1916: Temperature Preferences

2017-11-15T13:44:52Z

TimS: add the arrow-pointed locations...and Houston

{{comic
| number = 1916
| date = November 15, 2017
| title = Temperature Preferences
| image = temperature_preferences.png
| titletext = There's a supposed Mark Twain quote, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." It isn't really by Mark Twain, but I don't know who said itâI just know they've never been to McMurdo Station.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Edited by a pedant - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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:

* Hate both cold and heat (eg. Quito, Addis Ababa)--Neither summers nor winters are too extreme
* Hate cold but love heat (eg. Rio, Bangkok, Manila)--Very hot in the summer; typically tropical regions
* Hate heat but love cold (eg. Moscow, Oslo)--Very cold in the winter; typically high latitudes
* Love both heat and cold (eg. Seoul, Beijing)--Both summers and winters are too extreme

The summer heat axis is determined by {{w|humidex}}, a system that combines heat and humidity to generate an estimate of perceived "summer discomfort".

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.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! City !! Average low in coldest month (°C) !! Average high in hottest month (°C) !! Hottest monthly average dew point (°C) !! Humidex
|-
| {{w|Abakan}} || -22 || 26 || 13 ||
|-
| {{w|Addis Ababa}} || 10 || 22 || 11 ||
|-
| {{w|Altay City|Altay}} || -22 || 27 || 8 ||
|-
| {{w|Athens}} || 7 || 31.8 || 14 ||
|-
| {{w|Atlanta}} || 1.3 || 31.7 || 20.1 ||
|-
| {{w|Baghdad}} || 3 || 43 || 8 ||
|-
| {{w|Bangkok}} || 21 || 34 || 24 ||
|-
| {{w|Barcelona}} || 4.4 || 28 || 18 ||
|-
| {{w|Beijing}} || -8 || 30 || 20 ||
|-
| {{w|Berlin}} || -3 || 22 || 11 ||
|-
| {{w|Blagoveshchensk}} || -26.2 || 27.3 || 16 ||
|-
| {{w|Bogotá}} || 6 || 19 || 10 ||
|-
| {{w|Boston}} || -5.4 || 27.6 || 16.3 ||
|-
| {{w|Brisbane}} || 9 || 28 || 18 ||
|-
| {{w|Budapest}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Buenos Aires}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Cairo}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Calgary}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Cape Town}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Casper, Wyoming|Casper}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Chengdu}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Dallas}} || 3 || 36 || 19.4 ||
|-
| {{w|Da Qaidam}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Dar es Salaam}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Washington, D.C.|DC}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Delhi}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Dhaka}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Dubai}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Dublin}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Duluth}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Edinburgh}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|El Paso}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Fairbanks}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Geneva}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Guangzhou}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Hailar District|Hailar}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Ho Chi Minh City}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Hong Kong}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Honolulu}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Houston}} || 6.2 || 34.7 || 22.7 ||
|-
| {{w|Irkutsk}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Istanbul}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Jakarta}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Jerusalem}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Jinzhou}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Kabul}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Kansas City}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Karachi}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Kiev}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Kinshasa}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Lagos}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Lahore}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|London}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Los Angeles}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Lubbock}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Madrid}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Manila}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|McMurdo Station|McMurdo}} || -31 || -1 || -8 ||
|-
| {{w|Melbourne}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Mexico City}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Miami}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Minneapolis}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Moscow}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Mumbai}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Nairobi}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Needles, California|Needles}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Omaha}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Oslo}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Ottawa}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Paris}} || 2.7 || 25.2 || 12 ||
|-
| {{w|Perth}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Portland, Oregon|Portland}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Pyongyang}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Qiqihar}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Quito}} || 9 || 20 || 9 ||
|-
| {{w|Raleigh}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Reykjavik}} || -2 || 12 || 7 ||
|-
| {{w|Richmond}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Rio de Janeiro|Rio}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Riyadh}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Rome}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Sabha, Libya|Sabha}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|St. Louis|Saint Louis}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Salt Lake City}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|San Francisco}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Santiago}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Sao Paulo}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Sapporo}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Seoul}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Shanghai}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Shenyang}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Singapore}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Sioux Falls}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|St Petersburg}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Stockholm}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Sydney}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Tashkent}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Tehran}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Thunder Bay}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Tokyo}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Tongliao}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Toronto}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Turpan}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Ulaanbaatar}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Urumqi}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Vancouver}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Vladivostok}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Volgograd}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Wellington}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Wuhan}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Xi'an}} || || || ||
|-
| {{w|Yellowknife}} || -29.5 || 21.3 || 7 ||
|-
| {{w|Yumen City|Yumen}} || || || ||
|-
|}

==Transcript==
:[A chart labeled: Where to live based on your temperature preferences]
:[In gray, the data source: Climate data from [http://weatherbase.com weatherbase.com]]

:[A chart with two lines with single arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]
:Y axis bottom: Cold winters
:X axis right: Hot/humid summers (measured via Humidex, which combines heat and dew point)

:[Near each of the corners of the chart there is a gray blob, labeled:]
:Top left: If you hate cold and heat
:Top right: If you hate cold and love heat
:Bottom left: If you love cold and hate heat
:Bottom right: If you love cold and heat

:[The following city names intersect with the top left blob [hate hold and heat] (in reading order):]
:Mexico City
:Quito
:Addis Ababa
:Bogota
:San Francisco
:Wellington

:[The following city names intersect with the top right blob [hate hold and love heat] (in reading order):]
:Bangkok
:Ho Chi Minh City
:Manila
:Singapore
:Mumbai
:Jakarta
:Dar Es Salaam
:Honolulu
:Lagos
:Rio [de Janeiro]
:Dhaka
:Kinhasa
:Miami
:Karachi
:Dubai
:Cairo
:Hong Kong
:Delhi
:Riyadh
:Guangzhou
:Lahore
:Sabha
:Houston
:Needles
:El Paso
:Baghdad
:Dallas

:[The following city names intersect with the bottom left blob [love hold and hate heat] (in reading order):]
:Reykjavik (with arrow pointing left)
:Berlin
:Stockholm
:Oslo
:Calgary
:Halifax
:Daqaidam
:Kiev
:Casper
:Yumen
:St. Petersburg
:Volgograd
:Moscow
:Ottawa
:Vladivostok
:Thunder Bay
:Duluth
:Urumqi
:Altay
:Regina
:Irkutsk
:Abakan
:Ulaanbaatar
:Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom right blob)
:Fairbanks
:McMurdo (with arrow pointing down-left)
:Yellowknife (with arrow pointing down)
:Hailar

:[The following city names intersect with the bottom right blob [love hold and heat] (in reading order):]
:[Washington] DC
:Shanghai
:Tehran
:Saint Louis
:New York
:Xi'An
:Salt Lake City
:Kansas City
:Beijing
:Seoul
:Sapporo
:Pyongyang
:Sioux Falls
:Turpan
:Jinzhou
:Minneapolis
:Shenyang
:Fargo
:Tongliao
:Qiqihar
:Blagoveshchensk (also on bottom left blob)

:[The following city names do not intersect with any blob (in reading order):]
:Nairobi
:São Paulo
:Brisbane
:Los Angeles
:Perth
:Cape Town
:Sydney
:Athens
:Santiago
:Barcelona
:Melbourne
:Rome
:Buenos Aires
:Jerusalem
:Atlanta
:Raleigh
:Madrid
:Chengdu
:Tokyo
:Dublin
:Portland
:Richmond
:London
:Istanbul
:Edinburgh
:Vancouver
:Paris
:Flagstaff
:Santa Fe
:Tashkent
:Wuhan
:Geneva
:Lubbock
:Boston
:Budapest
:Kabul
:Toronto
:Omaha

{{comic discussion}}

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