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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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| Tretyakovskii wrote: |
Merida has many things to commend it, but a look at the data will reveal just how hot it is, much of the time: we were there for eight days in February 2009, deciding whether we might like to live there, and found the heat to be unbearable.
http://www.weatherreports.com/Mexico/Merida/averages.html
Type in any city you'd like to compare- looking at the average number of days per month in which the high temperature is 90 degrees or more, for example.
Cancun, which can be miserably hot, has two months a year in which half or more of the days of the month have a high temperature of 90 degrees or above: Merida has eight such months a year, on average. |
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Tretyakovskii
Joined: 14 Aug 2009
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Location: Cancun, Mexico
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Isla may feel vindicated.... Hard to argue with the numbers.
Adding to the experience of heat is the very high humidity, and lack of breeze that comes with being inland- as well as having a good many very narrow streets in the historic center.
On the other hand, one million people make Merida their home, and many find the regular cultural events that take place after the sun goes down to be some compensation for the discomforts created by the climate! |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Posts: 1520
Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Tretyakovskii wrote: |
Isla may feel vindicated.... Hard to argue with the numbers.
Adding to the experience of heat is the very high humidity, and lack of breeze that comes with being inland- as well as having a good many very narrow streets in the historic center.
On the other hand, one million people make Merida their home, and many find the regular cultural events that take place after the sun goes down to be some compensation for the discomforts created by the climate! |
I don't feel vindicated exactly, but the numbers explain why I could never live in Merida. There are people who actually flourish in high heat and humidity, or they don't mind spending their days in air-conditioned cocoons. I've spent too many of my summers on the East Coast of the US hiding from the weather in air-conditioned discomfort, so I am much happier now living in the Mexican highlands. |
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