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Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America
- DanielStraight 10y agoOriginal article: http://us-climate.blogspot.com/2015/10/70f-road-trip.html http://us-climate.blogspot.com/2015/10/70f-road-trip.html
- CodeSheikh 10y agoToo much free time and money on hands, eh? Good for you mate.
- sumoboy 10y agoJust stay indoors.
- Jtsummers 10y agoNB: The meteoroligist plotted the trip, he has not (and likely will not) made it.
- awqrre 10y agoIf you work from home or are retired, that would be a good opportunity to be able to get an RV and do it... but destinations would be more important to me then temperature... and as others have pointed out, multiple locations have this kind of temperature all year long anyways...
- jlg23 10y agoI work remotely for a non-profit. So neither too much time nor too much money but I still do live like this. Except for that 70F is way too cold for me, I like it above 85F. Try it, makes one less grumpy ;)
- cortesoft 10y agoOr they could just stay in San Diego all year round....
- steadicat 10y agoI was gonna say... the trip to Alaska seems unnecessary. Average highs never surpass 70°F in San Francisco: http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/san-francisco/california/united-states/usca0987 http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/san-francisco/californi...
- emptybits 10y ago> the trip to Alaska seems unnecessary. Staying in one easy 70°F place did not satisfy the project goal. From the meteorologist behind it (emphasis mine): "Imagine that you really like days where the high temperature is 70°F AND YOU WANTED TO PLAN A ROAD TRIP where the temperature always hovers around 70°F" A 13,000 mile road trip is probably always unnecessary. Yet awesome! :-) I think it's impressive he fit the Alaskan diversion into the problem constraints. (Also, I love road trips to Alaska.)
- rconti 10y agoReminds me of a motorcycle trip I took from CA to Alaska in late June/early July. Highest temp I saw the entire trip was 87f in Delta Junction, AK. Then went back to CA and ran into snow.
- bbcbasic 10y agoUnnecessary but fun. This maximises travel and experiences while keeping the temp the same. Someone needs to do this for their gap year
- ubernostrum 10y agoCareful, there -- many historical average charts are no longer particularly useful, and you really do need to look at current data. In June of this year, San Francisco had a high temperature over 70F on one out of every 6 days, including a high for the month of 79F. Rising temperatures in a city where nothing was built anticipating the rise is a recipe for a bad time. Plus, the instant you get beyond the city limit of SF and a few adjacent suburbs you head right into temperatures typical of summer in many other parts of the country (the NOAA station at the airport in San Bruno, for example, reported a high of 87F in June, with daily highs over 70F for the majority of the month).
- Animats 10y agoHere's an idea for an app: a program that does this for any desired temperature range. Set it to 65-75F, and you probably don't have that big detour to Alaska. This ought to be a function in travel planning programs.
- creade 10y agoI made this a few years ago: https://p-seventy-two.herokuapp.com/ https://p-seventy-two.herokuapp.com/
- AdamSC1 10y agoAny chance you could deploy a Celsius version for the rest of the world?
- Animats 10y agoVery nice. Can you make it take a temperature range?
- aab0 10y agoI feel a little embarrassed how long I spent clicking on the temperature curve before finally noticing the little dragbar underneath which is how you change the target temperature on that. The lack of geographical or movement constraints make the results less interesting than OP, though.
- mmastrac 10y ago21ºC for us non-Americans. That would be a pleasant year's worth of weather for me, given that the winter temperature in my Canadian city can reach -35ºC in the deepest part of winter.
- pacofvf 10y agoYou can come to Mexico City, with a min. 14ºC Daily mean temperature in winter and a max. 20ºC in summer. It's basically Spring all year long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City#Climate
- mmastrac 10y agoThat is quite tempting. I think that's my optimal temperature zone!
- brianwawok 10y agoJust don't breath the air.
- KevinEldon 10y agoGuadalajara has year-round nice weather too I understand (I've visited, but haven't lived there) and has less pollution than Mexico City. The area around lake Chapala is supposed to be very nice if you don't need the trappings of the city.
- cesarbs 10y agoWow, I had no idea about that. TIL. I always thought all of Mexico was very hot year round.
- jacobolus 10y agoMexico is a very large and geographically diverse country. You can find desert, grassland, rainforest, swamps, snowy mountains, beaches, ...
- izzydata 10y agoI just set my thermostat to 70.
- overcast 10y agoThe biggest issue with this, is that the average temperatures don't change that quickly, so you're treading pavement in most of these locations waiting for the temps to change. It's a year long road trip in the most agonizingly slow way possible. Neat premise though.
- wallflower 10y agoIt is almost a cliche but my friends who moved to LA truly do miss the seasons, especially leaves changing colors. It is like living in a giant open-air mall all year long. When nothing changes but the store displays, the seasonal heartbeat is lost. Living in LA, of course, means they can go to the beach all-year long with a short commute though. Snapchat is particularly smart for having its corporate headquarters almost on the beach.
- xeromal 10y agoI walked by their office the other day and I think the venice snapchat office has moved. Ran out of space maybe?
- poink 10y agoYou can go to the beach whenever you want, but even in July the water is friggin freezing.
- dghughes 10y agoWinter surfing in January/February in -20C (-4F) is a thing in my region.
- TwiztidK 10y agoI know two guys who surf on Lake Michigan and Superior. They mostly go in the late Fall/early Winter because the waves are bigger, but the water is absolutely freezing.
- tunap 10y agoNo, no... you stop when the water hits absolute freezing. Before that it's really cold, and really harsh... I found it very difficult to surf/jet ski Lake Michigan in the winter as the surf was random and violent... Ice Balls https://www.pinterest.com/pin/563161128374171906/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/563161128374171906/ Unnavigable Surf(Lake Erie) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/photographer-dave-sandford-overwhelmed-by-response-to-lake-erie-pictures-1.3358675 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/photographer-dave-sand... edit: need a thesaurus
- bmm6o 10y agoI'm not sure the writer understands the project. The route is constructed so that the daily high temperature is 70, so most of the time is spent in sub-70 degree weather. If "69 degrees and below makes you shiver like a soaked kitten", you're SOL.
- Jtsummers 10y agohttps://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/geoportal/catalog/search/resource/details.page?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00823 https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/geoportal/catalog/search/resource/... The dataset used, for anyone curious.
- g4k 10y agoI wonder if there is a similar world database.
- sulam 10y agoOr you could just live in the SF Bay Area, and do a mild east/west traverse that doesn't range more than 50 miles. Problem solved.
- thebent 10y agoBut then you'd have to live in the SF Bay Area ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- aab0 10y agoNifty. You could probably turn this into a useful planning tool for RV camper types if you turned it into a constraint-solver or integer programming problem by using RV or camping locations and adding costs for relocation, to get a cost-effective set of trips up the coasts and back down over the year.
- timmaah 10y agoI've been doing this for the last few years but with my brain as the planning tool. It only hit mid 60's today on the Maine coast.
- dghughes 10y agoYour neighbour from the Maritimes here it was 10C (50F) here yesterday it's 17C (63F) right now. I don't mind cool but I don't like it with rain. I agree 21C (70F), dry, summer sun strength, no wind that's perfect.
- kyu 10y agoI would kill myself July - October... in the middle of nowhere...
- niccaluim 10y agoLooks heavenly to me.
- chrissnell 10y agoPeople from Idaho would tell you, "It sucks here! Don't come! You'll hate it." The reality is that this track takes you through one of the most beautiful parts of the US. Oregon and Idaho have an amazing array of climates and landscapes. You could be wakeboarding along an almost tropical Snake River in Hells Canyon in the morning and then hiking in the high alpine of the Wallowa Range later that day. Truly my favorite part of the country and I'm glad that it's not overrun with tourists.
- thebent 10y agoyesss… "It sucks here! Don't come! You'll hate it."
- Karunamon 10y agoHah! That sounds very similar to Wyoming. I've seen more than one shirt and heard more than one person say "Yes, Wyoming sucks. Now go home and tell all your friends!" The weather isn't so great (spring and fall may as well not exist, it just feels like you go from freezing winter to blazing summer), but the scenery is truly hard to beat. Also, Yellowstone.
- coherentpony 10y agoTwo-thirds of it spent in the Pacific Northwest? I'd hardly call that the middle of nowhere.
- thebent 10y agoFavorite part about this is June, July, August and September in Colorado. Summertime in the Rockies! Any startups needing an excuse to get away, come visit us :)
- blacksmythe 10y agoOr stay in Santa Barbara pretty much year-round.
- selimthegrim 10y agoIf you can afford it.
- Citrusfizz 10y agoLived there for 10 years. I loved it. But it got way way to expensive even if your making close to 100k. That and its not big. stuff can get boring there.
- justinzollars 10y agoToo much time in Texas and they miss September in San Francisco!
- kirpekar 10y agoThis can be a nice calculation based on the contour lines. I'm sure there are several local optimal solutions (Bay Area, San Diego) but I'd be interested in working on an elegant "doable" solution (e.g. no more than 200 miles of travel a week)
- coherentpony 10y agoI wonder how the route changes as a function of the desired temperature.
- tempestn 10y agoIn the visualization video it looks like the 70 degree latitude is much more uniform in approximately the eastern half of the country than the western half. In the east it basically just marches northward in a line from winter to summer, but in the west it's all over the place. (And not just on the coast.) Does this have something to do with prevailing winds? Elevation?
- thebent 10y agoIt's all about the elevation. You can drive for hours on the east coast and be in the same relative eco-system. Here in the west, you drive an hour and can move through several. Start in a scorching red-rock desert and move in elevation to an alpine meadow in a short drive. And the temps drop 3°F for every 1k feet you gain in elevation.
- steadicat 10y agoElevation explains temperatures staying cool in the mid-west. The California Current probably explains cool summer weather on the west coast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Current https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Current
- thedaemon 10y agoI am planning a road trip this year from my home in Alabama across and up to Washington state in late August. I believe I timed it just right! Side note: I cannot stand the heat and humidity here in Alabama this time of year. When it's 98 degrees Fahrenheit and the humidity is so high that as soon as you walk outside you are covered in water like you just jumped in a pool..... it's unbearable. I love the outdoors but due to the climate around here I can't do anything during the summer months.
- hosh 10y agoI have lived in both Alabama and Washington state. Washington is nice :-D
- Shivetya 10y agodamn this would make a great motorcycle route, but keep it towards the higher side of 70 for the naked bikes. High temperatures and summer humidity can side line me as much as below freezing temperatures. I can do below freezing but I get leery of what I find on the road around the next corner. Summer heat can be dangerous as many will ride without jackets which is unsafe and dehydrating
- jmspring 10y agoI'm born and raised in the Bay Area (a native, of sorts). Between work and family, I've travelled more than a little bit the last few years. I live on the coast, we used to have some great storms in the late 90s, but nothing impressive in over 10 years. For me, I need the change of temperature (sure it's between about 8 and 21-25C, but a variation). The lack of light in winter affects me more. I've been through one Finnish winter and had visits to Tallinn (-30C), Stockholm (-12C) and Munich (0C) one work trip where 0c really felt like I should be wearing shorts. What I can't deal with is hot and humid. Arrived in Germany about two weeks back, it was 33C and humid. Not enough showers would help not feeling "sweaty and dirty". I think some variation is useful. I also miss rain.
- sytelus 10y agoOn Big Island, Hawaii you can probably find 70-degree weather somewhere anytime of year.
- sib 10y agoOn the other hand, if you can't, the road trip gets really ugly, really quickly...
- codecamper 10y agoDriving this far the temperature might become 71.
- lngermani 10y agoThanks to global warming you can soon drive anywhere you want in 90 degrees.
- TheMagicHorsey 10y agoNeeds to be a loop so you can just keep driving the route till you die.
- quotemstr 10y agoAm I the only one who prefers rain, snow, cold weather, and darkness?
- gbelote 10y agoNope, you're not alone. I grew up in Upstate New York and I also enjoy precipitation, wintertime, and early evenings.
- stock_toaster 10y agoI generally prefer the same -- I live in Portland after all...I had better like the rain! That said, I do like/need/require a bit of sunshine now and then. What I certainly do not like, however, is lots of hot days.
- shitgoose 10y agoRain, yes! A perfect excuse to sit home, drink beer and pick nose. Love it. Darkness is fine. But cold... Eh. I like my windows open.
- tekism 10y agoWatching that youtube clip of the 70 degree temp moving up and down the US really puts thing in perspective, one small tip of the earth's axis and we are all f#$$ed
- ourmandave 10y agoI was looking to relocate a while ago and found a website that gives year round weather for places. Apparently Hawaii is consistently 74 and sunny. Their summary of pros/cons was you may become bored.
- sosborn 10y agoThe boredom has nothing to do with weather.
- murukesh_s 10y agoIf you are in India, you could just stay the whole year in Bangalore. https://www.google.co.in/search?q=bangalore+temperature https://www.google.co.in/search?q=bangalore+temperature
- brockwhittaker 10y agoAs someone who lived in Bangalore, no. You missed April's average temperature being 95F.
- hrayr 10y agoThis is a nice visual depiction of why LA and most of the west coast is so nice year round.
- 11thEarlOfMar 10y agoSo here's the thing. It starts in Brownsville, Tx.[1] In January 2016, There were 2 days in Brownsville where the high was 70, the 13th and 28th. Even if you say +/- 5 degrees is 'close enough' to 70, less than 1/2 the days in January 2016 fall into that range. From the 3rd to the 4th, the high temperature jumped 15 degrees from 51 to 66. On the 2nd, the high was 45 degrees. The 15th, the high was 83 degrees. That's a 38 degree high temperature spread in one month. So if you really do need 70, spot-on to be happy, you may need to add standard deviation to your criteria. Here's the chart: [1] http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/brownsville-tx/78520/january-weather/331109?monyr=1/1/2016 http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/brownsville-tx/78520/januar...
- dayaz36 10y agoOr you can just go to San Diego
- anabis 10y agoThe video of a line of red dots moving northward reminded me of Cherry blossum front (桜前線) in Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom_front https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom_front