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Post by tommyFL on May 4, 2021 20:20:48 GMT -5
What type of variability is more interesting to you?
1. Constant variability from day to day, with smaller anomalies
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2. Less frequent, but more extreme, anomalies separated by longer periods with stable temps
I prefer the first one since it always give me something to watch. I would be bored during the stable periods in the latter, yet I know plenty of people on here prefer that type of variability.
So which do you prefer?
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Post by Steelernation on May 4, 2021 20:23:08 GMT -5
Rare but very large swings. It’s exciting leading up to it and then the change itself is epic. Fort Collins has a lot of this type of variability.
Smaller changes don’t really interest me, so I’d be bored in the first scenario.
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Post by deneb78 on May 4, 2021 21:10:54 GMT -5
I would rather have very little temperature variability to begin with but if I had to have variability, I would choose the 2nd option, long bouts of stability with rare but extreme variability.
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Post by jetshnl on May 5, 2021 9:15:40 GMT -5
I prefer neither. Low variability and less extreme temperature variation is best, not Diego Garcia stability but like coastal QLD where you could have same max temp for a week straight etc.
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Post by MET on May 5, 2021 10:52:53 GMT -5
On average I prefer temp-stable summers and less stability in winter probably.
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Post by alex992 on May 5, 2021 11:02:42 GMT -5
Rare but more extreme temp swings, I'd rather experience a one-day 50 F temperature swing than 10 days of 5 F swings....the latter is honestly kinda boring.
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Post by Speagles84 on May 5, 2021 11:12:03 GMT -5
If you had option 3: Consistent and average temperatures, but a very drastic change from season to season.
Picking from your options, I'll go rare and extreme.
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Post by knot on May 7, 2021 2:38:51 GMT -5
Less frequent swings, but more extreme. Especially in summer where I don't want any cooldowns interrupting a heatwave—ideally lasting for two weeks or longer before cooling down, but when it does cool down, it does so drastically.
However, in springtime, I want swings to be both frequent and extreme.
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Post by Babu on May 7, 2021 3:00:26 GMT -5
I feel like you forgot about some kinds. These are the main three types of variability imo.
Scenario 1: 21 22 24 26 28 28 26 24 22 19 17 17 15 17 19
Scenario 2: 22 21 22 23 22 28 23 22 28 27 21
Scenario 3: 28 22 26 17 26 21 26 18 16 23
My favorite is Scenario 2. I guess that's most similar to your Type 2, but variability isn't necessarily more extreme than any of the others. I don't want the heat spikes to be more extreme than a typical climate, I just want them to be sporadic and brief.
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Post by Babu on May 7, 2021 3:10:12 GMT -5
A good way of answering is with a graph  This is how I want my daily high distribution to be in summer. For lows I want them to stay relatively consistent with a normal distribution curve pretty narrowly centered on the average. In winter the preferred temp distribution curve varies a lot depending on what the average temp is (I.e. I want different temp distributions if the climate averages 10'C and 0'C in January) but generally I want the temp distribution to be more of a normal distribution curve, except with a "curb" at -10'C below which temps almost completely stop happening. |
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Post by Donar on May 7, 2021 4:20:47 GMT -5
I'm not yet completely sure what my variability preferences are. The degree of variability I want also depends on how far the averages deviate from the ideal. In my dream climate, summers should be fairly stable with rare spikes (so type 2). In winter I want more frequent variability, though not erratic day-to-day variability, but rather cold and snow that can last a week or so followed by several days of mild to warm weather and so on.
How far I want individual years to deviate from my dream averages is also something I'm not sure yet.
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Post by rozenn on May 7, 2021 14:19:06 GMT -5
Type 2 definitely. I don't mind rather long periods of stable temperatures as my Rozenntown forecasts show. Otoh random bouts of extreme weather to break the monotony are much appreciated.
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Post by klimkin199 on May 15, 2021 14:16:57 GMT -5
I prefer first type of variability: no more than three days of same weather, but no extremes.
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Post by firebird1988 on May 16, 2021 8:16:24 GMT -5
Type 3 (obviously not one of the choices), upward variability only. Hate negative anomalies
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Post by Benfxmth on Apr 16, 2022 18:48:01 GMT -5
I prefer more frequent but less extreme variability, to keep things interesting
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Post by Ethereal on Apr 17, 2022 1:54:48 GMT -5
Type 2. I like some anomalous extremes.
I am waiting for a -5C record low and a 50C+ record high
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Apr 17, 2022 16:16:15 GMT -5
Consistent, moderate variability every few days. I'm not a fan of huge swings in temperature, and downwards variability especially can fuck off.
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