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[–] Donjamos@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

North German climate from 30 years ago. 4 seasons, each about three month long. Not baking hot in the summer, but still a nice summer. Snow in winter, sometimes frozen lakes. But maybe I'm idolizing the past and it has never been like that here.

[–] Delvin4519@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Below 25C average daily temperature year round. Heat is just miserable.

[–] lucg@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

25 AVERAGE?! So like 15 at night and 35 during the day is considered not "heat" where you're from?!

i think they meant 25C in the day, and obviously somewhat cooler in the night, i guess

you need a cold winter to kill the insects and the pests though

without a cold winter you end up with a ton of mosquitoes, poisonous snakes and the like. a fresh winter is a good thing IMO

[–] M137@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Nothing above 20C, I can handle -30C with no problems, but anything above 25 is basically unlivable IMO.

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 3 points 5 days ago

I quite like the climate here in the Netherlands. Could do with some colder winters though because ice skating on natural ice is becoming more and more rare. The Dutch weather gives us something to bitch an moan about, but relatively speaking it's very mild. No deadly heat or cold, no tornadoes or hurricanes. Though I think I prefer the "old" climate a bit more than what it's changing into. The hotter summer days and milder winters are not ideal

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

One that’s not warming world wide.

[–] shaggyb@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

tropic semi-warm, i.e. 26°C and frequent rain

ideally it rains a lot (almost daily) but otherwise the air isn't moist, sothat it still feels cool

Sustainable and survivable.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Cool without snow

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Cool to cold. Essentially a cold 3-month winter of sub-zero (0℃ to -30℃) temps and lots (1+m) of snow, a short “warm” summer of only 2 months with temps never exceeding 30℃ at the absolute worst, with most highs not exceeding 24℃ and most nights in the 10-15℃ range, bookended by long spring and fall seasons that are cool and moist with daytime highs rarely exceeding 24℃ and nights never dropping below 0℃.

Thanks to a heat exhaustion event when I was 17, I have become increasingly sensitive to heat over the last 35 years.

As an example, whatever comfort you feel at 24℃, I feel that same level of comfort - while wearing the same general clothing - at 14-16℃. Whatever comfort you feel at 30℃ is what I feel at 20-22℃.

So when local temps spike to 35-45℃ during our (much more frequent, hotter, and longer) heatwaves, imagine being forced to exist and do all normal outdoor activities in 60-80℃ temps.

Yes, it really is that f**king bad for me.

And I sweat just as badly at the lower temps as you would at the higher temps. For heat waves, think wet sauna temps at their dangerous extremes. It’s why I shave myself bald for six months out of the year… because I would look like a drowned rat during that time otherwise. And yes, I still have to carry a “sweat towel” with me during that time to avoid looking like I just stepped out of a shower. I have to wipe down my head and face several times an hour even when temps are in the high 20s, and especially when I physically exert myself.

Climate change is going to be a right b**ch to me as it ramps up into overdrive over the next decade.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

70°F to 75°F year round would be peak weather for me. Hell, I can go upto 85°F but it must be dry

[–] lucg@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

What'd that be in Kelvin? Asking for a ~~lord~~ friend

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I'd prefer somewhere under 90F and even more preferably like at most 60F at nights. But mostly not humid. Fuck humidity, that's the killer. I'd like some heat cause I'd like to continue gardening and some plants I like like the heat.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Kind of humid, and cool (by cool I mean 17–21°C in winter and 20–26°C in summer), without much temperature variation. I don't know if this climate exists exactly as described, but it would be ideal for me.

Edit: also, somehow, lots of sunlight. I love the sun but hate how warm it gets. Give me an LED sun.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Imperial Beach, CA gets pretty close. We get a bit cooler than that overnight in the "winter." Never below 4-5° C though.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Cold. Always between -20 and +10C, probably. Of course, you can't grow food very well in such a place...

At -30 doing basic outdoor tasks gets a bit more complicated, but if it's a still day I'd prefer it to +30, even so. I haven't experienced anything below -40.

Edit: So many fellow cryophiles in this thread, wow.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

For personal physical comfort? Between 23-30 (75-85) with plenty of rain & humidity, not dry air. Am ok with hotter as long as it's not too dry.

For the world? Well down here before the warming the summers topped around the same they do now, just fewer days of it, so almost 37C, with daily afternoon thunderstorms, and winters were longer (not long, but longer) and likely to have a few days below freezing most years, so I guess for emotional comfort I'd take that, thanks.

[–] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago

Make it 40-60f all year round with lots of green and rain and mist.

[–] raldone01@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Cold*. You can always put on more but once you're naked, well you're naked.

*Limits apply.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How did you manage to get "you're" wrong but then correct literally two words after....?

[–] raldone01@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Fixed. Blame it on typing this on mobile and being in a rush to the underground.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What limits? Really, that could mean anything depending on where you're from.

[–] raldone01@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I guess lowest I would go is -30°C. Ideally something varying between 20°C and -30°C.

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just peel your skin off when you run out of clothes.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want to comment a gif of a collosal titan but everytime I try to upload a picture on lemmy it fails

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Overcast and cool. Not a fan of bright sunlight

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

My life has been a series of moving to cooler and cooler climates and so far I have yet to regret a move. That said, cooler climates in Australia so maybe I just haven't witnessed true winter yet

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[–] moonlight@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago

≤1.5⁰ C total warming.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As long as it does not go over 20°C and does not rain 24/7, I don't have much wishes

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

There is no correct answer but this is the correct answer

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cold. 65F (19C) should be a once in an absolutely never heatwave. Average annual temperatures should be closer to 0F than 0C. Fuck the heat, fuck the Summer, and fuck that stupid ball of plasma it rode in on.

Bring back snowball earth.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Me, a Brit, in the north, currently experiencing our version of 19°C:

I was in Berlin last month during the heatwave. In comparison, 35°C in Berlin is much more tolerable than 24°C in the UK.

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[–] Libb@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

(any)One that would not change as quickly as ours is changing.

Moderate. Most of the year should be spring or fall, with a few really cold days in winter and very few hot days (28C max) in the summer.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

-5 °C to 15 °C is perfect

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Cold as ice

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anything that is low humidity. Sadly where I live is 50%+ most of the year

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[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Temperatures in fahrenheit, because that's what I think in.

Winter should be cold and snowy, I'd like there to be about a foot of snow on the ground at all times between December and February.

Spring should be about in the upper 60s-mid 70s during the day, and rain maybe a couple times a week.

Summer, I don't ever want the temperature above the 80s, and humidity should be low with a nice breeze. I also want the occasional really good thunder storm, often enough to keep us out of any sort of drought or burn ban, but not so much that we have flooding issues.

Fall I'd mostly like to be in about the 50s, cooling off towards the end of the season so that it's in about the lower 40s or upper 30s for deer season

[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Four seasons the old fashioned way when people were complaining about a long winter and short summer. I think those people are wrong and it saddens me that global warming made their wish reality

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

About 10 years ago I was happy with 12°C when I used to work outdoors. Cold enough to work hard without working up a major sweat.

Nowadays, given how it is constantly humid as balls here now, I lean towards 10°C being a similarly comfortable temperature, even 8°C depending on what I'm doing

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Cycling on a sunny winter morning, the first five minutes suck, but afterwards it's heaven

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

A climate of mild paranoia.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago

I'm more or less happy with weather here in the PNW. Not that cold and wet in winter, not that hot and dry in summer. Of course with climate change, ACs are now needed and it actually snows in winter, but traditional weather patterns agreed with me.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Temperate climate, specifically warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) or Oceanic (Do). Cool, wet winters and relatively dry, warm summers.

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

I’m pretty happy having four distinct seasons. I don’t like winter and snow at all, but I think suffering through six months of cold and darkness is exactly why the warmth and sunshine feel so damn good when summer finally comes. Also, with climate change, the climate where I live has - so far - only been getting better. I’m not saying it’s good overall, but it’s not all bad either.

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