take a dip in the pool.
Yesterday it was 76 and sunny where I live and I could have stood it another few degrees so I voted for 80.
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I Love The 80's!
