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From: bob@islenet.UUCP (Bob Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Temperature-limited geographic location
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 18:01:41 EDT
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> ... What I am wondering is whether there is some place on
> the earth where the temperature stays between certain limited but
> temperate points for a large percentage of the time (like 95% or so)?
> 
> What I am looking for is a site where the temperature never(*) drops
> below freezing, and never gets above, say, 80 degrees F or so, for
> totally natural reasons (i.e., the inside of a building doesn't count).
> Maybe some island somewhere, or some mountain valley in the tropics, or
> some coastal location warmed by currents, or the like?
> 
> (* "Never" means something like "95% of the time" in this statement.)

Sounds like some spot about halfway up Mauna Kea here would fit your
criterion.  At sea level here in the islands, the lowest temperature in a
year would be 50-something (fahrenheit), and the highest temperture would
be 90-something.  As you move up in elevation, the temperatures tend to get
lower (with nightime low temperatures dropping faster than daytime highs,
though).  At the top of Mauna Kea it definitely gets below freezing in the
winter (and snows enough for skiing for 1-2 months).

The main thing to remember is that temperatures vary not only with latitude
(and definitely also with local conditions), but also with elevation.
-- 
Bob Cunningham  {dual|vortex|ihnp4}!islenet!bob
Honolulu, Hawaii