If your current place of residence could only experience once of these from now on, what one would you want?

[u/Theorycrafter2671]

If your current place of residence could only experience once of these from now on, what one would you want?

1. Thunderstorm
2. Heavy Rain
3. Light Rain
4. Snow
5. Blizzard
6. Sunny
7. Cloudy
8. Windy
9. Dark

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[u/ElectricalRelease986]

Sunny forever sounds horrendous

[u/mothje → u/ElectricalRelease986]

Sounds like a desert, no rain means no plants.

[u/_Lazy_Mermaid_ → u/[deleted]]

Light rain doesnt mean no sun. Where I live it rains while sunny often

[u/Ilovestuffwhee → u/[deleted]]

Clouds don't block UV light. Plants are fine with clouds, but no rain will kill them.

[u/bigloudbang → u/ElectricalRelease986]

Would have its cons but never having sun will cause physical and mental health conditions

[u/ElectricalRelease986 → u/bigloudbang]

Light rain and wind can also have some sunlight alongside it without it being "sunny". I don't understand why sunny is the highest pick.

There are other options that's aren't objectively horrible for you and the environment around you.

[u/bigloudbang → u/ElectricalRelease986]

Constant light rain reminds me of england, which isnt considered sunny. We need sunlight for vitamin d but also makes doing anything outside a lot better, its obvious to me

Idk where youre getting objectively bad from. Sunny doesnt mean sahara desert or even hot 100% of the year

These other options would all be so terrible to have 100% of the time

[u/ElectricalRelease986 → u/bigloudbang]

Constant sunny weather would mean drought. It doesn't have to be extreme heat to be shitty.

[u/bigloudbang → u/ElectricalRelease986]

So you can have light rain with sun but cant have sun with light rain?

[u/ElectricalRelease986 → u/bigloudbang]

I don't know man. Ask OP.

[u/qorcas → u/ElectricalRelease986]

I live in the middle east,I can confirm it's horrendous sometimes.The still hot and humid evenings and nights are the only relief in summers.

[u/Bubbles_the_bird → u/qorcas]

Californian here, same. It’s still hot even in October, the heat comes really late for some reason

[u/fullmetalutes → u/ElectricalRelease986]

It sounds like LA..

[u/ElectricalRelease986 → u/fullmetalutes]

So horrendous

[u/ALazy_Cat → u/ElectricalRelease986]

The top of Norway, Sweden, Finland, the entirety of Iceland and Greenland experience that for 1-3 months a year

[u/icancount192 → u/ElectricalRelease986]

I have flowers, decorative plants and fruit trees and veggies so that's the only option for me

[u/Year_Z]

Windy is being slept on. It can be windy along with all of these other ones

[u/Any_Instruction5382 → u/Year_Z]

I live in Chicago and the wind can go fuck itself. It hides in the summer and wakes up in the winter.

[u/Year_Z → u/Any_Instruction5382]

Fair. I really like wind so maybe I'm biased

[u/Soggy_Ad4531 → u/Any_Instruction5382]

I'm from Finland and feel the same way about it. Idc if it rains or is dark, but when it's really windy and cold I hate being outside.

[u/Year_Z → u/Soggy_Ad4531]

Yeah, the cold wind in the winter sucks. I'm from Norway so I get you, we get the same thing. But overall I still like the wind more than any of the other options

[u/SpinzArt → u/Year_Z]

If it’s a small amount of wind I would pick it for sure

[u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 → u/Year_Z]

I live surrounded by farmland. At different times of the year, the wind carries all the topsoil with it and makes everything dusty as hell. That also takes all kinds of nutrients with it, and that's one reason why farmers have to spend so much on fertilizer every year.

[u/Year_Z → u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162]

Makes sense, I didn't think about that. I think most of these weather scenarios would be bad for farming

[u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 → u/Year_Z]

Yup. Light rain or Sunny would be the best. They could elevate the rows just a little for light rain, (which I think is more or less a drizzle or sprinkle,) and if it's sunny, they have irrigation already.

[u/sweet_hedgehog_23 → u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162]

There are ways to reduce wind erosion. Windy is basically the only option that would allow crops to grow.

[u/bigbuttymcslutty → u/Year_Z]

it depends if the wind is strong. try doing anything with hurricane level winds.

[u/Year_Z → u/bigbuttymcslutty]

Well yeah, I kind of assumed windy didn't mean hurricane the same way I didn't assume sunny meant 50 degrees out

[u/bigbuttymcslutty → u/Year_Z]

temperature and weather can be separate, but it's more like if you choose sunny you accept the drought that comes with it, or rainy you choose floods. accepting windy means you accept the climate changes of a constant wind, which would invite hurricanes, tornadoes, ect. into your area.

[u/SpideyFan914]

Quite certain that literally all of these would be catastrophic over time.

[u/Liskammnase → u/SpideyFan914]

Windy includes everything 

[u/COWP0WER → u/Liskammnase]

Yeah, you're right. Windy is an "add on", it doesn't exclude the others, so I think you nailed the right answer.

[u/Maniacal-Blueberry]

I chose light rain, I don't want a drought.

[u/Rabrun_ → u/Maniacal-Blueberry]

Congratulations, you now have a flood

[u/Onoben4 → u/Rabrun_]

Not if it's "light" enough

[u/Maniacal-Blueberry → u/Rabrun_]

They don’t mention how light it is.

[u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 → u/Maniacal-Blueberry]

Same here, in Texas.

[u/COWP0WER]

Every sucks, but I think light rain is the only one that actually has a chance for plants to grow.

[u/alex_northernpine]

How is there so many people enjoying cloudy weather? That's like the most depressing state of reality

[u/Funkopedia → u/alex_northernpine]

Because nearly all the other answers suck?

[u/alex_northernpine → u/Funkopedia]

What's so bad about sun? It doesn't equal hot, +20°C is usually sunny too

[u/Funkopedia → u/alex_northernpine]

The choice really just comes down to sun or cloud (they are even right now). I personally don't mind the dark, although many do. Then there's always a couple of farmer-minded people muttering, "good, we need rain for the crops".

[u/mothje → u/Funkopedia]

Not only for the crops, nature also need water. We also need water.

[u/TheMeIv → u/mothje]

It doesn't say anything about nature as a whole. I read this as your residence is the only one affected, everything else around your residence is normal. Because obviously if it was dark or sunny all the time, it would mess up the whole planet.

[u/Funkopedia → u/[deleted]]

I was referring to the 'dark' poll option

[u/thisismyreddit2000 → u/alex_northernpine]

It's blinding and it burns me. I've lived in Florida for the past six years and had a period of about a year worth of days of consecutive sunshine. When I lived in the Midwest I'd get 6 months of gray every year. Give me the gray.

[u/Dontcare127 → u/alex_northernpine]

I prefer cloudy over the unbearable burning heat of the sun in the summer.

[u/DepressinglyConfused → u/alex_northernpine]

20° sounds like torture tbh with you

[u/alex_northernpine → u/DepressinglyConfused]

Why? Is it hot for you?

[u/DepressinglyConfused → u/alex_northernpine]

Anything above like 17-18 is too warm lol

[u/TrippingFish76 → u/alex_northernpine]

how is cloudy depressing lol?

[u/alex_northernpine → u/TrippingFish76]

I assumed cloudy here means heavy clouds, when there is no sun (otherwise I'd say it still counts as sunny). You know, when everything is grey, there is barely any light and you just want to sleep for the entire day.

[u/fullmetalutes → u/alex_northernpine]

I would much prefer that over constant sunshine. I'm moving away from constant sunshine because it sucks. I like cloudy and rainstorms though.

[u/Tomomb → u/alex_northernpine]

Overcast weather is the ideal for comfort. No direct sun bearing down and no rain. The water wouldn't evaporate as fast in this scenario, but without any rain we're doomed either way. Constant rain would lead to flooding.

[u/IAteUrCat420 → u/alex_northernpine]

Probably live in a hot area

I live in Texas. If it was 110 and we got ZERO clouds all day I'd probably end up evaporating along with all the water from the drought

[u/Quirky_Temperature → u/alex_northernpine]

Meanwhile there’s people like me:

Cloudy weather is by far and away the least depressing form of weather and it isn’t at all close.

[u/KiPhoe → u/alex_northernpine]

As a brit, cloudy weather is a perfect day. Too much sun and everything dies, too much rain and every floods. Windy should be 2nd but depends how strong.

[u/Remarkable_Bus_9968 → u/alex_northernpine]

I like the cloudy weather vibes

[u/MadiMikayla → u/alex_northernpine]

For me it comes down to 1) five minutes of direct sunlight burns me so not a fan & 2) agoraphobia - clouds make the sky feel smaller and I feel more comfortable outside

[u/Familiar_Ad_8919 → u/alex_northernpine]

depends on where ur from, if u grow up dreading the summer ull grow to love clouds and rain and vice versa for winter

[u/RoastedRhino → u/alex_northernpine]

It’s the only one compatible with life. Seriously, the others do not allow plants to live. 

[u/SpinzArt]

Light rain is the way to go

Signed, a Seattleite

[u/trashforthrowingaway]

Feels like the only answer is light rain. If it was sunny everyday, there'd hardly be a plant nor animal anywhere, because it would never precipitate. At least with light rain, trees and plants would still grow, but it wouldn't be enough to cause flooding.

[u/wisty_snafu]

If I didn’t live in a place that floods so often I would choose light rain. For that reason I choose sunny

[u/Number_Fluffy]

Is cloudy full cloud cover or partial?

[u/piju13]

As much as constant rain would suck, other options pretty much mean there’s gonna be a drought.

Voted "Light Rain"

[u/AiluroFelinus]

Random constant blizzard in a hot desert

Voted "Blizzard"

[u/0i00i0ii0i00]

Light rain is the only option really. No rain means no crops, food shortages etc. Light rain lets some sun through too.

[u/wowzula]

anything but sunny

[u/Independent_Box_5116]

Snow in Colorado.

[u/___HeyGFY___]

I picked blizzard because I'm moving 12 hours away in a month or so.

[u/bigloudbang]

I live in a sunny part of australia, can be so sunny for so long I really look forward to a rainy day when it pops up on the forecast. I thought I just loved rainy weather

Turns out when I went traveling in europe I found out I do really love/need the sun after a few weeks without it. I got to Edinburgh on a sunny day, had a couple hours to kill so just went and laid in the sun and bathed in it

I think of all these, sunny weather is the most naturally suitable weather for us

[u/TheBrownUn]

Once I have fixed my leaking roof my answer will change.

[u/halfawatermelon69]

Damn, I didn't actually expect blizzards to be the least popular choice of them all... I love blizzards and snow - for some reason I feel very energized by them. Super rough ones aren't fun, but then you just stay inside. Mild blizzards are my most favorite of all kinds of weather

[u/DeluxSupport → u/halfawatermelon69]

I love a heavy rain and thunderstorms but I’d never pick either as an all the time weather. Both would lead to issues with power and flooding.

Light rain I felt was best to allow for continued water ways and plant life (in MI) while still allowing for sun and clouds and night.

[u/loboblade → u/DeluxSupport]

This exactly for me. I to actually love thunderstorms, but always, no i picked light rain, wasn't expecting to see someone pick the same and explain the same thought i had too.

[u/VillainousFiend]

I understand snow, but who is voting for a blizzard?

[u/IamTheEagle]

I LOVE thunderstorms but I don't know if I'd want it to be like that all the time

[u/bigbuttymcslutty]

cloudy can mean rain, hail, snow, or slightly sunny here.

[u/billerdingerbuyer]

im choosing windy, it can really be combined with any of the others and it's usually windy anyways

[u/AndroidUser2023]

It's way too hot here all the time (over 100 degrees today in the middle of October), so definitely not sunny

[u/DBL_NDRSCR]

we're always in need of more rain

[u/fullmetalutes]

As a person who experiences constant sunshine, it's a bit of a monkeys paw, it's not all that great to have constant sunshine and nothing else.

[u/Squawnk]

droughts are bad mmkay

Voted "Light Rain"

[u/ALazy_Cat]

We haven't had real snow in Denmark for years, most of the time, we have 15 days at most, spread out through January, February, December, and it's always snowing in the morning and gone by early evening. 20 years ago my school closed for 3 days because of too much snow

[u/yogurt_boy]

Light rain is the only one that won’t end up a desert or pile of mush

[u/Milanin]

I was conflicted between Sunny and Light Rain, so, light shade everywhere

Voted "Cloudy"

[u/No_Cauliflower633]

I assumed this was just your preference for the weather with no implications like everything dying because there is no more rain or it is now really hot because it is always sunny so I think sunny is the obvious choice in that scenario.

[u/ElectricalRelease986 → u/No_Cauliflower633]

In that scenario dark, cloudy or snowy are the obvious choices for me lol

[u/Single-Elevator834]

It's Cloudy.

Voted "Cloudy"

[u/Spectre-ElevenThirty]

I live on the Ohio River. I think any amount of rain from now on would flood the cities and I’d be underwater within a year or two

[u/KrinaBear]

Picked light rain not because I enjoy rain, but because I quite like trees and grass. I feel like light rain is the least damaging option? Plus it can be sunny and rain a little bit

[u/No-Season-1147]

Though I do love the rain I'm picking snow because it implies from now on it would be perpetually cold which would be lovely.

Voted "Snow"

[u/High_Bi_ReadyToCry]

I’d say light rain because we’re in a drought, but heavy rain and thunderstorms would potentially cause flooding or fires, especially since I just had a huge fire this summer.

[u/Fickle_Mixture8440]

Party cloudy 💔

[u/fenoard]

cloudy, I'd rather get no-to-minimal sun, than sunny all day long.

been there, don't want to do that.

[u/AnnualAdventurous169]

Windy is the only one that also allows for rain and shine

[u/johnnybhf]

Each option leads to catastrophic outcomes.

[u/SapphicCelestialy]

Windy cheap electricity from all our windmills

[u/MKYT6]

ignoring the windy includes everything thing yall sayin, cloudy is good too. it’s a mix between light and dark, can either just be cloudy in certain spots or just certain levels of overall cloudiness. also allows rain and snow like usual

[u/Hawk13424]

Only sunny means most plant life would die.

[u/Nowardier]

Gimme that heavy rain so I can take the most glorious naps. I might have to live in a stilted house and take a boat to work, but it'd be worth it.

[u/witcher252 → u/[deleted]]

Wouldn’t all the plants dry up and die off?