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You need to move to Australia, probably the state of NSW in particular (sorry no help with the US areas).
Here in Sydney we do not get hot summers (maximums are in the 70s and 80s although a handful of days in the 90s and maybe one or two in the low 100s), but our winters are very mild and quite sunny (in July our coldest month, most days climb to the low 60s).
It can rain a bit though and our sunshine totals are nothing like California, but if you are after relatively low fluctuations of climate year round, it is not a bad bet
Snow is an almost non event as well.
This July is proving to be so otherwise . As for summers, don't forget the horribly high humidity levels!
This July is proving to be so otherwise. As for summers, don't forget the horribly high humidity levels!
This July is a statistical anomalie and uncharacteristic of what we would normally get. The remaining four days of this month are forecast to be a mixed bag, but I am predicting a mean monthly sunshine total of around 5 hours (possibly less) which is well below the mean of 6.4 hours. In my opinion, pretty dire . Further supporting this are we normally get around 12 clear days (cannot quantify what a "clear" day means - 100% sunshine?), but that has been well down.
I might request some long term climate data from BOM as very keen to determine levels of variability, specifically which months have higher (and lower) variability for mean temps and sunshine.
Last year, July averaged 7.3 hours which was well above average. A big turnaround....
Horribly high humidity levels? Feb was fairly humid, but must affect you more than me. Try Singapore for real humidity
If you want a relatively cheap place in the US without much temperature fluctuation.. the southern Oregon coast around Brookings, OR or the Northern California coast around Eureka, CA would be your best bet. Eureka averages a high of 54F in January and only a high of 63F in September (the warmest month). It might be a bit cool overall but in terms of moderate climate and cheap place to live in the US, it's hard to beat.
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To many folks...I would bet that 63 F for a daily high would not even be considered a warm spring month - lol. Brrrrrrrrr.
Interesting at how we all have vastly different views of "hot" and "cold," nothing wrong with that.
I consider 55 F cold and 75 F warm. But I'm also a Canadian. Product of indoor living?
So Eureka would be cold all winter, and summer would be cold in the evening.
Compared to Toronto,
Eureka is marginally better since out Nov-Mar is far worse most days and our annual avg high is 54 F.
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This July is proving to be so otherwise . As for summers, don't forget the horribly high humidity levels!
Sydney probably gets off light compared with Toronto.
This July we've had dewpoints from 19-24 C for nearly two weeks straight.
We had 5 day stretches where the dewpoint never dropped below 20 C and seldom below 21 C,
with highs ranging from 25-29 C during these humid conditions.
28 C with 70-79% humidity (dewpoint 22-23 C) was common.
I recall Sydney never has high humidity (above 50%) when it's 30+ C,
and the only times I think I saw 70+% humidity recorded, it was 26 C or less.
Are there any areas in the US that have a climate similar to what you would find in the San Diego area? 70-80 degree summers and temperatures that rarely drop below the 50's in the winter? I have a health condition that makes my hands extremely sensitive to the cold, so I need to get out of Pennsylvania. I want to move somewhere where it doesn't get cold, but I'd prefer if it didn't get insanely hot like Phoenix. San Diego seems perfect, but it's so damn expensive. Are there any areas like this out there?
Here is a map of the average daily lows in January:
Truth be told…if you are looking for places in winter that have lows above 50 F …the only real choice is Florida. Technically, nowhere in California has January lows of 50 F or higher (San Diego falls to 49 F in January on average).
If you are willing accept winter lows in the mid 40’s (about 10 warmer than Memphis…and 20 F warmer than PA)…your only choices out West are the extreme coastal areas of California, and the desert areas around the southwest i.e. Palm Springs/Yuma...while in the eastern USA the only choices are the coastal plain of the Gulf/South Atlantic states (Charleston to Corpus Christi).
On the other hand...there are several places in the USA that max summer temps are 80 F or less. Cold is much harder to escape from - lol.
I didn't realise that so much of the US had frigid winters. According to that map, you can't really espace it until you are very near the Gulf Coast. I thought our January lows were cold at 37F but they're actually warmer than about 90% of the US.
I didn't realise that so much of the US had frigid winters. According to that map, you can't really espace it until you are very near the Gulf Coast. I thought our January lows were cold at 37F but they're actually warmer than about 90% of the US.
37°F is a cold low?! Well, 37°F lows hardly count as real winter. Here, that's the lows of mid-spring or mid-fall. At that temperature, hardy plants can probably survive as there if there are no serious killing frosts. I remember going to London in January and seeing green grass and some plants surviving and thought I had escaped winter.
37°F is about our annual low, give or take a few degrees, in western Massachusetts.
^^ British people probably have a different concept of "winter."
Imho, anything under 50 F is certainly cold by itself,
but not what I consider winter, since when I think of winter I expect periods of "cold-brutality."
This July is a statistical anomalie and uncharacteristic of what we would normally get. The remaining four days of this month are forecast to be a mixed bag, but I am predicting a mean monthly sunshine total of around 5 hours (possibly less) which is well below the mean of 6.4 hours. In my opinion, pretty dire . Further supporting this are we normally get around 12 clear days (cannot quantify what a "clear" day means - 100% sunshine?), but that has been well down.
I might request some long term climate data from BOM as very keen to determine levels of variability, specifically which months have higher (and lower) variability for mean temps and sunshine.
Last year, July averaged 7.3 hours which was well above average. A big turnaround....
Horribly high humidity levels? Feb was fairly humid, but must affect you more than me. Try Singapore for real humidity
Sydney's July-August is far sunnier than it is anywhere in NZ, even allowing for more daylight. But I would be looking elsewhere in Oz in Jan-Feb.
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. As for summers, don't forget the horribly high humidity levels!
. Further supporting this are we normally get around 12 clear days (cannot quantify what a "clear" day means - 100% sunshine?), but that has been well down.
you are right
