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by doorhammer 4526 days ago
Good idea of what it looks like in St Louis:

http://weatherspark.com/averages/31697/St-Louis-Missouri-Uni...

Humidity was always the killer for me. I remember flying from San Diego to St. Louis. It was 75 degrees and dry in San Diego, and 102 degrees with 94% humidity in St. Louis. I wanted to die, heh

That said, I always liked the variety.

It means that I have pretty strong, nostalgic feelings associated with the seasons changing.
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fractalsea 4525 days ago
That site is a brilliant resource. Thanks for sharing.

One of my main considerations when moving somewhere is the climate.

It would be cool if the site had links to places with similar climates (could be calculated with some kind of distance metric from all the variables). I loved the climate in Sydney, so it would be nice to see a list of places in the world where it's similar.

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doorhammer 4525 days ago
No problem. That's actually the first time I've seen it as well, and it seems to have pretty much all the information I'd like about climate.

And yeah, I've never looked around for one, but being able to search for cities within similar bounds would be nice. Makes me wonder if there are national weather databases you could use to perform your own queries and get similar results.

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fractalsea 4524 days ago
I found this which seems good.

http://mikemcbrearty.com/climate/

One feature I would like would be the ability to filter results by continent (or even more fine grained filters).

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nextos 4526 days ago
Oh, variety is good. Weather here in Denmark is so plain and boring. The only remarkable season is May-July, thanks to the long days and relatively warm weather.

I totally agree humidity is horrible. I've stayed a few summers in The Hamptons, Long Island---and humidity was a killer. I cannot imagine coping with 102 F / 94%.

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doorhammer 4526 days ago
Yeah, 102 wasn't normal. It just stuck out most in my mind because it was pretty literally seared into my brain, and the contrast to cali didn't help :)

I cycled twenty or thirty miles a day pretty consistently and it never ceased to amaze me how quickly my shirt would become a sopping wet rag the second I stopped

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