tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post1311064466107139941..comments2024-03-19T06:07:36.598-07:00Comments on Brian B.'s Climate Blog: Dreary WeatherClimatologist49http://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-56113934148353092512016-07-30T10:42:56.320-07:002016-07-30T10:42:56.320-07:00Enjoy your blog.Love the desert..trapped in Pittsb...Enjoy your blog.Love the desert..trapped in PittsburghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-73605306903395288952015-08-20T00:02:43.080-07:002015-08-20T00:02:43.080-07:00Your article is very nice its very nice to read he...Your article is very nice its very nice to read here thank you very much for share this information. i really impressed this article.<a href="http://www.writeversity.com/" rel="nofollow">thesis writing help</a>.reginaburchard33https://www.blogger.com/profile/13745846065456790611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-33974731801383692782015-07-03T01:03:00.080-07:002015-07-03T01:03:00.080-07:00Great work. But I question conclusion Without refl...Great work. But I question conclusion Without reflecting sunshine hours. Many northeast cities and Florida get 500 to 1000 hours of more sunshine. In the fall and winter than Seattle or Portland Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-1535144487495212982015-05-04T12:19:09.692-07:002015-05-04T12:19:09.692-07:00this was nice :) www.eshopori.com nice to readthis was nice :) www.eshopori.com nice to readAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660071183057671145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-26955373777929627532015-04-08T07:41:30.400-07:002015-04-08T07:41:30.400-07:00Bakersfield is one of the most polluted cities in ...Bakersfield is one of the most polluted cities in the US. I'll take a cleansing rain over unrelenting smog any day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-51933237488119251842015-04-04T07:00:27.453-07:002015-04-04T07:00:27.453-07:00drear·y dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing
Some...drear·y dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing<br />Some of us do not equate cloudy and/or rainy with dreary. Growing up in Portland, OR, I thought the clouds (and the tall Douglas fir trees) protected us from the sun. Attending school in San Francisco, I LOVED the fog! Of the cities on this list that I have lived in or visited, I don't think of any of them as being "dreary." Cloudy or rainy, perhaps, but not dreary. Now I live in Syracuse, NY. The clouds and maple trees protect us from the sun!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16131304456934743972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-54032562210216839952015-03-31T08:43:30.208-07:002015-03-31T08:43:30.208-07:00Scott, the list only includes cities with 250,000+...Scott, the list only includes cities with 250,000+ people. At the 2010 Census, Syracuse had 145,710 people. That being said, I have a list with the values for all cities. As it turns out, Syracuse has the same score (27) as Buffalo. The stations on the Tug Hill Plateau scored 28s and 29s!Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-56801982827957765642015-03-31T08:28:40.130-07:002015-03-31T08:28:40.130-07:00Brian, why not include Syracuse, NY in the results...Brian, why not include Syracuse, NY in the results? They get way more snow than Buffalo, and I heard they are cloudier than Seattle.Scott Bornkesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275126870239184928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-12182254281773050182015-03-31T07:58:19.328-07:002015-03-31T07:58:19.328-07:00So you use it, playing on the emotions and people&...So you use it, playing on the emotions and people's perceived dreariness. Promoting negative feelings. Good work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-63869030491302624642015-03-30T10:44:16.260-07:002015-03-30T10:44:16.260-07:00Check out London on Currentresults.comCheck out London on Currentresults.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-36518982409394057992015-03-30T10:42:09.233-07:002015-03-30T10:42:09.233-07:00For years I have been using Currentresults.com to ...For years I have been using Currentresults.com to do research on weather stats. Somebody asked about London. All the U.S. states and cities and many other countries info. are found on here. Excellent resource. Hey, Brian, good report thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-75561251998871419622015-03-29T21:49:41.742-07:002015-03-29T21:49:41.742-07:00Hi Mark. Actually, I quite prefer areas that are c...Hi Mark. Actually, I quite prefer areas that are cooler, cloudier, and wetter. In fact, I live about 30 miles from where the Dreary Index score is the highest in the Nation. I could never live in the desert. Too boring. As for the name of the Index, it came about after a simple post showing that nearly half of the country gets more rain than Seattle. A bunch of people came unglued and said that Seattle was very dreary due to the clouds and frequency of rainfall. That is the origin of the name "Dreary Index." Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-77281948800434042252015-03-29T18:54:21.841-07:002015-03-29T18:54:21.841-07:00Dreary means bleak, lifeless and depressing. Guess...Dreary means bleak, lifeless and depressing. Guess what: Rain = life. Cloud cover = cool and pleasant. Excessive sunshine without rain means heat, drought, and death. The very thing that gives you life, that you're made of, that falls from the sky by miraculous good fortune, you call dreary. Your schema infers that sunshine equates to happiness. I guess they'll find your bleached skeleton in a desert, where it's dry and lifeless, where it never rains, where happiness reigns. <br /><br />You are promoting allowing external circumstances to control one's inner state. Anyone who does this is not attuned to what life really is. "Ooh, it's raining, it's DREARY!" Destructive judgment, opinion, illusion. <br /><br />Just another example of an attention hounding word that shows up in virtually every article on weather.com. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-50985180471287414982015-03-29T07:20:00.933-07:002015-03-29T07:20:00.933-07:00Spokane didn't make the list due to population...Spokane didn't make the list due to population. At the 2010 Census, they had 208,916 people. Their "score" for this analysis was actually 19. That's above average but far less than areas west of the Cascades.Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-54963062748200464732015-03-29T06:17:12.893-07:002015-03-29T06:17:12.893-07:00...probably educated in California....probably educated in California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-49024860393719010882015-03-29T05:17:51.900-07:002015-03-29T05:17:51.900-07:00I am surprised not to see Spokane, Washington on t...I am surprised not to see Spokane, Washington on that list. I lived there close to twenty years ago and there was one whole year it was so cloudy many plants never grew to their normal size. Unbelievable. I grew up in SF, CA (fog) and never saw anything like it..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-12367535527611438502015-03-28T22:48:21.574-07:002015-03-28T22:48:21.574-07:00For what it's worth, I live about 30 miles awa...For what it's worth, I live about 30 miles away from where the Index has a perfect score of 30.Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-12578750814545656812015-03-28T22:40:13.341-07:002015-03-28T22:40:13.341-07:00You should move to upstate ny then...plenty of rot...You should move to upstate ny then...plenty of rotten cold , cloudy days, lots of miserable snow, and rain in the summerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-2728494225075956462015-03-27T17:31:48.577-07:002015-03-27T17:31:48.577-07:00Come up here to Alaska. No worries about the heat....Come up here to Alaska. No worries about the heat. When we went on a trip to Texas, we had to have a talk with our kids (elementary school age) about this unusual liquid that will develop on their bodies – sweat.Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-3142940413083622292015-03-27T15:53:55.171-07:002015-03-27T15:53:55.171-07:00I live in Las Cruces, NM and I can relate. our wea...I live in Las Cruces, NM and I can relate. our weather here is very similar to El Paso seeing as we're only about 40 miles apart. it's usually 5-10 degrees cooler here for some reason. we get El Paso news here so I see your weather forecast every day and for the most part it's close to the same ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-64046207404416125682015-03-27T15:47:42.660-07:002015-03-27T15:47:42.660-07:00this all depends on your definition of miserable. ...this all depends on your definition of miserable. to me miserable is sunny 90+ degrees outside. I love rain and cloudy skies, I love cold and snowy even more. my ideal day would be overcast about 25 degrees out and snowing with 8-10 inches on the ground. though I prefer below freezing, anywhere up to 80 degrees is getting a little too hot for me. 90+ is completely miserable in my opinion, and I know there's a difference between dry heat and humid heat. I lived in Florida for about 5 years. Jacksonville, Pensacola, and mostly Key West, and the weather down in Florida was horrible. it didn't get quite as hot as it does where I live now, but the humidity was almost unbearable at times. I live in southern New Mexico now, and it gets really hot here in the summer and even though it's dry heat, it's still hot and miserable. I grew up in Ft.Worth Texas, and that has the worst of both worlds. it's both hot and humid there in the summer. I wish I could move to a place that has 9 months of winter and 3 months of fall. that would be ideal for me ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-71498991991539725302015-03-27T08:11:42.793-07:002015-03-27T08:11:42.793-07:00Hi Chloe. Yes, feel free to pull the graphics for ...Hi Chloe. Yes, feel free to pull the graphics for a story. The only stipulation is that an online story provides a link back to the blog. Send me an email at: bbrettschneider@outlook.com. - Brian Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-20341008909840344642015-03-27T08:01:06.875-07:002015-03-27T08:01:06.875-07:00Hi Brian,
I'm a writer for Thrillist Travel....Hi Brian, <br /><br />I'm a writer for Thrillist Travel. With your permission, we would love to use your graphics above in an article about your findings. Of course, all images used would be credited to you with a link to your blog. Hope to hear from you soon, as we're hoping to publish as soon as possible.<br /><br />Many thanks,<br />ChloeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-23364697057065920292015-03-25T18:50:27.114-07:002015-03-25T18:50:27.114-07:00Yes, there is overlap between the categories; but ...Yes, there is overlap between the categories; but how would one extricate the numbers? A city can be very cloudy but have relatively low precipitation totals (e.g., my hometown of Anchorage). You can also have places with low cloud cover that receive lots of rainfall in heavy, infrequent thunderstorms. I suppose the opposite of the Dreary Index would be to look at days that are cloudless, and have no rain. But that leaves out annual precipitation. There are an infinite number of possible combinations. Since my Index uses decile rankings (1 to 10), it captures the relative magnitude of the three variables without worrying about the actual values. As an instrument to start a discussion, it seems to have done just that. :) Thanks for the comment.Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296819684712199241.post-83874719129417894422015-03-25T18:44:36.978-07:002015-03-25T18:44:36.978-07:00Actually, I have been to Seattle in the Summer. In...Actually, I have been to Seattle in the Summer. In the case of Buffalo, it is one of the cloudiest cities in the country, averages more rainfall than Seattle, and has about the same number of "wet" days. That's just how the numbers came out. It was nothing personal.Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.com