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Old 05-01-2012, 11:03 PM
 
Location: The Valley Of The Sun just east of Canberra
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Given the range of subjective preferences on this forum, I see no point in even examining the responses.
The question is directed to personal preferences. It isn't designed to arrive at a global "F" country which would be impossible, Antarctica would go the closest but even this wouldn't receive a unanimous F rating.

On Gambia, it got singled out because its highest point is only 54 m. Therefore there's no respite from its default hot and humid climate. Chad and Niger have elevated areas- granted not many people live there but for the sake of this argument these areas should be taken into consideration.
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Old 05-02-2012, 05:41 AM
 
Location: Melbourne AUS
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Certainly would give entire countries an F.

Ireland
Iceland
Scotland
Estonia

Maybe Denmark aswell.
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Old 05-02-2012, 06:01 AM
 
Location: Laurentia
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Oh, just off the top of my head, there's Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, French Guiana, Paraguay, Panama, all of the Lesser Antilles, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, both Congos, Sudan, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

I could probably post a few others, but you get the idea. Generally any country in the latitudinal tropics and with no highland territory is at risk. I may seem hard on these climates, but to me they're all at the bottom of the barrel. If a place has some tall highlands they usually escape being all failing; I rate some subtropical highlands better than an F grade (but never any better than C). Guatemala for example, is not on my all-failing list. Neither is Kenya or Brazil (Brazil has a small chunk of highland territory). India really takes advantage of this effect as well, though it's confined to the north.
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Old 05-02-2012, 06:18 AM
 
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North Korea
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Old 05-02-2012, 08:00 AM
 
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Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Qatar
UAE
Bahrain
Oman
Sudan
Niger
Mali
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Old 05-02-2012, 06:08 PM
 
Location: The Valley Of The Sun just east of Canberra
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India really takes advantage of this effect as well, though it's confined to the north.
How about Ooty? It's in southern India and really took me by surprise when it was rated here:

Ooty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's cooler than Sydney btw. I'd be interested to know how much of Australia gets an F from you. I hazard a guess that only the Snowy Mountains, Victorian high country and parts of Tasmania escape it for you.
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Old 05-02-2012, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Laurentia
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How about Ooty? It's in southern India and really took me by surprise when it was rated here:

Ooty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's cooler than Sydney btw. I'd be interested to know how much of Australia gets an F from you. I hazard a guess that only the Snowy Mountains, Victorian high country and parts of Tasmania escape it for you.
I didn't know about that one. It would get better than an F from me, probably. I'd be inclined to rate it a D.

As for how much of Australia gets an F from me, I'd hazard a guess that it's the vast majority of the country, and you're probably right about the exceptions.
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Old 05-02-2012, 07:30 PM
 
Location: New York
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Most European countries
Maybe some of the "-stan" countries too
Canada
Greenland
Mongolia

Russia is super close to being 100% "F" but Sochi saves it.
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Old 05-02-2012, 07:50 PM
 
Location: In transition
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Most European countries
Maybe some of the "-stan" countries too
Canada
Greenland
Mongolia

Russia is super close to being 100% "F" but Sochi saves it.
Curious to know if you'd give the UK and Ireland an "F" ?
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Old 05-02-2012, 08:40 PM
 
Location: Newcastle NSW Australia
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Kiribati, Singapore - in fact most low-lying equatorial places are an F, there are few exceptions - bar Galapagos Islands - which is an Ecuador territory.
Most African and South American tropical countries have significant highland areas, and in the Middle East even Suadi Arabia, Iraq etc do as well..
Even Panama in Central America reaches 3500 metres elevation.
Qatar and Bahrain are the only Middle Eastern countries without elevation, but they are not an F due to an acceptable cool season.
And I thought Greenland was a Denmark territory?
This is the only cold place I'd give an F for the whole country.
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