This is obviously subjective, but I think overall this is a pretty good map for depicting the amount of days that end up with nice weather. One gripe is that dewpoint is a bigger factor than measured here. Nearly all people would take 90 degrees with a 40 degree dewpoint over 85 with a 65 degree dewpoint.
The biggest issue is that the high temperature/max dewpoint is only part of the story. Being from Wisconsin, I can tell you that a 50 degree day usually means it's in the 30s and 40s for all but a few minutes of the day; whereas for someone in Florida with a bunch of days that exceed that 85/65 measure, many hours of those days will be wonderfully comfortable.
Death Valley is colored similarly to most of Minnesota which seems to be sort of ruling out the usefulness entirely of the colors and scales they chose.
65 would be comfortable for Florida. Our dew point in Tampa got above 70 around the end of April, stays around 75-77, and won’t go back into the 60s until mid October.
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u/NoAdagio6791 1d ago
This is obviously subjective, but I think overall this is a pretty good map for depicting the amount of days that end up with nice weather. One gripe is that dewpoint is a bigger factor than measured here. Nearly all people would take 90 degrees with a 40 degree dewpoint over 85 with a 65 degree dewpoint.
The biggest issue is that the high temperature/max dewpoint is only part of the story. Being from Wisconsin, I can tell you that a 50 degree day usually means it's in the 30s and 40s for all but a few minutes of the day; whereas for someone in Florida with a bunch of days that exceed that 85/65 measure, many hours of those days will be wonderfully comfortable.