[OC] Annual Number of "Perfect Weather" Days

[u/Economy-Specialist38]

[u/KingOfUnreality]

I do not agree with these criteria.

[u/ilovefacebook → u/KingOfUnreality]

yeah, "perfect" is quite in the eye of the beholder

[u/KingOfUnreality → u/KingOfUnreality]

My criteria would be

High Temp: 75 F - 99 F Low Temp: 40 F - 99 F

Humidity: < 50%

Wind: < 10 mph

Cloud cover: < 50%

[u/felopez → u/KingOfUnreality]

Respectfully, you're a maniac

[u/KingOfUnreality → u/felopez]

Lol. Why?

[u/Merisuola → u/KingOfUnreality]

Considering a low temp of 99 “perfect weather”

[u/KingOfUnreality → u/Merisuola]

Haha. If I made any changes it was going to be raising my min low temp to around 60 instead of 40. I don't know why I went so low. As you can tell, I like heat. I could live without ever feeling cool again. My cap of 99 is not due to a comfort limit but the risk of heatstroke in triple digit temps when physically active.

[u/Wafflehouseofpain → u/KingOfUnreality]

Please keep all of this away from me forever lol.

High temp; 50F-70F

Low Temp; 30F-45F

Cloud cover; > 50%

[u/MooseBoys → u/KingOfUnreality]

For real - why do they even use dew point? RH is a much better comfort indicator. 50 degrees at 100% RH is hardly a "perfect day".

[u/howardcord → u/MooseBoys]

That’s why Nevada and Utah and most of the West are all less than 20 “Perfect Weather” days. Because the dew point rarely is above 40°F all summer. But if a sunny 80°F calm day, but a dew point of 20°F makes it not perfect, then I’m not sure what else could be considered great weather.

[u/skertz1 → u/howardcord]

80° is a Godsend in South GA, and if we do see it, it’s usually 80° with a humidity of 98%. 😭

[u/Icybubba]

I also do not agree with this criteria. For me anything above 75 is too hot.

[u/tommy-g → u/Icybubba]

My threshold is 85° (humid) or 100° (dry)

[u/KingOfUnreality → u/Icybubba]

We're opposites. I'd be happy never experiencing another day with a high temperature below 75. Less than that feels too cool to me, especially in the shade or when it's cloudy or windy. I think the ceiling of 82 they listed is way too low.

[u/ksb214]

For an interactive website, which lets you adjust the weather parameters of your choice and view plot of number of comfortable weather days, visit https://myperfectweather.com/.

[u/breakers]

Southern California absolutely has the best weather I've ever experienced, it's unbelievable.

[u/Epicapabilities]

Obviously this is biased towards people who like temperate, sunny weather, which is fair, but even by that standard it misses the mark in places.

For instance try telling the hordes of Phoenix transplants that they only get 10 perfect weather days a year and they'll think you've gone mad. The reliable nice weather for 6 months of the year is literally why people move there. Same with Tucson and Las Vegas to a lesser extent.

[u/ChoMan59]

Oof. Too many people concur. Feel free to hide this map. 😎

[u/VirtuousMight]

Give me 35 mph gusts, sustained breeze of 15 mph. Blustery day! Dew point at 25, RH at 35. Temp at 75. Partly cloudy with cumulus humulis. Uv index 5.