I used to remember the masterpieces that I could only wish to make that took time and effort. This is just the most basic thing in the world. This sub has truly been watered down.
Such a narrow band for “comfortable”. This makes it seem like LA is “comfortable” for only one month longer than NYC, when in reality LA is “comfortable” year round for most folks. Why is 60 degrees uncomfortable? Same with 80?
That average “monthly high” is ~72 F in LA in the summer? If is supposed to be average daily high in that month, it seems quite low. What is “monthly high” supposed to mean?
I don’t think these are highs, but averages. LA average high in the summer is in the 80s July-October.
Was this made in New York City?
Neil Simon:”When it’s 100 degrees in New York, it’s 72 in Los Angeles. When it’s 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it’s still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles,”
Now add Chicago and Houston for some very fun fluctuations!
Humidity would like a word
give me NYC over LA 100 out of 100 times. Weather and otherwise.
DTLA is less than 15 miles inland and yet is usually 10-15 degrees hotter than the beach temp. This graphic for LA temp represents less than 10% of people in LA, whether working or living. LA for the other 90% of people is much much hotter on average
Can you do one with Boston and Baltimore
How old is this data? The last few years I’ve been in the LA/Long Beach area in summer have been sweltering.
Tomorrow Highs
El Segundo (LAX): 81
Los Angeles: 91
Pasadena: 94
North Hollywood: 93
This data is no where near representative of LA weather.
Where in LA is this average taken? The Santa Monica Pier?
Did one for Dallas texas as well (my state) Pretty interesting. It’s also pretty inaccurate because this month as been all 100+ (Today was 108) And the data says 88
You’ve been in LA too long when 60 is uncomfortable
Having lived in both areas, LA weather is obscenely good and it isn’t even close.
I do prefer mid Atlantic cities like NYC/Philly for most other things though. The LA area is way too spread out and the lack of good public transit sucks hard.
Add Chicago in here, NYC would look pretty good then haha.
my comfortable is between 14 and 86
and my city manages to get uncomfortable in both directions
“comfortable” is purely subjective and, while it surely has its limits (no human is comfortable at -50° or 150°), I didn’t think it belongs in a data display like this.
Also, it would be interesting to see this data from, say, 1950 and compare it to projections for 2050.
New York is a nightmare in the summer, humid as hell
Not accounting for humidity is a joke
La is way higher than 70s
I highly doubt Los Angeles’ monthly average high in the summer is… 71°F
US Climate data shows an average high of 73, 77, 79, 78, and 75 for June to October for this year.
Maybe this is the average of all temperatures and not the average highs.
Why does no one start their axes from absolute zero?! /s
I know many other comments are some variant of this, but I think the comfortable band simply doesn’t make sense here. That is such a qualitative, subjective, and variable concept that it doesn’t belong in a plot like this. I think it is fine to reference “room temperature” or something, and you could even provide a gradation around it to highlight how the environmental temperatures fall off relative to it. But a solid “comfortable” band is going to invoke a response based on people’s preconceived biases rather than just having them read and think about your data presentation.
![[OC] Average Monthly Highs: LA vs NYC](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/iuctezyibwjd1.png)
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Data Source: [NOAA](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/us-climate-normals)
Chart made with [fl_chart](https://flchart.dev)
I used to remember the masterpieces that I could only wish to make that took time and effort. This is just the most basic thing in the world. This sub has truly been watered down.
Such a narrow band for “comfortable”. This makes it seem like LA is “comfortable” for only one month longer than NYC, when in reality LA is “comfortable” year round for most folks. Why is 60 degrees uncomfortable? Same with 80?
That average “monthly high” is ~72 F in LA in the summer? If is supposed to be average daily high in that month, it seems quite low. What is “monthly high” supposed to mean?
I don’t think these are highs, but averages. LA average high in the summer is in the 80s July-October.
Was this made in New York City?
Neil Simon:”When it’s 100 degrees in New York, it’s 72 in Los Angeles. When it’s 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it’s still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles,”
Now add Chicago and Houston for some very fun fluctuations!
Humidity would like a word
give me NYC over LA 100 out of 100 times. Weather and otherwise.
DTLA is less than 15 miles inland and yet is usually 10-15 degrees hotter than the beach temp. This graphic for LA temp represents less than 10% of people in LA, whether working or living. LA for the other 90% of people is much much hotter on average
Can you do one with Boston and Baltimore
How old is this data? The last few years I’ve been in the LA/Long Beach area in summer have been sweltering.
Tomorrow Highs
El Segundo (LAX): 81
Los Angeles: 91
Pasadena: 94
North Hollywood: 93
This data is no where near representative of LA weather.
Where in LA is this average taken? The Santa Monica Pier?
[https://ibb.co/YN7GCgS](https://ibb.co/YN7GCgS)
Did one for Dallas texas as well (my state) Pretty interesting. It’s also pretty inaccurate because this month as been all 100+ (Today was 108) And the data says 88
You’ve been in LA too long when 60 is uncomfortable
Having lived in both areas, LA weather is obscenely good and it isn’t even close.
I do prefer mid Atlantic cities like NYC/Philly for most other things though. The LA area is way too spread out and the lack of good public transit sucks hard.
Add Chicago in here, NYC would look pretty good then haha.
my comfortable is between 14 and 86
and my city manages to get uncomfortable in both directions
“comfortable” is purely subjective and, while it surely has its limits (no human is comfortable at -50° or 150°), I didn’t think it belongs in a data display like this.
Also, it would be interesting to see this data from, say, 1950 and compare it to projections for 2050.
New York is a nightmare in the summer, humid as hell
Not accounting for humidity is a joke
La is way higher than 70s
I highly doubt Los Angeles’ monthly average high in the summer is… 71°F
US Climate data shows an average high of 73, 77, 79, 78, and 75 for June to October for this year.
[https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/los-angeles/california/united-states/usca1339](https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/los-angeles/california/united-states/usca1339)
Maybe this is the average of all temperatures and not the average highs.
Why does no one start their axes from absolute zero?! /s
I know many other comments are some variant of this, but I think the comfortable band simply doesn’t make sense here. That is such a qualitative, subjective, and variable concept that it doesn’t belong in a plot like this. I think it is fine to reference “room temperature” or something, and you could even provide a gradation around it to highlight how the environmental temperatures fall off relative to it. But a solid “comfortable” band is going to invoke a response based on people’s preconceived biases rather than just having them read and think about your data presentation.