"Camelot" Climate Index


What's your perfect climate? Lots of sunshine and hot temperatures? Four distinct seasons? Lots of snow for skiing or tornadoes for storm-chasing? Or maybe that decreed by King Arthur in the Broadway musical "Camelot".


In reality, it's totally subjective with no one-size-fits-all solution. With that caveat, the Camelot Climate Index (CCI), as portrayed below, was designed (as a grad school project) to be a "pleasant" climate with mild temperatures and minimal precipitation. In its latest iteration, the primary data used are from the NCDC 30-year normals for the period 1981-2010. A complete description of the methodology can be found here. Enjoy.


Camelot Climate Index

City

State

INDEX

San Diego

 CA

89

San Francisco City

 CA

87

Los Angeles City

 CA

86

Sacramento

 CA

80

Eureka

 CA.

79

Las Vegas

 NV

78

Fresno

 CA

78

Redding

 CA

76

Galveston

 TX

76

Key West

 FL

76

Tucson

 AZ

76

El Paso

 TX

76

Yuma

 AZ

75

Honolulu

 HI

75

Kahului

 HI

75

Phoenix

 AZ

75

Seattle SeaTac Ap

 WA

74

Apalachicola

 FL

73

Cape Hatteras

 NC

73

Lihue

 HI

73

Portland

 OR

72

Albuquerque

 NM

72

Tampa

 FL

71

Midland-Odessa

 TX

71

Norfolk

 VA

70

Atlanta

 GA

70

Miami

 FL

70

Roswell

 NM

70

Charleston Ap

 SC

70

Jacksonville

 FL

70

Abilene

 TX

69

Lake Charles

 LA

69

Reno

 NV

69

Savannah

 GA

69

Wilmington

 NC

69

Charlotte

 NC

69

Boise

 ID

69

New York C.Park

 NY

68

Grand Junction

 CO

68

Pensacola

 FL

68

Lubbock

 TX

68

Greensboro-Winston-Salem Ap

 NC

68

Amarillo

 TX

68

Oklahoma City

 OK

68

Washington Nat'l Ap

 DC

68

Boston

 MA

68

Macon

 GA

68

Asheville

 NC

68

Greenville-Spartanburg Ap

 SC

68

Salt Lake City

 UT

67

Philadelphia

 PA

67

Cheyenne

 WY

67

Richmond

 VA

67

Spokane

 WA

67

Columbia

 SC

67

Denver

 CO

67

Lynchburg

 VA

67

Raleigh

 NC

67

Knoxville

 TN

66

Dallas-Fort Worth

 TX

66

Louisville

 KY

66

Atlantic City Ap

 NJ

66

Pueblo

 CO

66

Austin/City

 TX

66

Flagstaff

 AZ

66

Memphis

 TN

66

Billings

 MT

66

Harrisburg

 PA

66

Brownsville

 TX

66

Great Falls

 MT

66

Shreveport

 LA

65

Corpus Christi

 TX

65

Providence

 RI

65

Dodge City

 KS

65

Ely

 NV

65

Birmingham Ap

 AL

65

Concordia

 KS

65

Lander

 WY

65

Nashville

 TN

65

New Orleans

 LA

65

Fort Wayne

 IN

65

Wichita

 KS

65

Paducah

 KY

65

Baltimore

 MD

65

St. Louis

 MO

65

Pocatello

 ID

65

Chattanooga

 TN

65

Port Arthur

 TX

65

Springfield

 IL

64

Omaha (North)

 NE

64

Helena

 MT

64

Dayton

 OH

64

Little Rock

 AR

64

Montgomery

 AL

64

Sioux City

 IA

64

Evansville

 IN

64

Kansas City

 MO

64

Indianapolis

 IN

64

San Antonio

 TX

64

Milwaukee

 WI

64

Springfield

 MO

64

Detroit

 MI

64

Minneapolis-St.Paul

 MN

64

Tupelo

 MS

64

Peoria

 IL

64

Lincoln

 NE

63

Des Moines

 IA

63

Cleveland

 OH

63

Chicago

 IL

63

Jackson

 MS

63

Fort Smith

 AR

63

Avoca

 PA

63

Columbus

 OH

63

Tulsa

 OK

63

Toledo

 OH

63

Topeka

 KS

63

Portland

 ME

63

Rapid City

 SD

63

Greater Cincinnati Ap

OH

63

Green Bay

 WI

63

Houston

 TX

63

Albany

 NY

63

Buffalo

 NY

63

Columbia

 MO

63

Winnemucca

 NV

63

Rochester

 NY

62

North Platte

 NE

62

Allentown

 PA

62

Hartford

 CT

62

Pittsburgh

 PA

62

Lansing

 MI

62

Moline

 IL

62

Huron

 SD

62

Valentine

 NE

62

Binghamton

 NY

62

Sheridan

 WY

62

Blue Hill

 MA

61

Madison

 WI

61

Fargo

 ND

61

Missoula

 MT

61

Williston

 ND

61

Bismarck

 ND

61

Grand Rapids

 MI

61

Burlington

 VT

60

Alpena

 MI

60

Duluth

 MN

60

Concord

 NH

59

Syracuse

 NY

59

Quillayute

 WA

59

Sault Ste. Marie

 MI

58

Anchorage

 AK

57

Elkins

 WV

56

Hilo

 HI

54

Nome

 AK

53

Juneau

 AK

51

Mt. Washington

 NH

36


Jan Null, CCM
Certified Consulting Meteorologist
Golden Gate Weather Services
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