80-Degree Road Trip

Earlier this month, a climatologist by the name of Brian Brettschneider constructed a 70-degree road trip – one that allows you to vacation in 70° weather the entire year. An editor from the Capital Weather Gang asked Brettschneider to then create a 80-degree road trip; the following map is what he came up with.

To construct this map, Brettschneider used NOAA daily average high temperatures from the period 1981-2010. The video below shows the weather stations that reached within one degree of 80 throughout the year; the order and locations of these stations served as a basis for his road map.

Capital Weather Gang highlighted the stops for the first of the month in their recent article:

Jan 1: Honolulu, Hawaii (not included in road mileage)
Feb 1: Kauai Is., Hawaii (not included in road mileage)
Mar 1: Ft. Myers, Fla.
Apr 1: Lake City, Fla.
May 1: Abilene, Tex.
Jun 1: Knoxville, Tenn.
Jul 1: Manchester, N.H.
Aug 1: Cleveland, Ohio
Sep 1: Sioux Falls, S.D.
Oct 1: Ariz./N.M. state Line
Nov 1: Melbourne, Fla.
Dec 1: Key West, Fla.
Dec 31: Kona, Hawaii (not included in road mileage)

Pretty cool idea, huh?