Does a near-perfect weather place exist?
Originally Posted by
New_IA_Rider
Yep, I'm a whiner. I don't want to ride on a given day because it's too hot/humid...or it's pouring rain...most mornings are 80+ degrees with humidity in the 80-90%, blech. I want riding to be fun, not miserable. Back in March, when it was 40 degrees in the AM and 60 in the PM, that was nice commuting weather!
Does anybody here live in a cool, low-humidity area where it doesn't frequently rain? And where is that magical place?
Originally Posted by
oddjob2
..Michigan is surprisingly decent during the non-winter months. Low humidity, except for an average of about 21 days a year...Lake Michigan from Harbor Springs, Michigan]
Originally Posted by
tjspiel
...Personally I'd never want to live any place that didn't get adequate rainfall at least. At times we just have to put up with less than ideal weather, otherwise the world would be uninhabitable.
Personally the only weather I don’t like to ride in is rain, and no rain would be a desert. That said, I really like riding in all seasons,
even winter. So my near perfect weather would present the best of all seasons, without the extremes, and I already live here. Nice, albeit short Spring with beautiful blossoms and that first few weeks of relief from Winter; glorious summer; cool crispy Autumn with colorful foliage; and even a bracing, and challenging Winter, but not one impossible to ride in.
I previously described the climatic advantages of my nearly perfect commute (and riding environment):
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
… Humbly, if Bike Forums ever had a Best Commute Award, I would be a frontrunner...
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
… through one of America’s most charming, interesting, and historic metropolises on residential and light commercial roads (and partially on a bikepath in a park)…during all four (pleasant to tolerable) seasons…
I also grew up in the Detroit area of Michigan with similar weather moderated by the Great Lakes, as is Boston by the Atlantic Ocean. The only rival I can think of (in my experience, limited to the continental US and Southern Ontario), might be Virginia and the Carolinas, with an earlier, and more prolonged Spring, but hotter and more humid Summers, and an “insufficient” Winter, I think.
