How much is enough 70 F-plus weather? (freezing, lows, months, average)

[cBach]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

I was pondering something yesterday...

Fall weather has returned and at first it felt almost nasty. Now not so bad, but still not great. It seems to take me a while, like a week or two to adjust to the weather no being warm. Even a few hours makes a difference in acclimatizing to an absense of warmth.

Some people, including people who can take some heat mention that their summers are long enough that they look forward to the change in seasons and even some chilly weather.

I don't know how different I am than most people, but I recall a year we had 70's and 80's, sprinkled with some days in the 90's, for about 200 days straight. It lasted from early April until at least mid October. That was the warmest year in my memory. Even though I did not yet have this nerve disorder making me extra cold-sensitive, I was still a little disappointed when the weather finally turned quite cool, just before Halloween.

I've run into a few people originally from up North who moved to south Florida, they thought they loved the idea of a near-endless summer but found within 2 years they missed the seasons, even winter.

I found 200 days of summer weather, or sunny weather always above 65 F is not enough for me to grow tired of the season.

My overall impression of "summer" or warm-to-hot weather is feeling like a child visiting Disney-World everyday.
I figure it is possible to eventually get bored of it, but I don't know how long that might take, or even if it's possible for me.

It's a little confusing to me that 200 days of it is still not quite enough to "get my fill." Just once I would like to have enough days of warm-hot weather, a feeling like being at an "All-You-Can-Eat" buffet and eventually feeling full, and not wanting any more food. I felt like I might have been close, but maybe that was just in my head.


Anyones ideas, thoughts or comments?

The first few nights in Austin when the temp gets into the 50's at night after the first cold front comes through (usually in early October sometime) always feel a little cold to me, even though the high may be in the 70s or even 80s that day. That same weather in February would have me in shorts.

After a day or two though I adjust. What I never adjust to is cold weather with highs below 50. Fortunately we don't get many of them in Austin.

[cBach]

Originally Posted by Tarastomsgirl

Go to south Florida, its the only subtropical place in the US.. we got well over 200+ days of over 80 degrees.. Usually its HOT from March- November. I had my air on year round.. I didn't turn it off. On top of that its in the everglades, so you have humidity .Last year for christmas it was 83 degrees. People who move there from up north sound just like you do.... I'd love to have summer year round , I'll go to the beach all the time etc.. We call those peopel fullbacks or half backs.. They come with stars in their eyes, don't understand the meaning of subtropical.. Its not like the heat you'll feel in the Carolinas, this is heat you'll find in the amazon.. opressive , and dangerous... So they either move fully back to where they came from or half back to the carolinas .....

Miami isn't anything like the heat in the Amazon, except for the summer. If Miami was 90 degrees with high humidity on New Year's Eve then that would be a true statement...

[deneb78]

I lived in subtropical south China for a year and never got tired of the heat.. in fact it was annoying when the short "cool" season came around for a couple of months because there was no heating in any of the buildings and I had to wear sweaters, jackets and gloves to work. I remember one morning in particular, it was 4°C in my apartment and I just had a space heater in the bedroom. It was the most uncomfortable feeling having to run to the shower and after put on my clothes and then to top it all off, at the school where I worked, they opened all the windows and ran a fan for "air circulation" even though the high that day was like 12°C

I don't know how how it is in South Florida, but it sounds like you can at least heat your place to an adequate temperature on the few cold nights they get. Otherwise, I'd be happy to live in the Amazon or Singapore where I don't have to worry about heat at all.

[B87]

My dream climate has 7 months of the year with highs averaging 72F or higher, though no month averages above 81F.

In the real world, London gets around 85 days above 70F and Brisbane I'd guess around 330, though it averages above 70F in every month.

[ADGreen]

Year round for me. But not too hot

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by ADGreen

Year round for me. But not too hot

With high Australian energy costs coupled with our sub-par insulation, down here I agree.
Better if Australia never saw a day below 21 C/70 F.

Where I live we probably average well over 1000 hours annually of temperatures below 10 C/ 50 F,
yet they design homes in coastal New South Wales for summer comfort, almost-exclusively.

Either coastal NSW homes come with "A/C installed" or no heating or air; you buy your own?
Yet when you count the hours we get at 30+ C/86+F, that number probably drops to maybe 200 hours.
If you count the number of hours above 25 C/77 F for Williamtown NSW and the northern burbs of Newcastle
you probably still get less hours above 25 C than what we get in hours below 10 C/50 F.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by B87

My dream climate has 7 months of the year with highs averaging 72F or higher, though no month averages above 81F.

In the real world, London gets around 85 days above 70F and Brisbane I'd guess around 330, though it averages above 70F in every month.

Can you get your ideal climate by spending Brisbane's warmest 5 months in London England; English summer which is similar to Brisbane winter?

[B87]

I was talking about the climate I created in the dream climate thread. It's a Mediterranean climate with 16C/10C in January and 27/21C in July, but above 22C from Apr-Oct.

[MrMarbles]

I would be OK with 6-7 months of 70+ weather.
NYC gets about 4.5 months with such temps.

[cBach]

Here in Austin we average 9 months with highs above 70 and the other 3 are above 60. I like that very much. The only thing I'd change is to distribute more of the rain in the winter and less in the spring and fall. I may reduce the monthly lows in June-September as well by a degree or two.