Non-weather nerds climate guesses
Nov 10, 2024 10:08:37 GMT -5
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Post by MET on Nov 10, 2024 10:08:37 GMT -5
I thought such a thread existed already, however I couldn't find it if it did, after a good search.
The idea is asking someone you know to guess the averages of a random city in the world, for temp, sun and rain, and see how accurate their impression of the climate is. More interesting if it's someone who's generally not knowledgable about geography and climatology.
I asked someone I know to guess the averages for New York City and Madrid, and this was what they came up with:
My assessments, New York City: This was actually pretty accurate for someone who doesn't know specifically about climatology and has never been there either. The sunshine was too low specially in winter, and the low temps a bit low in winter, and sun hours too high in summer, however, overall the temp profile was accurate as was the precipitation generally.
Madrid: The temps were generally overestimated, and wildly excessive in the summer. However, the precip pattern being light generally and mediterranean was accurate.
Even for most on here this might seem overly nerdy, but it's interesting finding out non-weatherfan's impressions of climates of world cities IMO.
The idea is asking someone you know to guess the averages of a random city in the world, for temp, sun and rain, and see how accurate their impression of the climate is. More interesting if it's someone who's generally not knowledgable about geography and climatology.
I asked someone I know to guess the averages for New York City and Madrid, and this was what they came up with:
My assessments, New York City: This was actually pretty accurate for someone who doesn't know specifically about climatology and has never been there either. The sunshine was too low specially in winter, and the low temps a bit low in winter, and sun hours too high in summer, however, overall the temp profile was accurate as was the precipitation generally.
Madrid: The temps were generally overestimated, and wildly excessive in the summer. However, the precip pattern being light generally and mediterranean was accurate.
Even for most on here this might seem overly nerdy, but it's interesting finding out non-weatherfan's impressions of climates of world cities IMO.
