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Post by Cheeseman on Mar 3, 2023 8:50:07 GMT -5
Let's start with the climate of London:  Now the game is to improve this climate within the constraints provided, giving a new climate for the next person to work with. You don't have to use all the parameters on this admittedly rather cluttered weather box. You can change any or all temperature variables, but by no more than 5 F either way. You can change any monthly precipitation totals by up to 10 mm either way, and any monthly sunshine totals by up to 20 hours either way. As a note of clarification, the first person to reply will modify the climate of London within the constraints above. He might make the summers 5 F warmer and increase precipitation by 5 mm in each month. Then the next person to reply will modify the climate of the above poster. Anyone is allowed to participate, but you can't go twice in a row. It should be interesting to see whether we end up collectively turning London's climate into a tropical paradise or an icy hell!  |
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Post by Steelernation on Mar 3, 2023 12:52:42 GMT -5
Using the specified parameters:  Changes: • +5 f to all record highs • -5 f to all record lows • +5 f for June-October highs • Other highs modified to fit dream climate averages • -5 f to October-May lows • Slightly lowered June-September lows • + 10 mm to April-August • -10 mm from September-March • +20 sunshine hours for all months Overall a good climate, gets a B/B+ depending on snowfall and precipitation days. Biggest issue is the cloudy summers and stable winters. |
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Post by fairweatherfan on Mar 3, 2023 18:38:37 GMT -5
![]()  I kept the winters cold to make a four-season climate. Changes from Steeler's: - Keep record highs
- Revert record lows to London's originals
- Increased average highs from March to November (+2.7C Apr-Oct)
- +2.7C Warmer average lows Mar-Nov
- +10 mm Dec-Mar
- -10 mm May-Aug
- +20 sunshine hours each month
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Post by Cheeseman on Mar 3, 2023 23:31:11 GMT -5
 Changes from FWF's climate: - Most record highs increased by 2 F (except July, which I just raised to an even 110; and Nov and Dec, which I raised by 5 and 4 F respectively) - 2 F warmer average highs every month except July and August - Average lows increased by 3 F in April, May, and Sep, and 5 F in June - Record lows increased by 5 F every month except Sep and Nov (which stayed the same to make it look more even) - Added some more precip to Nov-Mar and Sep, creating a slight Med pattern - +5 sunshine hours in Dec and Jan |
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Post by Cheeseman on Mar 8, 2023 9:11:20 GMT -5
Bump.
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Post by segfault1361 on Mar 13, 2023 20:04:42 GMT -5
I applied the following formulas: * -5 for Jan/Dec, -3 for Feb/Nov, -1 for Mar/Oct (to make the winters more continental with snow). For lows I made a smaller change (-4, -2.5, and -1). * Added the result of the function y = 10 sin(x) for precipitation total, where x=0 is January and x=π is July. (to make Spring wetter and Fall drier!) * Added snowfall totals based on expected rain-to-snow ratio from extrapolating data for a few other climates with similar temperatures. * Added the result of the function y = sin(x) for precipitation days, where x=0 is January and x=π is July * Added the result of the function y = 6 sin(x) - 6 for the humidity, where x=0 is January and x=π is July. * Added the result of the function y = -6 sin(x) + 10 for the percent possible sunshine, where x=0 is January and x=π is July.  |
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Post by Metsfan257 on Mar 13, 2023 22:20:05 GMT -5
segfault1361 went beyond the temperature limits that Cheeseman put in place, so I am considering his edit invalid and basing mine off of the Cheeseman edit before that. Here, I made London into a subtropical paradise. It still has a long way to go in terms of winter and spring rainfall to get to my ideals, but the rest of the year is nearly perfect. Average highs increased, average lows increased, record highs increased, record lows increased, and precipitation increased save for the 3 summer months. Most increases/decreases were either by nearly the full 5F or 10mm that was allotted, except for in fall where I kept things more or less the same as before.
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Post by Cheeseman on Dec 30, 2023 22:28:16 GMT -5
Bringing this thread back to make it into even more of a paradis subtropique:  |
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Post by CRISPR on Jan 2, 2024 23:19:46 GMT -5
Here's what I did from Cheeseman's Version 6.0: (Click below)  Temperature-wise, London is now a firm Cxa, with long, warm to hot summers and short, mild winters. There is some seasonal lead, particularly evident with the short autumn and long spring.  Summers are a bit hotter than I prefer, while the winters are a bit colder. Springs and autumns are miam! Record highs were increased from October to April from 1-5ºF, while May to September, they were decreased from 1-5ºF. Average highs were decreased in summer by up to 3ºF, while in the rest of the year, the highs were increased. Average lows were unchanged in summer and increased in other seasons. All record lows were increased from 1-5ºF (although still low) Precipitation-wise, I added 10 mm to each month, to increase the amount of downpours and thunderstorms. However, despite our efforts, London has still plenty of drizzle in winter  Note, that precipitation days, relative humidity (and associated dew point) were carried over from the first climate. I decided to change them, to make London (kind of) un paradis subtropique! The precipitation days were decreased by 1.0 in each month at the 1.0 mm threshold. Also, humidity is decreased by 5% in each month, to make sure summer is not too oppressive. According, dew points rise significantly, and were found with an online calculator (search 'dew point calculator'). These thresholds are not too extreme, but still allow some variation from box to box. Furthermore, I utilised Cheesman's Version 4.0 for sunshine hours (the last two have no data)  , and I increased sunshine in every month by 20 hours. Even with the added sunshine, London only has ~ 55% possible sunshine, which is at least better than the original. At least it is more consistent, warmer, wetter, sunnier and with less sideways drizzle than Failbourne; all while following all the rules of the OP. |
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Post by Cadeau on Jan 24, 2024 16:36:55 GMT -5
 Record High, Average High, Average Mean, Average Low, Record Low: Decrease 2.7~2.8°C(5°F) in all monthPrecipitation: Decrease 10mm in all monthSunshine Hours: Decrease 5 hours in FEB / Decrease 15 hours in JAN, MAR, NOV, DEC / Decrease 20 hours in APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT |
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Summers are a bit hotter than I prefer, while the winters are a bit colder. Springs and autumns are miam!
, and I increased sunshine in every month by 20 hours. Even with the added sunshine, London only has ~ 55% possible sunshine, which is at least better than the original.
Residence:
