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Chongqing, absolutely. I've mentioned that horrible excuse for a climate before; it simply has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It's just cloudy, cool and boring in winter, never snows, never warm enough to feel truly subtropical- and by all accounts it's so polluted that it's dangerous (I'm sure the weather has a part to play in this: cloudy, calm, dry weather traps pollutants). Then there is no spring or Autumn to speak of, just a flip from that to buckets of rain and stifling humidity, and it's still very cloudy for the latitude. Sunny, dry weather seems not to exist there.
East Asia has some real horrors: Hanoi is atrocious for its latitude, Taipei as well. At least the cold winter climates in North China/Korea/Siberia have decent sunshine totals, even if you have to go incredibly far north (the 50s) to lose the wet summers. Outside Asia, Malabo in Equatorial Guinea is a shocker.
My vote is for the cities in India mentioned early, especially Madurai and Nellore, or Chongqing depending on whether we consider factors like pollution.
I think Chongqing is naturally prone to tremendous fog and humidity, but there is also large-scale pollution of air and water. The only time I was there was in March so that was the "nice" time of year and the air was thick with a fog of pollution/moisture because it was sticky-humid even then.
El Centro/Yuma are typical hot, arid climates, but in a United States context, living there would be annoying because they get all the monsoonal humidity but only a fraction of the monsoonal rain that most areas impacted by the monsoon receive. It must be so frustrating to live there and see it raining in Tucson or Phoenix and once again cloudy humid and no rain in the Imperial Valley/Colorado River Valley. Additionally they have issues with pollution, dust, and most especially air quality given all the agriculture; If I recall the LA Times did a good article on all the children there with asthma/breathing issues; highest rate in the nation IIRC.
Imperial received 0.00" in June-July-August this year. We're nearly ten full months into the year, and they have only received ANY rain at all in January, April and October. That's pretty dreary if you ask me.
Dear Christ, I've forgotten about this place. It seems to be just under 500m too so it qualifies
I always see it get smashed with every cold front, and the winter months look miserable, even for me. And having recorded a high of 8.5°C in December, no thanks.
Dear Christ, is this the sister city of Christ Church, NZ?
Dear Christ, is this the sister city of Christ Church, NZ?
No city called Christ Church, in NZ, but there is a Christchurch.
Weeaproianh seems rather unremarkable considering it's nearly 500 metres above sea level -those minimums are actually really mild. The only thing particularly bad about it, are the 187 days of rain- a bit more than Christchurch's 83 days of rain.
No city called Christ Church, in NZ, but there is a Christchurch.
Weeaproianh seems rather unremarkable considering it's nearly 500 metres above sea level -those minimums are actually really mild. The only thing particularly bad about it, are the 187 days of rain- a bit more than Christchurch's 83 days of rain.
No city called Christ Church, in NZ, but there is a Christchurch.
Weeaproianh seems rather unremarkable considering it's nearly 500 metres above sea level -those minimums are actually really mild. The only thing particularly bad about it, are the 187 days of rain- a bit more than Christchurch's 83 days of rain.
The "mild" lows are a symptom of its extreme cloudiness. The highs are the problem, and when you combine them with the lows (which despite being "mild" for the elevation, are not in any sense or shape warm) and the omnipresent cloud, you have one ass of a climate. The 187 days of rain are for >1mm, there are actually 231 days with measurable precipitation.
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