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Let's see...it's a tough one to decide the answer to the last day I'd live or being condemned to having the same weather day after day (which I wouldn't care for), but this is what I'd like if I had to choose:
1 foot of snow pre-existing on the ground. Morning high of 15F with temps dropping to 5F by the evening. Heavy and blowing powdery snow all day with winds gusting to 50 mph.
A calm clear night, but warm with temp no lower than 18°C / 64°F.
A sunny, clear morning, reaching 30°C / 86°F by 11:00AM.
Hottest temperatures from 11-2PM with 32/33 (90°F) being reached, and towering cumulus clouds developing in all directions.
About 3PM, the sky starts to go black so fast you can see the light disappear by the second, and everything goes deathly still and calm. Suddenly, a furious burst of wind sends things flying, then bright blue lightning and gunshot thunder crashes through the sky. A violent tropical downpour ensues, with raindrops 1cm wide blasting down, forming rivers down the streets and reducing visibility to a few feet. Rain overflows all the gutters and forms water falls over the edges of buildings, with about 1-2 inches falling in a just 15 minutes.
After a multitude of lightning, drowning rainfall and much noise and drama, the sky clears and the sun appears again, with the ground steaming as water begins to evaporate.
Wow, that's tough considering that I like all the season. That makes me believe I should be looking at a day with four seasons in one day, though that would probably get very tiring day after day after day. But then again, so would a day after day winter, or a day after day spring, summer, or fall.
But 4 seasons in one day it will have to be I guess:
Lets say from midnight to 6am the temperatures are always near freezing, give or take a few degrees, with mixes of snow and clear sky (for star gazing!!!). 6am to noon is more spring like. Temperatures go up steadily into the 40s, then 50s, and finally 60s. Any cloud cover and snow (or more likely rain by this point) has cleared out fairly early on, and the air dries out as it warms up. Noon to 6pm has temperatures ranging from 70 to 100 degrees of dry heat and clear skies! 6pm to midnight seems fall like. Temperatures start to cool down again, steadily falling through the 60s, 50s, 40s, and finally to the 30s and 20s for the overnight hours to start it all over again.
I would miss never having a warm or even mild night, and I would also miss never having a cold day, but this seems to be the only compromise there can be! Only problem would be, I'd never be able to get any sleep at all, because I'd want to be enjoying every season, knowing that I just get 6 hours of each per day!
I guess this too. But I have the same concerns about the lack of mild nights and cold days, aswell as the risk of getting ill. Maybe after a week it would drive me crazy.
The other option is perpetual summer weather, low 15°C, high 30°C, clear and breezy night, clear and calm morning, nice cumulus sky around noon, Cu and Cb towering in the early afternoon under 30°C temps followed by a thunderstorm (approximately 30 mm falls in 1/4 hour then). The temperature would drop to 20°C just after the storm to rise back to around 27°C around 6pm. The evening would be clear and warm. However after 11pm the temp drops from 25°C to around 17°C to allow good sleep.
I think it might depend on my mood, but I'd generally like temps ranging in highs from 25 C (77F) to 35 C (95 F).
The lows would be no cooler than 16-18C (low-mid 60s) but not much warmer either.
The dewpoint might reach 15-20C (60s F) by day.
Morning fog might clear to become clear skies for a while, with cumulus clouds popping up here and there. There might be a few quick, refreshing 5-10 minute showers happening a couple or a few times in the afternoon or hard thundershowers but all short-lived and no more than lasting half an hour without damaging winds or tornado risk. The ground wouldn't stay wet very often for more than a couple of hours.
Sun showers, where part of the sky is bright when it is rainy would be the most common situation precipitation appears in.
There'd be a mild breeze some of the time, and calm conditions some of the time.
In terms of sunrise and sunset, my ideal would be something like 6:00-7:00 am at dawn and 8:00- 9: 00 pm at dusk.
A calm clear night, but warm with temp no lower than 18°C / 64°F.
A sunny, clear morning, reaching 30°C / 86°F by 11:00AM.
Hottest temperatures from 11-2PM with 32/33 (90°F) being reached, and towering cumulus clouds developing in all directions.
About 3PM, the sky starts to go black so fast you can see the light disappear by the second, and everything goes deathly still and calm. Suddenly, a furious burst of wind sends things flying, then bright blue lightning and gunshot thunder crashes through the sky. A violent tropical downpour ensues, with raindrops 1cm wide blasting down, forming rivers down the streets and reducing visibility to a few feet. Rain overflows all the gutters and forms water falls over the edges of buildings, with about 1-2 inches falling in a just 15 minutes.
After a multitude of lightning, drowning rainfall and much noise and drama, the sky clears and the sun appears again, with the ground steaming as water begins to evaporate.
For my last day I would like to see 2 feet of snow with a high of 28F.
For my forever climate:
Summer: highs 76 to 80F thunderstorms or rain every 4 to 5 days otherwise sunny low humidity
lows 55 to 60F
Winter: highs 25 to 45F Snow once a week at least, warmer days will be sunny
lows 10 to 25F
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