"The new measure, called "outdoor days," is the number of days per year that outdoor temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for people to go about normal outdoor activities, whether work or leisure.
When we think of climate change, Eltahir says, we tend to look at maps that show that virtually everywhere, temperatures will rise. "But if you think in terms of #OutdoorDays, you see that the world is not flat. The North is gaining; the South is losing.""
Look up YOUR #OutdoorDays.
The cool thing about this interactive site is that YOU get to define what "comfortable" means. Then it gives you a projection for the number of outdoor days for the location of your choice, under low or high emissions. It also tells you which season is more affected.
"Some temperate places like New York, Massachusetts, China, and Japan will lose a week or more of #OutdoorDays. Elsewhere, the picture looks even more dire. Illinois will lose more than a month of outdoor days by the 2080s as the summers grow unbearably hot. Texas will lose a month and a half for the same reason."