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Climate data (especially relatively complete and reliable data) is really hard to find for high elevation climates. I wanted to include Uyuni, Bolivia or La Rinconada, Peru (almost 17,000') but I haven't found enough data to include them.
When I first saw this I thought it was going to be a battle among more than 10 000 climates, which was a scary thought. Fortunately it was among climates situated more than 10000 feet above sea level. Due to temperatures getting colder with altitude this is a favorable zone for me worldwide, as most of this zone has at least decent climates.
I pick Alma, Colorado, which is the one with the coldest winters, and the only one which I can say has decent winters with plenty of snowfall. Summers are also nice and cool.
All of them earn at least a C from me, and all of them have pleasant summers by my standards, although Mauna Kea gets a tad chilly for even my version of summer. The winters are the main difference, and Alma is the hands-down winner in that department. None of them feature unpleasant weather, which is a first in the climate battles I've participated in.
Juliaca seems the most comfortable climate but there's something about Yushan that appeals to me for its oddness. It's sunshine isn't too terrible,with all the rain.
Juliaca is the best of a bad bunch. I love the sunny, dry winters and the afternoons seem reasonably comfortable year-round even if the mornings are consistently cold.
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Alma, the only one with consistent snow. Mauna Kea and Nagchu are too dry in winter for significant snowfall, Juliaca is a boring tropical alpine climate and Yushan only has 24.3 days of snow a year and is much too wet. Summers aren't bad in Alma given the high elevation: the 18C average max would "feel" a lot warmer in the strong sunshine.
Juliaco for me, too. Fairly comfortable year-round, and the sub-zero winter temperatures easily avoidable: just don't be outside late at night or early in the morning!
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Originally Posted by Patricius Maximus
When I first saw this I thought it was going to be a battle among more than 10 000 climates, which was a scary thought.
Same here! I was thinking "If I'm expected to troll through 10,000 Wiki pages..."
Mauna Kea gets a tad chilly for even my version of summer.
I wonder if anyone really loves that climate. Never warm, but never reliably cold and snowy. Sort of like an indecisive climate overall.
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