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Post by tij on Mar 31, 2019 3:57:27 GMT -5
This is from a discussion Moron , alex992 , Lommaren and I were having... Where are the hottest and coldest possible places you can survive given your climate preferences? For me, although I prefer chilly winters (~2C avg), I would likely be able to tolerate a little colder than Minneapolis-- so Duluth would be survivable for me I'd say (Int'l Falls is too much tho). In Canada, I would likely be able to handle most areas other than the Prairies [except for Calgary due to chinooks], which are far too frigid for far too long (and obviously excluding the far north as well), but I really wouldn't enjoy most of the year apart from SW BC. For Russia, probably something like Kazan would be my outer limit (given the gloom factor as well-- sun can make a difference indoors). If China is sunny and calm, perhaps Harbin might be survivable but it would be nasty, to say the least. Same with winnipeg, its like a harsher version but i could manage. Heatwise, I prefer warm summers (~22C avg), but I guess I could cope up to somewhere like New Orleans I think with AC. South Texas and lowland AZ [(lower than Tucson) are too much for me. I guess Florida is survivable but it would wear me down significantly with the length of the hot season. Most California cities at least have cool nights so I should hopefully be able to cope. Guess East Asia and the med would be surviveable for me but the Gulf, S, and SE Asia would be awful, as well as desert and tropical Africa-- Luanda southward seems okay tho and obviously highland areas in these regions would also be all right. Without AC, perhaps eastern Long Island (Montauk, not NYC!) would be okay if it's reasonably breezy.
For chilly oceanic type climates, Glasgow or Bergen seem like my outmost limit of tolerability.
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Post by Hiromant on Mar 31, 2019 5:39:19 GMT -5
I wouldn't like anything warmer than San Diego, comfortable but not hot year round.
I like at least a few months of T-shirt weather in the summer and temps below -35°C get annoying to live with in the winter so something like Umiat, Alaska would be the limit there. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 6:14:11 GMT -5
For a coldest climate I could tolerate, I'd say a winter-heavy continental climate with a ~8C annual mean is the borderline of what I'd consider livable. Examples include Toronto or Minneapolis which are low-end D+ climates.
A limit for the hottest climate I could tolerate would be Bangkok. I think I'd put it on the lower end of D+ as well. It ranges from normal summer conditions in my dream climate to summer heatwave-like conditions year-round. Not pleasant but livable.
For a cold oceanic climate, Cambridge, UK, and for a hot desert climate, Yuma.
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Post by Lommaren on Mar 31, 2019 7:21:39 GMT -5
The lower limit for more maritime continental ones would be places like Härnösand, Mora, Pori, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. For more continental places, the line probably goes somewhere around Madison or Appleton in Crunch41 's home state. It's hard to say exactly where since I've not experienced those types of climates in real life. As is, if summers are good enough I might be prepared to tolerate a bit more (Kazan). As far as heat goes, it depends on whether A/C is available or not. If I'm cooled-down indoors I could easily handle Seville or Córdoba for example, whereas if I wasn't, well, then maybe Clearlake in California would work with 33/13 dry summers and cool nights along with a lake breeze. The 34-35°C highs of Weaverville, Willow Creek and Happy Camp may also work due to the chilly lows. |
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Post by Giorbanguly on Apr 17, 2019 20:30:43 GMT -5
Coldest limit would be Boston on the East Coast, and Portland on the West Coast. Going to do some more research into it when I have the time
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Post by sari on Apr 17, 2019 22:19:10 GMT -5
Hottest...maybe Amarillo, because it's like KC but the seasons bleed together more? I'd have to research this a lot. Maybe somewhere in Japan, actually.
If I had to live in a "low seasonality" climate, it would be Eureka/elsewhere in Northern California, or Wellington.
Coldest climate...maybe Yellowknife? Also needs more research. Yellowknife is maybe pushing it just a bit. Average highs below 0F are not quite ideal, lol.
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Post by Morningrise on Apr 18, 2019 21:57:06 GMT -5
I wouldn't wanna live in a climate with colder winters than Saskatoon unless they were only slightly colder and came with reasonably warmer summers, like Winnipeg. Definitely wouldn't wanna live in a climate with longer winters than Saskatoon, regardless of how much warmer the winters were (assuming they were "real" winters). Also wouldn't want to live in a climate as cold or colder than here in terms of yearly mean, if it meant warmer winters but cooler summers.
Not sure what my upper limit for hot weather would be as our summers are not hot enough or long enough to judge that.
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Post by Crunch41 on Apr 19, 2019 23:11:34 GMT -5
I really don't know what my limit is. Boring and comfortable is not an issue. I'd easily live in San Diego or Copenhagen even though the weather is boring. May-September in Houston would be miserable but the rest of the year is fine, so I might tolerate it. Miami is too hot for most of the year, I would hate the weather. Most hot, tropical climates are the same. A tropical climate with milder summers should be fine, for example Kampala. I think I would tolerate Fairbanks but summer and winter are pushing it for cold. Reykjavik is too cold in summer, I could tolerate it but not enjoy it. I'm undecided on a climate like Rovaniemi. I think summer is too short. For rainfall, desert climates are too dry but I could get used to that. A very wet climate would be too much. 100 inches a year? |
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Post by firebird1988 on Apr 20, 2019 12:55:01 GMT -5
Coldest would be Dallas or Atlanta. Warmest would be probably Acapulco. Wouldn't necessarily want to live in Bangkok, where it's hot year round (Bangkok's cool months are about the same as the warm months in Acapulco)
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Post by shalop on Apr 20, 2019 23:20:35 GMT -5
Warmest: I lived in Austin and it was tolerable with A/C. Without AC maybe central Long Island or even NYC is the warmest I would tolerate.
Coldest: There are some people who have done several consecutive winter-overs at the South Pole and I am pretty confident that I would (happily) be able to do the same.
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Post by srfoskey on May 12, 2019 15:49:04 GMT -5
Hottest: I probably wouldn't move anywhere warmer than Atlanta, but I could maybe tolerate anywhere places as hot as Miami or Tuscon. Phoenix is pushing it.
Coldest: Winnipeg might be okay for cold winters, and I think a place like Reading is already near my limit for cold summers, but I could maybe do somewhere as cool as Manchester.
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Post by omegaraptor on May 12, 2019 23:44:40 GMT -5
What could I tolerate living in, given that I have both AC and heating?
Warmest would probably be Sierra Leone / Liberia, Singapore, or Darwin, NT.
Coldest would probably be Winnipeg.
Yeah, I’m a little more tolerant of both ends than others here. Wouldn’t be too comfortable at either end, but that’s probably the most I could tolerate.
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on May 13, 2019 0:01:35 GMT -5
Coldest winters: Yakutsk or similar
Hottest summers: Miami or similar (rain would be a requirement at those temps for sure though)
Coldest annual mean: McMurdo
Warmest annual mean: Hilo
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Post by knot on May 13, 2019 6:15:17 GMT -5
This will depend chiefly on humidity, so I cannot answer properly for hottest or coldest.
But I can tell you one thing: any tropical climate is an absolute failure for me. Thereby, I will definitely handle a very cold climate year-round, as opposed to a hot (and likewise muggy) catastrophe. Polar foamer and proud!
Between Vostok Station, Antarctica and London, Kiribati...I'd elect Vostok Station within the blink of an eye.
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Post by Steelernation on May 13, 2019 7:11:48 GMT -5
Hottest: Phoenix or Miami
Coldest: Fairbanks
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Post by Donar on Sept 8, 2019 7:19:08 GMT -5
I think the warmest climate I could tolerate is Dhaka, ignoring the pollution. It has at a least a noticeable cooler season unlike deep tropical climates and summers see lots of rainfall & thunderstorms.
For coldest, maybe something like Prince George, BC.
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Post by Ariete on Sept 11, 2019 12:25:09 GMT -5
Niamey and Kuwait City + Ulaabatar and Thompson Manitoba would be quite tough, if we are actually talking about survival, sure, but I don't think this thread is.
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Post by AJ1013 on Oct 30, 2019 17:45:13 GMT -5
Hottest for me would be something like Miami, coldest something like Fairbanks.
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Post by Moron on Apr 18, 2020 6:07:06 GMT -5
Here's a fictional climate of what I feel like I'd be comfortable with living in, and still be happy. I could have colder winters and cooler summers but I'd start not being "happy" the whole year round. Summers are quite nearly the same as Perth's but the rest of the year changes. It's a med climate with strong cold fronts from November to March and sunny year-round.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2020 7:32:05 GMT -5
Groningen and Austin.
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