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Different perspectives on weather
I was always surprised growing up whenever I would see westerners on TV talk about "Sunshine and rainbows". How can one like sunny weather. It cross 50 degree centigrade, the warm winds kill you and you are unable to do anything in the open at any point during the day until the seasons change. The idea of rains being sad or gloomy never made sense to me. My part of the world is made up of semi arid forets and sand dunes. North India has some of the worst environments. Rains cool things down. It is very common for people to go outside in the rain and its seen as a normal thing. 500 mm per year in the span of 6-8 weeks is not a lot of rain. Beyond the weather, the farming unfotunately is dependent on the rains and since there are no outdors here, you only see any form of green for two weeks post the rains end.
It started raining in the thid week of June here, we had showers today and the weather is nice. I can sit outside and soak in somewhat cleaner air. Apparently due to climate change, the rainy season in India is now slowly changing. The noth west has never been a place that got a lot of rain, with Rajasthan being home to Thar Desert. When I was in Chiang Mai last year, I noticed that the one month long rainy season in my city a lot longer than I expected. This was not a one off. Climate change has apparently, allegedly led to a shift in wind patterns, which means that the Thar desert might contract for real. Jaipur last year recieved more than twice its average rainfall.
This also means plenty of bad things. India, a place that lacks water, has floods each and every year. The roads are all jammed up as the drainage here is non existant. Mosquitos are everywhere so you would be wise to wear trousers and shirts 24/7 to avoid fatal infections. The internet is all shaky, most people, shops and e commerce stores have no clue what raincoats look like. Even during a time when people get to escape the extreme harshness of their environemnts, India finds a way of neutering it.
Which brings me to my real question. What is ideal weather like where you are from? Tyler Cowen talks about the distance from the equator being an important factor a civilization. Lee Kuan Yew called air condtioning a miracle as working productively in South Asian heat was pretty much impossible for most people. Hell, even Digital Nomading pioneer Pieter Levels loved Bali a lot because it had cheap wifii and aircon in most cafes where he would work in.
I have seen people post about Fall, some even like the snow. What times of the year do you like the most weather wise. I prefer spring but the wall of text above was to help others gauge why the subcontinent in particular has a lot of affection for the rains.
Scattered clouds, 15°C and intermittent light breeze is the perfect weather. Not hot enough to sweat when walking, not cold enough to need a jacket, just perfect.
It's also a good weather because you can wear a light jacket if you want to, especially if you're out til night and it starts getting chilly for the few hours the sun is down.
Exactly. While there's something mildly pleasant about hot weather, working in it is sucks and it's only really good for going swimming.
But around 15°C is just the best. If you're inactive and outside, a jacket and trousers will keep you comfortably warm... if it's near freezing you need an entire elaborate set of clothes to feel comfortable being out there and if it's >22°C doing anything more strenuous than walking will lead to sweating a lot.
It took a 35°C heatwave for me to understand what sweatbands are for. The only good thing about summer is that working outside and sweating like a horse is the perfect excuse to keep drinking cold beer to replace lost calories, water and electrolytes. Also the beer tastes much better then. I barely drink any in winter myself..
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