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Balthizarlucien

Climate temperature inaccuracy...

Started by Balthizarlucien,

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I am trying to setup a world in which the climate mimics the state of Maine, which is where I grew up. I have found the formula in the wiki which is used to determine the z coordinates but when I arrive there the climate is not right at all.

The average biome temperature appears to be far too low for Maine as the trees turn brown over night and occasionally stay that way during the day because it's too cold. The z coord I used was 20277 which is supposed to mimic Naples Maine's climate because that sits at 45.6 deg lat.

Is there a factor I am not getting? Why is the early summer still fridgid?

The daytime temps on June first through June 5th were hovering around 1.95 - 2.4 Celsius when that same period in Maine sits at a much warmer range of 10-23 degrees Celsius.

Can anyone suggest a z value that would match the climate I am looking for? Winters still need to get bitter cold (as low as -12 to -1 degrees Celsius) but the summer should get warmer than where I am now...

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

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Maine is a coastal state, your weather is very heavily influenced by the ocean, meaning that throughout the year weather is a bit more mild.

 

The climate system in TFC does not take ocean currents into consideration. I'd suggest you try travelling to closer to the 15,000 range and see if that is a better fit.

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Maine is a coastal state, your weather is very heavily influenced by the ocean, meaning that throughout the year weather is a bit more mild.The climate system in TFC does not take ocean currents into consideration. I'd suggest you try travelling to closer to the 15,000 range and see if that is a better fit.

Ahhh I see :) that makes sense now. So 20277 is more like weather for the Dakotas then? I wish I had a chart that laid out specifically how much temperature shift there was and how the rainfall is figured because I would totally create an overlay of North America for people. It would actually be very easy because I could use the USDA hardiness zone map and fill in the appropriate coords for each zone :P of course that accounts for temperature and not rainfall but... Ehhh details lol Edited by Balthizarlucien
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If you want to bug me in about a month, I should be on break from school and would be willing to work with you to help create something easier for people to use that shows how climate is actually mapped out in a world.

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If you want to bug me in about a month, I should be on break from school and would be willing to work with you to help create something easier for people to use that shows how climate is actually mapped out in a world.

Sounds good to me! I will set myself a reminder right now :) by the way, the -15,000 range seems to work a bit better than where I was before but I have my year set to 336 days (7 day weeks, 4 week months for a 12 month year = 336 days ;) ) so I will have to see what the winter snow is like but so far so good.Thought I might also mention that if you were to grant me editing access to the wiki I would be more than happy to work on creating user friendly layouts / infographics etc as well as act as a second set of eyes in proofreading for you. I have spent a huge amount of time on the wiki just reading it all already so I would love the chance to be a bit more proactive on there. Edited by Balthizarlucien
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I'd suggest doing what I do. Any one is able to edit the discussion page. Put your proposed changes over on that page. Then once you've proved yourself you can likely get editor status. I think I have editor status and still do edits this way.

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