I much prefer cool weather. Of course, here in Mississippi, we have hot, humid summers, and I have a feeling that this one will be no exception.

We did have snow twice this past winter, though, which is rare. I enjoyed that very much.

Ah, Suriname never suffers from tropical storms etcetera. As I have never visited the USA I can't speak for Americans, but Europeans tend to forget a few things regarding Suriname. In the first place daytime never lasts longer than 12½ hours, so the air gets the chance to cool down. The expression "In the heat of the night" is unknown here. From 04:00 on I often need a blanket when sleeping. The worst place to be in Suriname regarding heat is the beach, because its radiation comes from three sides: directly from the sun (haha) and indirectly from the water and the soil. That is unbearable. I suppose it works similar in Arizona. The cities, towns and villages in Suriname are very green, which makes all the difference. During the dry period, july until october, it is pretty hot, 38 °C at the max. It is called dry period exactly because humidity drops to 20 - 30 %. The rest of the year the thermometer never exceeds 30 °C. Humidity often approaches 100% though. So on a sunshiny day the combination of temperature and humidity can become a problem between 14:00 and 16:00. That is my siesta time and only then I need my airco's. They only are installed in my bedrooms. Even then I use them mainly to decrease humidity; the difference in temperature is never more than 4 °C.
Like Markovich I think it foolish to flee from the cold only to spend the rest of ones life in airco rooms. As everybody will have concluded I don't.

Viceroy, for a tropical country Suriname is pretty cold. Average temperature is considerably lower than in countries like South-China and Indonesia. Maximal temperature is much lower than in the Middle-East. I have visited Britain twice in july and despised the fact that it rained (a chillish soaking rain) almost every day. It's true that there is more rain in Suriname (there is even more rain in Italy), but when it rains it does heavily and never lasts longer than 1½ hour.
The blue skies here make me cheerful. I missed them too much during the 32 years I lived in The Netherlands. Yes, Surinamese climate makes me happy; I certainly do not miss Dutch rain and hail.

Well, having lived nearly 20 years in Asia/Middle East, I can honestly say I'm really looking forward to the English weather, when I move back next month. Seriously!

Perpetual blue skies get very monotonous; and the heat & humidity can get very oppressive. English weather rarely gets too hot and is usually pretty mild in the Winters; especially when you consider how far north it is. Most parts of East Asia/SE Asia  that I've lived in, get 3 x the rainfall of the UK. So, I do find it amusing how much everyone complains about English weather. 

Mnb, I'm glad you are enjoying the tropical heat and climate. But I like the variety and unpredictability of English weather. Interestingly, in Chinese it's impossible to discuss & comment on the weather at length,in the way that you can in English!

Markovich wrote on 05/22/09 at 01:01:57:


So do many Dutch. I belong to a minority. Personally I never enjoyed it, especially not autumn and early spring. What I hated the most were the short rainy cloudy days, when everything looked grey. So I am always amused when people welcome summer. Sometimes I do miss a good old cold winter though - blue sky, freezing, frozen ditches, Eleven Cities Tour, curly kale.

Markovich wrote on 05/21/09 at 19:16:13:


No. The jungle drums offer a better background when I want to sleep than say American (c)rap. And I live a few miles from the nearest swamp. This is not Louisiana!
I prefer humidity to frozen toes.

MNb wrote on 05/21/09 at 02:31:32:


What, the humidity, the mosquitoes and the incessant jungle drums don't drive you mad?

Nice almost summer weather here in southern Ontario.  Talk of the NHL coming to Hamilton would be a good thing for the city.  I've never been much of a city booster type, but this depressed former steel town could really use a hockey team.  The arena's already in place.  I don't know why the NHL insists on wanting to stay in Phoenix (or anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon line, frankly)...

Nothing much.  Nice spring weather here in Ohio.  They just finished a nice new minor league ballpark about two blocks from where I work.