https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=AnotherAnonymous explain xkcd - User contributions [en] 2026-04-28T07:45:21Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148115 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:12:04Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> [[Cueball]] is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an {{w|FernGully: The Last Rainforest|animated film series}}).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * The Cisco Kid is a character created by {{w|O. Henry}} in the short story &quot;The Caballero's Way.&quot;<br /> * Benjamin Sisko, commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (''{{w|Deep Space Nine}}'')<br /> * {{w|Cisco (fish)|Ciscos}} (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * Kuzko, teenaged Incan emperor in ''{{w|The Emperor's New Groove}}''<br /> * Sisto, brother of Brak in ''{{w|The Brak Show}}''<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan and Cueball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Cueball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148114 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:11:15Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> [[Cueball]] is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * The Cisco Kid is a character created by {{w|O. Henry}} in the short story &quot;The Caballero's Way.&quot;<br /> * Benjamin Sisko, commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (''{{w|Deep Space Nine}}'')<br /> * {{w|Cisco (fish)|Ciscos}} (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * Kuzko, teenaged Incan emperor in ''{{w|The Emperor's New Groove}}''<br /> * Sisto, brother of Brak in ''{{w|The Brak Show}}''<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan and Cueball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Cueball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148113 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:10:48Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * The Cisco Kid is a character created by {{w|O. Henry}} in the short story &quot;The Caballero's Way.&quot;<br /> * Benjamin Sisko, commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (''{{w|Deep Space Nine}}'')<br /> * {{w|Cisco (fish)|Ciscos}} (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * Kuzko, teenaged Incan emperor in ''{{w|The Emperor's New Groove}}''<br /> * Sisto, brother of Brak in ''{{w|The Brak Show}}''<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan and Cueball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Cueball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148112 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:10:27Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * The Cisco Kid is a character created by O. Henry in the short story &quot;The Caballero's Way.&quot;<br /> * Benjamin Sisko, commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (''{{w|Deep Space Nine}}'')<br /> * {{w|Cisco (fish)|Ciscos}} (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * Kuzko, teenaged Incan emperor in ''{{w|The Emperor's New Groove}}''<br /> * Sisto, brother of Brak in {{w|The Brak Show}}<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan and Cueball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Cueball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148111 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:09:58Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * The Cisco Kid is a character created by O. Henry in the short story &quot;The Caballero's Way.&quot;<br /> * Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)<br /> * {{w|Cisco (fish)|Ciscos}} (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * Kuzko, teenaged Incan emperor in ''{{w|The Emperor's New Groove}}''<br /> * Sisto, brother of Brak in {{w|The Brak Show}}<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan and Cueball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Cueball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148109 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:09:46Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * The Cisco Kid is a character created by O. Henry in the short story &quot;The Caballero's Way.&quot;<br /> * Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)<br /> * {{w|Cisco (fish)|Ciscos}} (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * Kuzko, teenaged Incan emperor in ''{{w|The Emperor's New Groove}}''<br /> * Sisto, brother of Brak in {{w|The_Brak_Show}}<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan and Cueball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Cueball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148108 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:09:39Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Kuzko expo</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * The Cisco Kid is a character created by O. Henry in the short story &quot;The Caballero's Way.&quot;<br /> * Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)<br /> * {{w|Cisco (fish)|Ciscos}} (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * Kuzko, teenages Incan emperor in ''{{w|The Emperor's New Groove}}''<br /> * Sisto, brother of Brak in {{w|The_Brak_Show}}<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan and Cueball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Cueball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148106 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:08:00Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * The Cisco Kid is a character created by O. Henry in the short story &quot;The Caballero's Way.&quot;<br /> * Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)<br /> * {{w|Cisco (fish)|Ciscos}} (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * Kuzko (teenaged Incan emperors)<br /> * Sisto, brother of Brak in {{w|The_Brak_Show}}<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[Megan and Queball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Queball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148105 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:07:22Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Brak's brother expo</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * The Cisco Kid is a character created by O. Henry in the short story &quot;The Caballero's Way.&quot;<br /> * Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)<br /> * Ciscoes (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * Kuzko (teenaged Incan emperors)<br /> * Sisto, brother of Brak in {{w|The_Brak_Show}}<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[Megan and Queball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Queball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148102 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:04:47Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * ? (O. Henry)<br /> * Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)<br /> * ? (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * ? (teenaged Incan emperors)<br /> * ? (Brak's brother)<br /> * {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[Megan and Queball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Queball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148101 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:04:03Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'<br /> * ? (O. Henry)<br /> * Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)<br /> * ? (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * ? (teenaged Incan emperors)<br /> * ? (Brak's brother)<br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisco Crisco] (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[Megan and Queball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Queball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148100 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:03:50Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ wikipedia link</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song' &quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisq%C3%B3&quot;<br /> * ? (O. Henry)<br /> * Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)<br /> * ? (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * ? (teenaged Incan emperors)<br /> * ? (Brak's brother)<br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisco Crisco] (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[Megan and Queball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Queball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1918:_NEXUS&diff=148099 1918: NEXUS 2017-11-20T14:03:17Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1918<br /> | date = November 20, 2017<br /> | title = NEXUS<br /> | image = nexus.png<br /> | titletext = You also refuse to buy Cisco products because you hate the Thong Song, O. Henry, Deep Space Nine, freshwater whitefish, teenaged Incan emperors, Brak's brother, and vegetable-based shortening.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).<br /> <br /> The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms &amp; tech brand) with:<br /> * The artist Sisqó who performed 'Thong Song' &quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisq%C3%B3&quot;<br /> * ? (O. Henry)<br /> * Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)<br /> * ? (freshwater whitefish)<br /> * ? (teenaged Incan emperors)<br /> * ? (Brak's brother)<br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisco Crisco] (vegetable-based shortening)<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[Megan and Queball walking through an airport.]<br /> :Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border<br /> :Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.<br /> :Queball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147978 Talk:1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-16T14:39:57Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Temperatures */</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.--&gt;<br /> <br /> As someone who lives near San Fransisco, but has lived in multiple other climates, I can say, San Fransisco can be pretty cold during summer months (compared to normal summers), but is still moderate. If you truely hate heat though, avoid mid-September till November as that is our hottest time of year, since there is not as much fog then. Once November hits it pretty suddenly gets cold again though. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.187|172.68.189.187]] 06:08, 15 November 2017 (UTC)Rowan<br /> <br /> This graph doesn't make any sense. In my experience, people who live in places with hot summers hate heat, and people who live in places with cold winters hate coldness. Everyone I've ever spoken from Perth basically constantly complains about the heat! Shouldn't the whole thing be flipped? [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 08:46, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I just now realized that it says &quot;where ''to'' live,&quot; not &quot;where you live.&quot; I take back this silly comment ^_^; My bad [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 09:00, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Why is there dirt in the middle of the picture? [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 09:06, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :It appears to be a faded-out image, probably some reference pic that Randall was using while drawing. Something similar appeared in [[1561: Water Phase Diagram#Original version|1561]], and was later removed. [[User:Peregrine|Peregrine]] ([[User talk:Peregrine|talk]]) 11:32, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Coming from Denmark I'm really dissapointed that he left out our capital, and the largest city in Scandinavia, Copenhagen, when he has both Oslo, Stockholm and .... Reykjavik... :-D But guess it should be placed near Oslo... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:54, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :Within the mid-United States, Randall ignored Chicago entirely and highlighted Minneapolis. Since I'm originally from Minnesota, I appreciate that a LOT. (Chicago can keep their wind, those blowhards; if you want a humid summer, find a Minnesota lake for your vacation! Then enjoy the ice fishing in winter, too.) '''--BigMal''' // [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.184|108.162.216.184]] 15:16, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> ::Denver isn't on here. We have over 230 temperate days per year; We get big snow sometimes, then it melts away within a day or two. I think it belongs somewhere directly below Paris? I wonder how we'd be positioned relative to Portland...<br /> ::There's no way Randall has spent any significant time near Lubbock Texas; It should be shown farther up &amp; to the right, maybe a lot farther.<br /> ::[[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.59|172.68.58.59]] 02:46, 16 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I'm disappointed he left out Hamburg, Germany (and instead included Berlin). Average high over the year in Hamburg is 13.2°C (highest average is 22.1°C and 22.2°C in July and August, respectively), average low over the year is 6.2°C (lowest average is -1.4°C in January). So, if you like mild winters as much as you like mild summers, you should live in Hamburg. --[[User:LordHorst|LordHorst]] ([[User talk:LordHorst|talk]]) 09:52, 16 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> So I've added a table with one entry for you all to put in data. I don't know where to find humidex info but the average low temperatures should be easy enough to find on e.g. Wikipedia. --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 10:10, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I think I've sorted all the disambiguations out apart from Richmond. My instinct is to say it's Richmond, Virginia but now I've seen how many Richmonds there are I'm not so sure...--[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 12:07, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I think that &quot;Altay&quot; is more likely to be {{w|Altay City|Altay City, China}}, not {{w|Altai City|Altai City, Mongolia}}. The Wikipedia-preferred spellings are one piece of evidence, but more convincing is the position of &quot;Altay&quot; right '''above''' (i.e. winters warmer than) &quot;Regina&quot;. If this is {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan}}, then its temperature profile (per Wikipedia) is very similar to the Chinese city.<br /> * Jan average: Regina, −20.1 to −9.3°C, and Altay, −21 to −9.4°C (versus Altai, −24.8 to −10.4°C)... pretty close all around, but Altai is a little colder.<br /> * Jul average: Regina, 11.9 to 25.8°C, and Altay, 15.1 to 28.2°C (versus Altai, 8.0 to 19.7°C)... Altay is warmer than Regina, whereas Altai is quite a bit colder.<br /> * Annual average: Regina, −3.2 to 9.3°C, and Altay, −1.4 to 10.7°C (versus Altai, −7.98 to 5.03°C)... Altai is again noticeably colder.<br /> (Oops, edit conflict with [[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]]. Before their edit—which points to Altay City, China—the table said it was unclear which was meant.)<br /> -- [[User:Peregrine|Peregrine]] ([[User talk:Peregrine|talk]]) 12:18, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :Yeah, sorry, I changed my mind, I can't remember why now... --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 13:28, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> So, the table lists temperatures for these cities from some unknown source(s), that may not be the same source(s) Randall used. I think the more interesting table would bte the table of X/y coordinates for each city from the comic. No? [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 15:01, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> : I disagree - we can see where they are on the comic, so that's not very interesting at all. This table puts some hard figures on the co-ordinates. (In most explanations when we 'estimate' co-ordinates, it's because there are no hard figures). By the way, the source I'm using for my figures is weatherbase.com as suggested in the transcript. I can't speak what others are using but maybe we should make this clearer. --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 16:05, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Chicago? Bottom right corner.<br /> [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.12|162.158.106.12]] 15:37, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> : Chicago averages around 12 days of 90+ and none over 100 per year (similar to New York) does not rank as being all that hot on a world scale [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 18:47, 15 November 2017 (UTC).<br /> : Wherever Chicago should go (and it's definitely in the lower right quadrant), it's weird that Randall didn't put it there. It's the USA's third-largest city and by far the biggest metropolitan area in the Midwest. How did Minneapolis make the cut if Chicago didn't? (No offense, Minnesotans.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.250|108.162.216.250]] 23:33, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Added hottest month Humidex values for all cities that have temperature and dew point data, using equation from the Wikipedia page on Humidex.<br /> <br /> My jimmies are really rustled by Randall using the puny american McMurdo station (record low of mere -51 centigrade) instead of the glorious russian Vostok station (record low -89 &quot;steel shatters&quot; centigrade). <br /> <br /> ------<br /> As a resident of Oregon, I vote for Portland being Portland, OR. It is not only larger than Portland, Maine; it also more closely fits the mild climate that Randall seems to place it in on the graph. An early settler wrote two letters back east: The first, &quot;Come live with me, there ain't no winter here&quot;, the second six months later &quot;Nevermind, there ain't no summer either&quot; [[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 21:44, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I'm not convinced by the Humidex numbers (or possibly the calculation) for London. It has the third highest value of 49.3, which according to the Wikipedia entry for Humidex, is &quot;Dangerous; heat stroke quite possible&quot;. London can occasionally have some unpleasantly hot days in the summer, but generally (as the diagram implies) it's rarely too hot or too cold. --[[User:TimO|TimO]] ([[User talk:TimO|talk]]) 10:26, 16 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :You're right - I think someone got their numbers out of sync when they were typing them in, there were several in the wrong place. Fixed now --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 13:38, 16 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Temperatures ==<br /> <br /> For the low/high temperatures, should it be the average temperature of the coldest/hottest months or the average low/high of the coldest/hottest months?<br /> The two are not the same, and you can get both from weatherbase.com.<br /> Some of the data is already messed up. I highly doubt that Raleigh is the hottest place on earth. AFAIK, people live there, but I don't think anyone could survive between 50C and 70C all year round...<br /> --[[User:Dkasza|Dkasza]] ([[User talk:Dkasza|talk]]) 03:31, 16 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :Hi Dkasza, thanks for the comment. I think the point of the original comic is to compare how hot it typically gets in summer - so the average high for the hottest month - with how cold it gets in winter - so the average low for the coldest month. That's what I went with - I think the average temperature for the hottest month isn't the best because it doesn't tell you ''how hot it gets'' (and similarly for cold). As for Raleigh, I think the data you mention must have been changed because it looks reasonable now - perhaps someone originally but the Fahrenheit values in by mistake? I've entered most of the data myself, but feel free to correct any errors! --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 14:39, 16 November 2017 (UTC)</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147975 Talk:1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-16T13:38:15Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.--&gt;<br /> <br /> As someone who lives near San Fransisco, but has lived in multiple other climates, I can say, San Fransisco can be pretty cold during summer months (compared to normal summers), but is still moderate. If you truely hate heat though, avoid mid-September till November as that is our hottest time of year, since there is not as much fog then. Once November hits it pretty suddenly gets cold again though. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.187|172.68.189.187]] 06:08, 15 November 2017 (UTC)Rowan<br /> <br /> This graph doesn't make any sense. In my experience, people who live in places with hot summers hate heat, and people who live in places with cold winters hate coldness. Everyone I've ever spoken from Perth basically constantly complains about the heat! Shouldn't the whole thing be flipped? [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 08:46, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I just now realized that it says &quot;where ''to'' live,&quot; not &quot;where you live.&quot; I take back this silly comment ^_^; My bad [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 09:00, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Why is there dirt in the middle of the picture? [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 09:06, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :It appears to be a faded-out image, probably some reference pic that Randall was using while drawing. Something similar appeared in [[1561: Water Phase Diagram#Original version|1561]], and was later removed. [[User:Peregrine|Peregrine]] ([[User talk:Peregrine|talk]]) 11:32, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Coming from Denmark I'm really dissapointed that he left out our capital, and the largest city in Scandinavia, Copenhagen, when he has both Oslo, Stockholm and .... Reykjavik... :-D But guess it should be placed near Oslo... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:54, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :Within the mid-United States, Randall ignored Chicago entirely and highlighted Minneapolis. Since I'm originally from Minnesota, I appreciate that a LOT. (Chicago can keep their wind, those blowhards; if you want a humid summer, find a Minnesota lake for your vacation! Then enjoy the ice fishing in winter, too.) '''--BigMal''' // [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.184|108.162.216.184]] 15:16, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> ::Denver isn't on here. We have over 230 temperate days per year; We get big snow sometimes, then it melts away within a day or two. I think it belongs somewhere directly below Paris? I wonder how we'd be positioned relative to Portland...<br /> ::There's no way Randall has spent any significant time near Lubbock Texas; It should be shown farther up &amp; to the right, maybe a lot farther.<br /> ::[[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.59|172.68.58.59]] 02:46, 16 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I'm disappointed he left out Hamburg, Germany (and instead included Berlin). Average high over the year in Hamburg is 13.2°C (highest average is 22.1°C and 22.2°C in July and August, respectively), average low over the year is 6.2°C (lowest average is -1.4°C in January). So, if you like mild winters as much as you like mild summers, you should live in Hamburg. --[[User:LordHorst|LordHorst]] ([[User talk:LordHorst|talk]]) 09:52, 16 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> So I've added a table with one entry for you all to put in data. I don't know where to find humidex info but the average low temperatures should be easy enough to find on e.g. Wikipedia. --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 10:10, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I think I've sorted all the disambiguations out apart from Richmond. My instinct is to say it's Richmond, Virginia but now I've seen how many Richmonds there are I'm not so sure...--[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 12:07, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I think that &quot;Altay&quot; is more likely to be {{w|Altay City|Altay City, China}}, not {{w|Altai City|Altai City, Mongolia}}. The Wikipedia-preferred spellings are one piece of evidence, but more convincing is the position of &quot;Altay&quot; right '''above''' (i.e. winters warmer than) &quot;Regina&quot;. If this is {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan}}, then its temperature profile (per Wikipedia) is very similar to the Chinese city.<br /> * Jan average: Regina, −20.1 to −9.3°C, and Altay, −21 to −9.4°C (versus Altai, −24.8 to −10.4°C)... pretty close all around, but Altai is a little colder.<br /> * Jul average: Regina, 11.9 to 25.8°C, and Altay, 15.1 to 28.2°C (versus Altai, 8.0 to 19.7°C)... Altay is warmer than Regina, whereas Altai is quite a bit colder.<br /> * Annual average: Regina, −3.2 to 9.3°C, and Altay, −1.4 to 10.7°C (versus Altai, −7.98 to 5.03°C)... Altai is again noticeably colder.<br /> (Oops, edit conflict with [[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]]. Before their edit—which points to Altay City, China—the table said it was unclear which was meant.)<br /> -- [[User:Peregrine|Peregrine]] ([[User talk:Peregrine|talk]]) 12:18, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :Yeah, sorry, I changed my mind, I can't remember why now... --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 13:28, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> So, the table lists temperatures for these cities from some unknown source(s), that may not be the same source(s) Randall used. I think the more interesting table would bte the table of X/y coordinates for each city from the comic. No? [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 15:01, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> : I disagree - we can see where they are on the comic, so that's not very interesting at all. This table puts some hard figures on the co-ordinates. (In most explanations when we 'estimate' co-ordinates, it's because there are no hard figures). By the way, the source I'm using for my figures is weatherbase.com as suggested in the transcript. I can't speak what others are using but maybe we should make this clearer. --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 16:05, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Chicago? Bottom right corner.<br /> [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.12|162.158.106.12]] 15:37, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> : Chicago averages around 12 days of 90+ and none over 100 per year (similar to New York) does not rank as being all that hot on a world scale [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 18:47, 15 November 2017 (UTC).<br /> : Wherever Chicago should go (and it's definitely in the lower right quadrant), it's weird that Randall didn't put it there. It's the USA's third-largest city and by far the biggest metropolitan area in the Midwest. How did Minneapolis make the cut if Chicago didn't? (No offense, Minnesotans.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.250|108.162.216.250]] 23:33, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Added hottest month Humidex values for all cities that have temperature and dew point data, using equation from the Wikipedia page on Humidex.<br /> <br /> My jimmies are really rustled by Randall using the puny american McMurdo station (record low of mere -51 centigrade) instead of the glorious russian Vostok station (record low -89 &quot;steel shatters&quot; centigrade). <br /> <br /> ------<br /> As a resident of Oregon, I vote for Portland being Portland, OR. It is not only larger than Portland, Maine; it also more closely fits the mild climate that Randall seems to place it in on the graph. An early settler wrote two letters back east: The first, &quot;Come live with me, there ain't no winter here&quot;, the second six months later &quot;Nevermind, there ain't no summer either&quot; [[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 21:44, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I'm not convinced by the Humidex numbers (or possibly the calculation) for London. It has the third highest value of 49.3, which according to the Wikipedia entry for Humidex, is &quot;Dangerous; heat stroke quite possible&quot;. London can occasionally have some unpleasantly hot days in the summer, but generally (as the diagram implies) it's rarely too hot or too cold. --[[User:TimO|TimO]] ([[User talk:TimO|talk]]) 10:26, 16 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :You're right - I think someone got their numbers out of sync when they were typing them in, there were several in the wrong place. Fixed now --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 13:38, 16 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Temperatures ==<br /> <br /> For the low/high temperatures, should it be the average temperature of the coldest/hottest months or the average low/high of the coldest/hottest months?<br /> The two are not the same, and you can get both from weatherbase.com.<br /> Some of the data is already messed up. I highly doubt that Raleigh is the hottest place on earth. AFAIK, people live there, but I don't think anyone could survive between 50C and 70C all year round...<br /> --[[User:Dkasza|Dkasza]] ([[User talk:Dkasza|talk]]) 03:31, 16 November 2017 (UTC)</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147974 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-16T13:36:26Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ All of the temperatures!</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Fill in the table using data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com] (Randall's source!). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme; Typical in higher elevations tropical regions<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> ! Latitude<br /> ! Elevation (m)<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 || 28.8 || 53° 43′ N || 248<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 9° 1′ N || 2355<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 || 27.4 || 47° 52′ N || 887<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 || 35.2 || 37° 59′ N || 70<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 || 39.4 || 33° 45′ N || 225<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 || 43.4 || 33° 20′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 || 45.3 || 13° 45′ N || 1.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 41° 23′ N || 12<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 || 37.6 || 39° 55′ N || 43.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 53° 31′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 || 31.9 || 50° 15′ N || 133<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 || 20.3 || 4° 42′ N || 2640<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 || 32.4 || 42° 21′ N || 43<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 27° 28′ S || 28<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 || 35 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 || 39 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 || 23.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 || 29 || 33° 59′ S || 42<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 || 31.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 || 37.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 || 43.1 || 32°46'N || 131 <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 || 18.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 || 38.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 || 51.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 || 46 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 || 26.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 || 20.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 || 23.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 || 32.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 || 28.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 || 44.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 || 27.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 || 24.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || Hong Kong || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 || 42.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 || 38.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 || 44.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 || 27.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Europe* || 2 || 27 || 16 || 31.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 || 33.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 || 34.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 || 38.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 || 45.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 || 25.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 || 38.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 || 40.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 || 25.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 || 26.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || 2.6 || 31.2 || 11 || 33 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || 21 || 33 || 23 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 || -4.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || 5 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || 7 || 26 || 11 || 27.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || 15.5 || 32.8 || 23.4 || 43.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || -13.6 || 28.6 || 15.8 || 33.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Europe || -11 || 21 || 12 || 23.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || 16.7 || 33.5 || 25 || 45.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || 12 || 26 || 15 || 30 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || 4 || 39 || 11 || 40.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || -10.2 || 30.7 || 18.6 || 37.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || -7 || 21 || 10 || 22.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || -14.4 || 26.6 || 13 || 29.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 || 27.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || 7 || 31 || 12 || 33.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || 1.8 || 27.3 || 12.4 || 29.8 || 45° 36′ N || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || -10 || 28 || 20 || 35.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || -23 || 27 || 17 || 32.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 19 || 9 || 19.9 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || -0.6 || 32.3 || 20.3 || 20.8 || 35° 47′ N || 119<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || -23 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 || 12 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || -2.1 || 32.1 || 19.8 || 39.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || 16.9 || 32.9 || 21 || 48 || 22° 49′ S || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || 8 || 42 || 4 || 41 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || 3.7 || 28.7 || 4 || 27.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || 5 || 40 || 11 || 41.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || -4.6 || 31.7 || 19.4 || 38.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || -5.8 || 33.7 || 7.7 || 38 || 40° 47′ N || 1286<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || 7.6 || 20.6 || N/A || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || -8 || 32.3 || 10 || 33.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South America || 2 || 29 || 11 || 30.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South America || 12 || 28 || 18 || 39 || 23° 37′ S || 802<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || -7 || 26.4 || 18 || 32.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || -6 || 28 || 20 || 35.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || 1 || 31 || 24 || 42.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || -15 || 28 || 20 || 35.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || 23 || 31 || 25 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || -13.9 || 28.9 || 16.8 || 34 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Europe || -9 || 21 || 12 || 23.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || -6 || 21 || 10 || 22.3 || 59° 39′ N || 60<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || 6 || 26 || 16 || 30.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || -1.5 || 35.7 || 12 || 38 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || -1 || 36 || 6 || 35.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || -20 || 23 || 13 || 25.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || 2.5 || 29.4 || 22 || 38.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || -20 || 29 || 18 || 35 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || -10.2 || 27.1 || 14 || 30.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || -15 || 39 || 11 || 40.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || -25 || 21 || 8 || 21.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || -15 || 28 || 8 || 28.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || 0.3 || 26.2 || N/A || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || -15.3 || 23.3 || 17 || 28.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Europe || -9.2 || 29.3 || N/A || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || 6.3 || 20.6 || 12 || 22.9 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || 2 || 32 || 24 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || -4 || 31 || N/A || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || -15 || 28 || 7 || 28 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> *Istanbul spans both Europe and Asia but its city center is located in Europe.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147970 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-16T11:58:41Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Fix up those numbers, looks like someone got out of sync typing them in</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Fill in the table using data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com] (Randall's source!). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme; Typical in higher elevations tropical regions<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> ! Latitude<br /> ! Elevation (m)<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 || 28.8 || 53° 43′ N || 248<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 9° 1′ N || 2355<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 || 27.4 || 47° 52′ N || 887<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 || 35.2 || 37° 59′ N || 70<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 || 39.4 || 33° 45′ N || 225<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 || 43.4 || 33° 20′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 || 45.3 || 13° 45′ N || 1.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 41° 23′ N || 12<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 || 37.6 || 39° 55′ N || 43.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 53° 31′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 || 31.9 || 50° 15′ N || 133<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 || 20.3 || 4° 42′ N || 2640<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 || 32.4 || 42° 21′ N || 43<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 27° 28′ S || 28<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 || 35 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 || 39 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 || 23.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 || 29 || 33° 59′ S || 42<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 || 31.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 || 37.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 || 43.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 || 18.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 || 38.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 || 51.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 || 46 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 || 26.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 || 20.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 || 23.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 || 32.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 || 28.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 || 44.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 || 27.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 || 24.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || Hong Kong || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 || 42.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 || 38.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 || 44.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 || 27.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Europe* || 2 || 27 || 16 || 31.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 || 33.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 || 34.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 || 38.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 || 45.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 || 25.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 || 38.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 || 40.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 || 25.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 || 26.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || 2.6 || 31.2 || 11 || 33 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || 21 || 33 || 23 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 || -4.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || 5 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || 7 || 26 || 11 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || 27.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || 1.8 || 27.3 || 12.4 || || 45° 36′ N || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || -0.6 || 32.3 || 20.3 || 20.8 || 35° 47′ N || 119<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || || 12 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || 16.9 || 32.9 || 21 || 48 || 22° 49′ S || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || -5.8 || 33.7 || 7.7 || 38 || 40° 47′ N || 1286<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South America || 2.5 || 29.4 || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South America || 12 || 28 || 18 || 39 || 23° 37′ S || 802<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || -6 || 17 || 10 || || 59° 39′ N || 60<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> *Istanbul spans both Europe and Asia but its city center is located in Europe.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147965 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-16T09:23:34Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Fix McMurdo humidex</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Fill in the table using data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com] (Randall's source!). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme; Typical in higher elevations tropical regions<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> ! Latitude<br /> ! Elevation (m)<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 || 28.8 || 53° 43′ N || 248<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 9° 1′ N || 2355<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 || 27.4 || 47° 52′ N || 887<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 || 35.2 || 37° 59′ N || 70<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 || 39.4 || 33° 45′ N || 225<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 || 43.4 || 33° 20′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 || 45.3 || 13° 45′ N || 1.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 41° 23′ N || 12<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 || 37.6 || 39° 55′ N || 43.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 53° 31′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 || 31.9 || 50° 15′ N || 133<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 || 20.3 || 4° 42′ N || 2640<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 || 32.4 || 42° 21′ N || 43<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 27° 28′ S || 28<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 || 35 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 || 39 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 || 23.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 || 29 || 33° 59′ S || 42<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 || 31.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 || 37.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 || 43.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 || 18.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 || 38.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 || 51.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 || 46 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 || 26.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 || 20.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 || 23.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 || 32.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 || 28.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 || 44.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 || 27.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 || 24.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || Hong Kong || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 || 42.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 || 38.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 || 44.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 || 27.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Europe* || 2 || 27 || 16 || 31.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 || 33.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 || 34.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 || 38.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 || 45.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 || 25.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 || 38.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 || 40.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 || 25.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 || 26.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || 2.6 || 31.2 || 11 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || 21 || 33 || 23 || 33 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 || -4.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || 5 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || 7 || 26 || 11 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || 27.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || 1.8 || 27.3 || 12.4 || || 45° 36′ N || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || -0.6 || 32.3 || 20.3 || 20.8 || 35° 47′ N || 119<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || || 12 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || 16.9 || 32.9 || 21 || 48 || 22° 49′ S || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || -5.8 || 33.7 || 7.7 || 38 || 40° 47′ N || 1286<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South America || 2.5 || 29.4 || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South America || 12 || 28 || 18 || 39 || 23° 37′ S || 802<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || -6 || 17 || 10 || || 59° 39′ N || 60<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> *Istanbul spans both Europe and Asia but its city center is located in Europe.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147961 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-16T08:35:16Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Fill in the table using data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com] (Randall's source!). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme; Typical in higher elevations tropical regions<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> ! Latitude<br /> ! Elevation (m)<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 || 28.8 || 53° 43′ N || 248<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 9° 1′ N || 2355<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 || 27.4 || 47° 52′ N || 887<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 || 35.2 || 37° 59′ N || 70<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 || 39.4 || 33° 45′ N || 225<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 || 43.4 || 33° 20′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 || 45.3 || 13° 45′ N || 1.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 41° 23′ N || 12<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 || 37.6 || 39° 55′ N || 43.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 53° 31′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 || 31.9 || 50° 15′ N || 133<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 || 20.3 || 4° 42′ N || 2640<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 || 32.4 || 42° 21′ N || 43<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 27° 28′ S || 28<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 || 35 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 || 39 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 || 23.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 || 29 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 || 31.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 || 37.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 || 43.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 || 18.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 || 38.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 || 51.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 || 46 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 || 26.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 || 20.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 || 23.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 || 32.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 || 28.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 || 44.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 || 27.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 || 24.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 || 42.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 || 38.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 || 44.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 || 27.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Europe* || 2 || 27 || 16 || 31.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 || 33.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 || 34.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 || 38.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 || 45.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 || 25.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 || 38.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 || 40.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 || 25.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 || 26.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || 2.6 || 31.2 || 11 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || 21 || 33 || 23 || 33 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || 5 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || 7 || 26 || 11 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || 27.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || 1.8 || 27.3 || 12.4 || || 45° 36′ N || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || -0.6 || 32.3 || 20.3 || 20.8 || 35° 47′ N || 119<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || || 12 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || 16.9 || 32.9 || 21 || 48 || 22° 49′ S || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || -5.8 || 33.7 || 7.7 || 38 || 40° 47′ N || 1286<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South America || 2.5 || 29.4 || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South America || 12 || 28 || 18 || 39 || 23° 37′ S || 802<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || -6 || 17 || 10 || || 59° 39′ N || 60<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> *Istanbul spans both Europe and Asia but its city center is located in Europe.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147960 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-16T08:32:01Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ I don't know where that Melbourne figure came from but humidex can't be negative</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Fill in the table using data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com] (Randall's source!). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme; Typical in higher elevations tropical regions<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> ! Latitude<br /> ! Elevation (m)<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 || 28.8 || 53° 43′ N || 248<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 9° 1′ N || 2355<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 || 27.4 || 47° 52′ N || 887<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 || 35.2 || 37° 59′ N || 70<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 || 39.4 || 33° 45′ N || 225<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 || 43.4 || 33° 20′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 || 45.3 || 13° 45′ N || 1.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 41° 23′ N || 12<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 || 37.6 || 39° 55′ N || 43.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 53° 31′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 || 31.9 || 50° 15′ N || 133<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 || 20.3 || 4° 42′ N || 2640<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 || 32.4 || 42° 21′ N || 43<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 27° 28′ S || 28<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 || 35 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 || 39 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 || 23.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 || 29 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 || 31.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 || 37.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 || 43.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 || 18.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 || 38.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 || 51.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 || 46 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 || 26.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 || 20.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 || 23.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 || 32.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 || 28.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 || 44.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 || 27.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 || 24.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 || 42.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 || 38.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 || 44.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 || 27.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Europe* || 2 || 27 || 16 || 31.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 || 33.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 || 34.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 || 38.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 || 45.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 || 25.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 || 38.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 || 40.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 || 25.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 || 26.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || 2.6 || 31.2 || 11 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || 21 || 33 || 23 || 33 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || 5 || 26 || 12 || 23.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || 7 || 26 || 11 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || 27.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || 1.8 || 27.3 || 12.4 || || 45° 36′ N || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || -0.6 || 32.3 || 20.3 || 20.8 || 35° 47′ N || 119<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || || 12 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || 16.9 || 32.9 || 21 || 48 || 22° 49′ S || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || -5.8 || 33.7 || 7.7 || 38 || 40° 47′ N || 1286<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South America || 2.5 || 29.4 || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South America || 12 || 28 || 18 || 39 || 23° 37′ S || 802<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || -6 || 17 || 10 || || 59° 39′ N || 60<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> *Istanbul spans both Europe and Asia but its city center is located in Europe.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147959 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-16T08:27:20Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Mexico City</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Fill in the table using data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com] (Randall's source!). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme; Typical in higher elevations tropical regions<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> ! Latitude<br /> ! Elevation (m)<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 || 28.8 || 53° 43′ N || 248<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 9° 1′ N || 2355<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 || 27.4 || 47° 52′ N || 887<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 || 35.2 || 37° 59′ N || 70<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 || 39.4 || 33° 45′ N || 225<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 || 43.4 || 33° 20′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 || 45.3 || 13° 45′ N || 1.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 41° 23′ N || 12<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 || 37.6 || 39° 55′ N || 43.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 53° 31′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 || 31.9 || 50° 15′ N || 133<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 || 20.3 || 4° 42′ N || 2640<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 || 32.4 || 42° 21′ N || 43<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 27° 28′ S || 28<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 || 35 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 || 39 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 || 23.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 || 29 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 || 31.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 || 37.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 || 43.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 || 18.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 || 38.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 || 51.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 || 46 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 || 26.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 || 20.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 || 23.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 || 32.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 || 28.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 || 44.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 || 27.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 || 24.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 || 42.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 || 38.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 || 44.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 || 27.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Europe* || 2 || 27 || 16 || 31.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 || 33.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 || 34.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 || 38.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 || 45.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 || 25.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 || 38.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 || 40.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 || 25.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 || 26.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || 2.6 || 31.2 || 11 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || 21 || 33 || 23 || 33 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || 5 || 26 || 12 || -4.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || 7 || 26 || 11 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || 27.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || 1.8 || 27.3 || 12.4 || || 45° 36′ N || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || -0.6 || 32.3 || 20.3 || 20.8 || 35° 47′ N || 119<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || || 12 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || 16.9 || 32.9 || 21 || 48 || 22° 49′ S || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || -5.8 || 33.7 || 7.7 || 38 || 40° 47′ N || 1286<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South America || 2.5 || 29.4 || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South America || 12 || 28 || 18 || 39 || 23° 37′ S || 802<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || -6 || 17 || 10 || || 59° 39′ N || 60<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> *Istanbul spans both Europe and Asia but its city center is located in Europe.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147958 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-16T08:25:24Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Melbourne</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Fill in the table using data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com] (Randall's source!). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme; Typical in higher elevations tropical regions<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> ! Latitude<br /> ! Elevation (m)<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 || 28.8 || 53° 43′ N || 248<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 9° 1′ N || 2355<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 || 27.4 || 47° 52′ N || 887<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 || 35.2 || 37° 59′ N || 70<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 || 39.4 || 33° 45′ N || 225<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 || 43.4 || 33° 20′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 || 45.3 || 13° 45′ N || 1.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 41° 23′ N || 12<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 || 37.6 || 39° 55′ N || 43.5<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 || 23.8 || 53° 31′ N || 34<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 || 31.9 || 50° 15′ N || 133<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 || 20.3 || 4° 42′ N || 2640<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 || 32.4 || 42° 21′ N || 43<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 || 34 || 27° 28′ S || 28<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 || 28.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 || 35 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 || 39 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 || 23.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 || 29 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 || 31.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 || 37.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 || 43.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 || 18.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 || 38.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 || 51.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 || 46 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 || 26.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 || 20.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 || 23.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 || 32.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 || 28.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 || 44.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 || 27.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 || 24.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 || 42.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 || 38.8 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 || 44.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 || 27.1 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Europe* || 2 || 27 || 16 || 31.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 || 41.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 || 33.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 || 34.6 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 || 31.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 || 38.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 || 45.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 || 25.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 || 38.4 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 || 40.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 || 49.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 || 25.2 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 || 26.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || 2.6 || 31.2 || 11 || 38.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || 21 || 33 || 23 || 33 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 || 43.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || 5 || 26 || 12 || -4.7 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || 27.5 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || 1.8 || 27.3 || 12.4 || || 45° 36′ N || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || -0.6 || 32.3 || 20.3 || 20.8 || 35° 47′ N || 119<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || || 12 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || 16.9 || 32.9 || 21 || 48 || 22° 49′ S || 6<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || -5.8 || 33.7 || 7.7 || 38 || 40° 47′ N || 1286<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South America || 2.5 || 29.4 || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South America || 12 || 28 || 18 || 39 || 23° 37′ S || 802<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || -6 || 17 || 10 || || 59° 39′ N || 60<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Europe|| || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 || || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || || 21.3 || ° ′ N || <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> *Istanbul spans both Europe and Asia but its city center is located in Europe.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147919 Talk:1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T16:06:56Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.--&gt;<br /> <br /> As someone who lives near San Fransisco, but has lived in multiple other climates, I can say, San Fransisco can be pretty cold during summer months (compared to normal summers), but is still moderate. If you truely hate heat though, avoid mid-September till November as that is our hottest time of year, since there is not as much fog then. Once November hits it pretty suddenly gets cold again though. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.187|172.68.189.187]] 06:08, 15 November 2017 (UTC)Rowan<br /> <br /> This graph doesn't make any sense. In my experience, people who live in places with hot summers hate heat, and people who live in places with cold winters hate coldness. Everyone I've ever spoken from Perth basically constantly complains about the heat! Shouldn't the whole thing be flipped? [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 08:46, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I just now realized that it says &quot;where ''to'' live,&quot; not &quot;where you live.&quot; I take back this silly comment ^_^; My bad [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 09:00, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Why is there dirt in the middle of the picture? [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 09:06, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :It appears to be a faded-out image, probably some reference pic that Randall was using while drawing. Something similar appeared in [[1561: Water Phase Diagram#Original version|1561]], and was later removed. [[User:Peregrine|Peregrine]] ([[User talk:Peregrine|talk]]) 11:32, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Coming from Denmark I'm really dissapointed that he left out our capital, and the largest city in Scandinavia, Copenhagen, when he has both Oslo, Stockholm and .... Reykjavik... :-D But guess it should be placed near Oslo... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:54, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :Within the mid-United States, Randall ignored Chicago entirely and highlighted Minneapolis. Since I'm originally from Minnesota, I appreciate that a LOT. (Chicago can keep their wind, those blowhards; if you want a humid summer, find a Minnesota lake for your vacation! Then enjoy the ice fishing in winter, too.) '''--BigMal''' // [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.184|108.162.216.184]] 15:16, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> So I've added a table with one entry for you all to put in data. I don't know where to find humidex info but the average low temperatures should be easy enough to find on e.g. Wikipedia. --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 10:10, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I think I've sorted all the disambiguations out apart from Richmond. My instinct is to say it's Richmond, Virginia but now I've seen how many Richmonds there are I'm not so sure...--[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 12:07, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I think that &quot;Altay&quot; is more likely to be {{w|Altay City|Altay City, China}}, not {{w|Altai City|Altai City, Mongolia}}. The Wikipedia-preferred spellings are one piece of evidence, but more convincing is the position of &quot;Altay&quot; right '''above''' (i.e. winters warmer than) &quot;Regina&quot;. If this is {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan}}, then its temperature profile (per Wikipedia) is very similar to the Chinese city.<br /> * Jan average: Regina, −20.1 to −9.3°C, and Altay, −21 to −9.4°C (versus Altai, −24.8 to −10.4°C)... pretty close all around, but Altai is a little colder.<br /> * Jul average: Regina, 11.9 to 25.8°C, and Altay, 15.1 to 28.2°C (versus Altai, 8.0 to 19.7°C)... Altay is warmer than Regina, whereas Altai is quite a bit colder.<br /> * Annual average: Regina, −3.2 to 9.3°C, and Altay, −1.4 to 10.7°C (versus Altai, −7.98 to 5.03°C)... Altai is again noticeably colder.<br /> (Oops, edit conflict with [[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]]. Before their edit—which points to Altay City, China—the table said it was unclear which was meant.)<br /> -- [[User:Peregrine|Peregrine]] ([[User talk:Peregrine|talk]]) 12:18, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :Yeah, sorry, I changed my mind, I can't remember why now... --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 13:28, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> So, the table lists temperatures for these cities from some unknown source(s), that may not be the same source(s) Randall used. I think the more interesting table would bte the table of X/y coordinates for each city from the comic. No? [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 15:01, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> : I disagree - we can see where they are on the comic, so that's not very interesting at all. This table puts some hard figures on the co-ordinates. (In most explanations when we 'estimate' co-ordinates, it's because there are no hard figures). By the way, the source I'm using for my figures is weatherbase.com as suggested in the transcript. I can't speak what others are using but maybe we should make this clearer. --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 16:05, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Chicago? Bottom right corner.<br /> [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.12|162.158.106.12]] 15:37, 15 November 2017 (UTC)</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147918 Talk:1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T16:05:41Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.--&gt;<br /> <br /> As someone who lives near San Fransisco, but has lived in multiple other climates, I can say, San Fransisco can be pretty cold during summer months (compared to normal summers), but is still moderate. If you truely hate heat though, avoid mid-September till November as that is our hottest time of year, since there is not as much fog then. Once November hits it pretty suddenly gets cold again though. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.187|172.68.189.187]] 06:08, 15 November 2017 (UTC)Rowan<br /> <br /> This graph doesn't make any sense. In my experience, people who live in places with hot summers hate heat, and people who live in places with cold winters hate coldness. Everyone I've ever spoken from Perth basically constantly complains about the heat! Shouldn't the whole thing be flipped? [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 08:46, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I just now realized that it says &quot;where ''to'' live,&quot; not &quot;where you live.&quot; I take back this silly comment ^_^; My bad [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 09:00, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Why is there dirt in the middle of the picture? [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 09:06, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :It appears to be a faded-out image, probably some reference pic that Randall was using while drawing. Something similar appeared in [[1561: Water Phase Diagram#Original version|1561]], and was later removed. [[User:Peregrine|Peregrine]] ([[User talk:Peregrine|talk]]) 11:32, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Coming from Denmark I'm really dissapointed that he left out our capital, and the largest city in Scandinavia, Copenhagen, when he has both Oslo, Stockholm and .... Reykjavik... :-D But guess it should be placed near Oslo... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:54, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :Within the mid-United States, Randall ignored Chicago entirely and highlighted Minneapolis. Since I'm originally from Minnesota, I appreciate that a LOT. (Chicago can keep their wind, those blowhards; if you want a humid summer, find a Minnesota lake for your vacation! Then enjoy the ice fishing in winter, too.) '''--BigMal''' // [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.184|108.162.216.184]] 15:16, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> So I've added a table with one entry for you all to put in data. I don't know where to find humidex info but the average low temperatures should be easy enough to find on e.g. Wikipedia. --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 10:10, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :I think I've sorted all the disambiguations out apart from Richmond. My instinct is to say it's Richmond, Virginia but now I've seen how many Richmonds there are I'm not so sure...--[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 12:07, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I think that &quot;Altay&quot; is more likely to be {{w|Altay City|Altay City, China}}, not {{w|Altai City|Altai City, Mongolia}}. The Wikipedia-preferred spellings are one piece of evidence, but more convincing is the position of &quot;Altay&quot; right '''above''' (i.e. winters warmer than) &quot;Regina&quot;. If this is {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan}}, then its temperature profile (per Wikipedia) is very similar to the Chinese city.<br /> * Jan average: Regina, −20.1 to −9.3°C, and Altay, −21 to −9.4°C (versus Altai, −24.8 to −10.4°C)... pretty close all around, but Altai is a little colder.<br /> * Jul average: Regina, 11.9 to 25.8°C, and Altay, 15.1 to 28.2°C (versus Altai, 8.0 to 19.7°C)... Altay is warmer than Regina, whereas Altai is quite a bit colder.<br /> * Annual average: Regina, −3.2 to 9.3°C, and Altay, −1.4 to 10.7°C (versus Altai, −7.98 to 5.03°C)... Altai is again noticeably colder.<br /> (Oops, edit conflict with [[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]]. Before their edit—which points to Altay City, China—the table said it was unclear which was meant.)<br /> -- [[User:Peregrine|Peregrine]] ([[User talk:Peregrine|talk]]) 12:18, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> :Yeah, sorry, I changed my mind, I can't remember why now... --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 13:28, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> So, the table lists temperatures for these cities from some unknown source(s), that may not be the same source(s) Randall used. I think the more interesting table would bte the table of X/y coordinates for each city from the comic. No? [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 15:01, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> : I disagree - we can see where they are on the comic, so that's not very interesting at all. This table puts some hard figures on the co-ordinates. (In most explanations when we 'estimate' co-ordinates, it's because there are no hard figures). By the way, the source I'm using for my figures is weatherbase.com as suggested in the explanation. I can't speak what others are using but maybe we should make this clearer. --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 16:05, 15 November 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Chicago? Bottom right corner.<br /> [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.12|162.158.106.12]] 15:37, 15 November 2017 (UTC)</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147917 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T16:01:33Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Manila</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || 2.6 || 31.2 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || 21 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South America || 2.5 || 29.4 || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147914 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:51:44Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Madrid</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || 2.6 || 31.2 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147913 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:51:01Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Lubbock</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || 13 || 22 || 16.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || -3.6 || 33.8 || 15.9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147912 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:49:29Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ London</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1 || 22.9 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147911 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:48:00Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Lahore</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || 8|| 38 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147910 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:47:21Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Lagos</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || 23 || 30 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147909 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:46:29Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Kinshasa</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || 20 || 30 || 21 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147908 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:44:55Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Kiev</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || -9 || 23 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147907 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:44:09Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Karachi</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || 12 || 33 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147906 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:42:21Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Kansas City</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || -6.9 || 31.3 || 19.6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147905 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:41:16Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Kabul</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || -5 || 31 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147904 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:40:18Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Jinzhou</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || -12 || 27 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147903 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:39:16Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Jerusalem</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || 6.4 || 29.4 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147902 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:37:43Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Jakarta</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || 23 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147900 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:36:07Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Istanbul</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || 2 || 27 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147899 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:35:24Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Irkutsk</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 24.8 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147898 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:34:07Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Honolulu</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || 18.9 || 31.1 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147897 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:32:58Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Hong Kong</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || 14 || 31 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147896 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:32:00Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Ho Chi Minh</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || 22 || 33 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147895 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:31:01Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Halifax</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || -10 || 22 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America ||13||22|| ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147893 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:29:54Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Hailar</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || -32 || 25 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147892 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:29:02Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Guangzhou</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || 10 || 32 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147891 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:28:16Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Geneva</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || -1.3 || 26.5 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147890 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:26:54Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Flagstaff</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || -7.3 || 30.9 || 8.2 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147889 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:25:56Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ Fargo</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || -17.7 || 28.1 || 15.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1916:_Temperature_Preferences&diff=147888 1916: Temperature Preferences 2017-11-15T15:24:58Z <p>AnotherAnonymous: /* Explanation */ fairbanks</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1916<br /> | date = November 15, 2017<br /> | title = Temperature Preferences<br /> | image = temperature_preferences.png<br /> | titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, &quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said it—I just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This is a chart of major (and not-so-major) populated areas showing seasonal temperature patterns. The chart is a guide to where one might like to live depending on how much summer heat and winter cold they enjoy. There are four focused zones:<br /> <br /> * Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme<br /> * Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions<br /> * Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes<br /> * Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme<br /> <br /> The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived &quot;summer discomfort&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unclear for how long the chart will stay accurate under {{w|climate change}}. As winters and summers become more extreme and weather patterns change, many cities may move between zones.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! City<br /> ! Country<br /> ! Continent<br /> ! Average low in coldest month (°C)<br /> ! Average high in hottest month (°C)<br /> ! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C)<br /> ! Humidex<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Abakan}} || Russia || Asia || -22 || 26 || 13 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Addis Ababa}} || Ethiopia || Africa || 10 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || China || Asia || -22 || 27 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Athens}} || Greece || Europe || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Atlanta}} || United States || North America || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Baghdad}} || Iraq || Asia || 3 || 43 || 8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bangkok}} || Thailand || Asia || 21 || 34 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Barcelona}} || Spain || Europe || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Beijing}} || China || Asia || -8 || 30 || 20 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Berlin}} || Germany || Europe || -3 || 22 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || Russia || Asia || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Bogotá}} || Colombia || South America || 6 || 19 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Boston}} || United States || North America || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Brisbane}} || Australia || Oceania || 9 || 28 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Budapest}} || Hungary || Europe || -3 || 26 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Buenos Aires}} || Argentina || South America || 7.4 || 30.4 || 16 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cairo}} || Egypt || Africa || 9 || 33 || 18 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Calgary}} || Canada || North America || -13.2 || 23.2 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Cape Town}} || South Africa || Africa || 8 || 25 || 15 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || United States || North America || -10.3 || 31.2 || 6.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Chengdu}} || China || Asia || 2 || 28 || 22 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dallas}} || United States || North America || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Da Qaidam}} || China || Asia || -23 || 22 || -6 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || Tanzania || Africa || 19 || 31 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || United States || North America || -1.9 || 31.3 || 19.1 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Delhi}} || India || Asia || 7.8 || 39.8 || 24 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dhaka}} || Bangladesh || Asia || 12.7 || 33.7 || 25 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dubai}} || United Arab Emirates || Asia || 14 || 39 || 23 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Dublin}} || Ireland || Europe || 2.3 || 19.5 || 11 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Duluth}} || United States || North America || -16.1 || 23.4 || 13.3 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Edinburgh}} || United Kingdom || Europe || 1.1 || 19.2 || 10 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|El Paso}} || United States || North America || -0.3 || 35.6 || 12.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fairbanks}} || United States || North America || -27.2 || 22.6 || 9.8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Geneva}} || Switzerland || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Guangzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || Vietnam || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Hong Kong}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Honolulu}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Houston}} || United States || North America || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Irkutsk}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Istanbul}} || Turkey || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jakarta}} || Indonesia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jerusalem}} || Israel || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Jinzhou}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kabul}} || Afghanistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kansas City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Karachi}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kiev}} || Ukraine || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Kinshasa}} || Democratic&lt;br&gt; Republic of Congo || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lagos}} || Nigeria || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lahore}} || Pakistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|London}} || United Kingdom || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Los Angeles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Lubbock}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Madrid}} || Spain || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Manila}} || Philippines || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || || Antarctica || -31 || -1 || -8 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Melbourne}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mexico City}} || Mexico || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Miami}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Minneapolis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Moscow}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Mumbai}} || India || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Nairobi}} || Kenya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Omaha}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Oslo}} || Norway || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ottawa}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Paris}} || France || Europe || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Perth}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Pyongyang}} || North Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Qiqihar}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Quito}} || Ecuador || South America || 9 || 20 || 9 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Raleigh}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Reykjavik}} || Iceland || Europe || -2 || 12 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || Brazil || South America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Riyadh}} || Saudi Arabia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Rome}} || Italy || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || Libya || Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Salt Lake City}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|San Francisco}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Santiago}} || Chile || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sao Paulo}} || Brazil || South Africa || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sapporo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Seoul}} || South Korea || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shanghai}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Shenyang}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Singapore}} || Singapore || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sioux Falls}} || United States || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|St Petersburg}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Stockholm}} || Sweden || Europe || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Sydney}} || Australia || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tashkent}} || Uzbekistan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tehran}} || Iran || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Thunder Bay}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tokyo}} || Japan || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Tongliao}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Toronto}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Turpan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || Mongolia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Urumqi}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vancouver}} || Canada || North America || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Vladivostok}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Volgograd}} || Russia || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wellington}} || New Zealand || Oceania || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Wuhan}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Xi'an}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yellowknife}} || Canada || North America || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||<br /> |-<br /> | {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || China || Asia || || || ||<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A chart labeled:]<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Where to live&lt;/big&gt;<br /> :based on your temperature preferences<br /> :[In gray, the data source is mentioned below:]<br /> :Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]<br /> <br /> :[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br /> :Y axis bottom: Cold winters<br /> :X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)<br /> <br /> :[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]<br /> :Top left: If you hate cold and heat<br /> :Top right: If you hate cold and love heat<br /> :Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat<br /> :Bottom right: If you love cold and heat<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Mexico City<br /> :Quito<br /> :Addis Ababa<br /> :Bogotá<br /> :San Francisco<br /> :Wellington<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate cold and love heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Bangkok<br /> :Ho Chi Minh City<br /> :Manila<br /> :Singapore<br /> :Mumbai<br /> :Jakarta<br /> :Dar Es Salaam<br /> :Honolulu<br /> :Lagos<br /> :Rio [de Janeiro]<br /> :Dhaka<br /> :Kinhasa<br /> :Miami<br /> :Karachi<br /> :Dubai<br /> :Cairo<br /> :Hong Kong<br /> :Delhi<br /> :Riyadh<br /> :Guangzhou<br /> :Lahore<br /> :Sabha<br /> :Houston<br /> :Needles<br /> :El Paso<br /> :Baghdad<br /> :Dallas<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love cold and hate heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)<br /> :Berlin<br /> :Stockholm<br /> :Oslo<br /> :Calgary<br /> :Halifax<br /> :Daqaidam<br /> :Kiev<br /> :Casper<br /> :Yumen<br /> :St Petersburg<br /> :Volgograd<br /> :Moscow<br /> :Ottawa<br /> :Vladivostok<br /> :Thunder Bay<br /> :Duluth<br /> :Urumqi<br /> :Altay<br /> :Regina<br /> :Irkutsk<br /> :Abakan<br /> :Ulaanbaatar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)<br /> :Fairbanks<br /> :McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)<br /> :Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)<br /> :Hailar<br /> <br /> :[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love cold and heat] (in reading order):]<br /> :[Washington] DC<br /> :Shanghai<br /> :Tehran<br /> :Saint Louis<br /> :New York<br /> :Xi'An<br /> :Salt Lake City<br /> :Kansas City<br /> :Beijing<br /> :Seoul<br /> :Sapporo<br /> :Pyongyang<br /> :Sioux Falls<br /> :Turpan<br /> :Jinzhou<br /> :Minneapolis<br /> :Shenyang<br /> :Fargo<br /> :Tongliao<br /> :Qiqihar<br /> :Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)<br /> <br /> :[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]<br /> :Nairobi<br /> :São Paulo<br /> :Brisbane<br /> :Los Angeles<br /> :Perth<br /> :Cape Town<br /> :Sydney<br /> :Athens<br /> :Santiago<br /> :Barcelona<br /> :Melbourne<br /> :Rome<br /> :Buenos Aires<br /> :Jerusalem<br /> :Atlanta<br /> :Raleigh<br /> :Madrid<br /> :Chengdu<br /> :Tokyo<br /> :Dublin<br /> :Portland<br /> :Richmond<br /> :London<br /> :Istanbul<br /> :Edinburgh<br /> :Vancouver<br /> :Paris<br /> :Flagstaff<br /> :Santa Fe<br /> :Tashkent<br /> :Wuhan<br /> :Geneva<br /> :Lubbock<br /> :Boston<br /> :Budapest<br /> :Kabul<br /> :Toronto<br /> :Omaha<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scatter plots]]</div> AnotherAnonymous