what country or area has the safest weather or weather with the least extremes?

wonton

what country or area has the safest weather or weather with the least extremes(as in heatwaves,floods etc)?

what country has the most livable conditions?


I've always thought people complain far too much about irish weather considering how bad weather can get in other countries.

thetonynator

I would say that Ireland would be up there, our extremes are much less extreme than most places . ..

pauldry

New Zealand.

You never hear anything from there except sheep and rugby

mike65

I'd say Ireland must be near the top, while we have lots of weather none of it is too mad bar the odd moment.

up for anything

South Africa never seems to get major extremes although my knowledge is probably sketchy to say the least.

John mac

pauldry wrote: »

New Zealand.

You never hear anything from there except sheep and rugby

yea but what about the Volcanos ?

they do get nice weather in the summer though.

kindredspirit

Aruba has no weather forecasts on the TV because the weather is exactly the same each day 365 days a year. No-one says, "Nice day today" or anything like that; they'd think you were mad if you commented on the weather.

Temperature varies between 80°F to 82°F and there is a constant NE 20 mph wind. It usually rains for a short period about 4-o-clock and dries almost immediately. The sky is always 100% blue in the morning every day of the year.

People from other countries who are working there say the Aruban weather is boring!

Danno

Paradise... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Aruba

djhaxman

up for anything wrote: »

South Africa never seems to get major extremes although my knowledge is probably sketchy to say the least.

They get severe thunderstorms there.

maquiladora

Danno wrote: »

Paradise... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Aruba

Welllllllllllllllllll.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Omar_damage_in_Aurba.jpg

up for anything

djhaxman wrote: »

They get severe thunderstorms there.

Yes but they would be counted as weather extremes. I thought we were speaking more huge temperature changes in seasons, volcanos, earthquakes, flooding etc.

djhaxman

up for anything wrote: »

Yes but they would be counted as weather extremes. I thought we were speaking more huge temperature changes in seasons, volcanos, earthquakes, flooding etc.

True but my point was that we don't even get bad thunderstorms in Ireland so their weather is more extreme than ours.

Speak Now

mike65 wrote: »

I'd say Ireland must be near the top, while we have lots of weather none of it is too mad bar the odd moment.

Have you heard of Coleraine :pac:

up for anything

djhaxman wrote: »

True but my point was that we don't even get bad thunderstorms in Ireland so their weather is more extreme than ours.

Yeah but on the other hand they don't get entire months of low cloud cover* at a time. So we win.








*Probably no basis in meteorological fact.

Mobhi1

up for anything wrote: »

Yeah but on the other hand they don't get entire months of low cloud cover* at a time. So we win.








*Probably no basis in meteorological fact.

Low cloud cover is hardly extreme or unsafe, though.:)

kindredspirit

maquiladora wrote: »

Welllllllllllllllllll.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Omar_damage_in_Aurba.jpg

Very, very unusual for a hurricane to touch Aruba.

Omar had an unusual (I think?) path, forming off the coast of Venezuela and then going directly north-east. See here. http://www.mahalo.com/hurricane-omar-projected-path

That pic is of a Divi Divi tree. Very easy to break branches off that.

up for anything

Mobhi1 wrote: »

Low cloud cover is hardly extreme or unsafe, though.:)

No it isn't extreme except thatwe seem to get it for a month at time. I was being facetious.

BEASTERLY

Mobhi1 wrote: »

Low cloud cover is hardly extreme or unsafe, though.:)

But it does have a very unsafe effect on your mental health.;)

Mobhi1

BEASTERLY wrote: »

But it does have a very unsafe effect on your mental health.;)

True.:(

silverharp

The westerly canary islands are great. La Gomera for instance while still having seasons has a nice range

http://www.vista-lanzarote.com/la-gomera/weather_temperatures.html