The cities with the nicest weather in the United States are almost...
Colin McCarthy@US_Stormwatch
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Aug 21, 2026
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The cities with the nicest weather in the United States are almost always the most expensive.
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The Camelot Index ranks how "nice" weather is across four equal 25-point categories (heat, cold, precipitation and sunshine), weighting days below 32°F and days above 90°F most heavily. ggweather.com/camelot.htm#De…
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This version uses station data for five of the eight parameters. Sunshine and humidity aren't published in NOAA's monthly normals, and its rain-day count uses a different threshold than Camelot's, so those three still come from ERA5.
The change matters. Forty-five of the fifty nicest-weather cities stay the same, but ERA5 has a significant daytime high cold bias, causing a notable shift in the cities in the middle of the pack. Southern cities fall the most and northern cities rise the most: Florida drops 8.3 points on average and Louisiana 7.0, while Washington gains 4.7 and Colorado 3.4.
The change matters. Forty-five of the fifty nicest-weather cities stay the same, but ERA5 has a significant daytime high cold bias, causing a notable shift in the cities in the middle of the pack. Southern cities fall the most and northern cities rise the most: Florida drops 8.3 points on average and Louisiana 7.0, while Washington gains 4.7 and Colorado 3.4.