A website to show the best places to live based on weather in the US

Using NOAA weather data from 2008 to 2021, we calculate the average number of pleasant and unpleasant days for each month. We then combine those to display a heatmap of the best places to live by weather.

We calculate the perceived temperature, which takes into account relative humidity, to more accurately evaluate the temperature.

A pleasant day is counted when all of the following are met:

• Average perceived temperature between 60°F and 80°F
• Maximum perceived temperature below 85°F
• Minimum perceived temperature above 50°F
• Visibility of more than 5
• Less than .05" of precipitation

An unpleasant day is counted when any of the following are met:

• Average perceived temperature below 40°F
• Average perceived temperature above 85°F
• Visibility of less than 5
• Any snow, hail, thunder, or tornados
• More than .1" of precipitation

All other days are not counted and are instead considered normal days.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• Kelly Norton for the pleasant-places repository, which we used as reference and inspiration.
• Spencer Mortensen for his article explaining how to create very accurate circle approximations using bezier curves, which we used for creating circles and curves in HTML canvas.