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Post by cawfeefan on Nov 5, 2022 5:11:08 GMT -5
Similar to a recent thread about the importance of sunshine, how highly do you regard the precipitation pattern when judging climates? This isn't to be confused with how wet or dry a climate is overall, but rather how the precipitation amount differs across seasons. For example, if a climate had the 'wrong' rain pattern but was good in other aspects, would it be a deal breaker?
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Post by fairweatherfan on Nov 5, 2022 13:52:16 GMT -5
Surprised nobody has answered yet. I’ll say a 4, it’s pretty important. I like the Mediterranean precipitation pattern, and a similar climate with an opposite precipitation pattern just doesn’t have the same appeal for me. Though a summer-heavy precipitation pattern can be beautiful in its own way.
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Post by MET on Nov 5, 2022 14:54:12 GMT -5
3/5. I prefer a bit more rain in the summer than the winter but whenever it happens it should be heavy and convective not frontal drizzly shit.
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Post by Steelernation on Nov 5, 2022 15:53:37 GMT -5
Think we already have a thread on this but it’s a 4/5 for me.
A med pattern, especially a strong one or an East Asia type monsoonal pattern are both huge no-nos and instantly ruin a climate. Winter must have little cold rain but still get a good amount of snow while summer must be wet enough to get a good amount of storms but if it’s washed out it’s pointless and shitty. A moderate spring/summer wet season is ideal but I’m ok with drier/wetter shoulder seasons than my ideal and some variation on amounts in summer is ok so it’s not a 5/5.
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Post by massiveshibe on Nov 5, 2022 16:06:54 GMT -5
Depends on the climate type.
In temperate regions with mild winters, I prefer evenly distributed precipitation because I’m not a fan of brown vegetation.
In Subpolar and Polar regions with freezing winters, I prefer wet summers and dry winters because dry winters means no snow to shovel and the vegetation won’t die from lack of water either since they are dormant.
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Post by greysrigging on Nov 5, 2022 16:27:23 GMT -5
A med pattern, especially a strong one or an East Asia type monsoonal pattern, are huge pluses and instantly upgrade the climate to the A and B ratings....
For me it is the contrast between the seasons, the harsh aridity of the dry months replaced by life giving rains of the wetter months.
Naturally, no snow or damaging hail, although everyone loves a good storm, and the rare dusting of low level snow can be exciting from a meteoroligical point of view. And 'out of season' rainfall is always welcomed....
4/5 for me.
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Post by melonside421 on Nov 5, 2022 17:54:31 GMT -5
Very important, as I definitely do not like both a hot and a dry summer. However, looking at subarctic climates, they could have the driER summer thing, but overall, I would hope there would be sufficient rainfall so nothing goes dead when it shouldn't. That being said, in warmer climates like where I live, a dry October/November is not a bad thing, or even a definite dry winter. Dry winters help with crops that might get to the point of frost, which helps them survive when the other half of winter nights do not destroy entire gardens.
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Nov 7, 2022 1:11:50 GMT -5
5, extremely important. Dry summers and rainy winters/springs are essential in temperate and subtropical climates  grass should always be a lush emerald green in winter and turn to a beautiful golden brown hue in the heat of summer. This makes way for 2 separate and reliable growing seasons, one from February to May, the other from August to November. Winter/spring precipitation should be reliable and heavy enough to fill seasonal arroyos as well as replenish reservoirs. Climates such as Córdoba, Argentina are ruined by having the complete opposite precipitation pattern, even though their overall temperatures and total precipitation amounts are perfect. Córdoba would receive a B- while its Mediterranean counterparts like Arta, Greece, would receive an A+, so that is a significant reduction in grade, reflecting the high importance of Mediterranean precipitation patterns.
In tropical climates, I don't care as much about precipitation pattern, but a long moderately dry season, short extremely dry season, and a short moderately wet season would be best.
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Post by Ethereal on Nov 12, 2022 0:23:38 GMT -5
Important, but not extremely so. I wouldn't want a place that has very seasonal rainfall - Be it very wet summers or very wet winters.
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Post by Benfxmth on Dec 14, 2022 7:49:05 GMT -5
I'd say a 2.5/3 or so, not as picky as some others in here. I'm not a huge fan of strongly seasonal precip patterns (like the apocalyptic amounts of useless cold rain in some cooler, wetter Med climates or excessively wet summers in many monsoonal climates), but overall temps/sunshine are more important to me.
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Post by CRISPR on Apr 13, 2024 1:36:16 GMT -5
3, I am fine with a precipitation pattern (either wet summers or winters); but not too extreme (like months without any rain or over 250 mm)
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Post by arcleo on Apr 13, 2024 2:54:11 GMT -5
Not so important, 2 or 3, voted for 2. A bad precipitation pattern in an otherwise nearly perfect climate like Harashim, Israel gets an A- or at worst a B+.
I can appreciate a wide range of precipitation patterns. Though it's my biggest complaint about my own climate which made me care a bit more about it.
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Post by Cadeau on Apr 13, 2024 7:05:32 GMT -5
3. Somewhat important, generally don't care much as temperature if monthly precipitation in range between 30~150mm.
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Post by Steelernation on Apr 13, 2024 23:52:40 GMT -5
4. Most important factor behind winter temps and thunderstorms. A bad precipitation pattern such as bone dry summers instantly ruins a climate. Same with very wet East Asian type summers although to a lesser extent. Only reason it’s not a 5 is I can allow some wiggle room, ie. im fine with summer or spring being the wettest season and a fall dry season isn’t necessary.
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Post by tommyFL on Apr 14, 2024 0:08:04 GMT -5
5. If not a summer month as the wettest, then at least late spring. Otherwise, my rating of a climate drops significantly.
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Post by tompas on Apr 14, 2024 3:12:40 GMT -5
3
I don't like if a climate has washout seasons/months (especially washout summers).
Like Mumbai or Prince Rupert.
Beyond that, I'm fine with the equally distributed precipitation pattern. I also don't mind the med precipitation pattern.
I am less tolerant of a monsoonal pattern, although if the monsoon isn't too strong it's still acceptable.
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Post by greysrigging on Apr 14, 2024 3:35:42 GMT -5
Monsoon is great... cools down a bit with the cloud cover, the barren countryside of the dry season comes alive again, flora and fauna multiply and breed...
And truth be known, the dry season max temps ( at least in Darwin ) are still 30-32c.... So in our dry season, its as dry as a Med summer in Perth and with similar mean max temps.
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Post by cawfeefan on Apr 14, 2024 7:22:49 GMT -5
3. It's somewhat important, but not that fussed as long as it's not extreme. I'm not a fan of bone dry summers or monsoonal washout ones, but my tolerance varies depending on temperature.
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Apr 14, 2024 14:57:06 GMT -5
Monsoon is great... cools down a bit with the cloud cover, the barren countryside of the dry season comes alive again, flora and fauna multiply and breed... And truth be known, the dry season max temps ( at least in Darwin ) are still 30-32c.... So in our dry season, its as dry as a Med summer in Perth and with similar mean max temps. Yeah, having a monsoon in a place like Darwin is sensible, because Darwin has a long, hot, dry, sunny, summery season anyway. In places that aren't tropical though, monsoons are really horrible, because they take the season of comfortable warm/hot temps and make it stupidly rainy and humid. It sucks when a climate has its only hot season ruined by crummery rains. This measn that there is no reliably comfy, warm, dry season in these non-tropical monsoonal climates  |
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Post by Beercules on Apr 14, 2024 19:29:21 GMT -5
Not very. Dummer should have some rain though.
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grass should always be a lush emerald green in winter and turn to a beautiful golden brown hue in the heat of summer. This makes way for 2 separate and reliable growing seasons, one from February to May, the other from August to November. Winter/spring precipitation should be reliable and heavy enough to fill seasonal arroyos as well as replenish reservoirs. Climates such as Córdoba, Argentina are ruined by having the complete opposite precipitation pattern, even though their overall temperatures and total precipitation amounts are perfect. Córdoba would receive a B- while its Mediterranean counterparts like Arta, Greece, would receive an A+, so that is a significant reduction in grade, reflecting the high importance of Mediterranean precipitation patterns.
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