Where in the U.S. will you find the most “pleasant” days in a year?

http://www.kellegous.com/j/2014/02/03/pleasant-places/

by kellegous • 12 years ago

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incision• 12 years ago

Neat.

I was looking back at my last few years of utility bills recently and noticed that May (Avg: 60F) and October (Avg: 62F) are apparently the only months of the year where I don't feel a need to heat or cool the house.

If this were adjustable I'd be looking for the place with the most 60° days per year.

waqf• 12 years ago

You should take into account humidity, seeing as the best humidity level at say 80ºF or even 70ºF is very much more pleasant than the worst.

Also, IMO your minimum temperature criterion is probably a mistake. Nobody cares that it's a little chilly at 4am, and meanwhile you're selecting for more humid climates (because those have less diurnal variation).

If you wanted to make the selection criteria user-adjustable, though, I'd be really interested to see the results. (Also, nice job on the visualization, discretizing every grid square to a town is particularly cute.)

Where in the U.S. will you find the most “pleasant” days in a year?

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