Where is the Most 'Pleasant' Place in The U.S.?

"...the mean temperature was between (55° F and 75° F), the minimum temperature was above 45° F, the maximum temperature was below 85° F and there was no significant precipitation or snow depth."According to those criteria, here the top five most frequently pleasant cities in United States:
• Los Angeles, CA — 183 "pleasant" days per year • San Diego, CA — 182 • Oxnard, CA — 166 • Simi Valley, CA — 156 • San Francisco, CA — 153
And the five least frequently pleasant areas:• McAllister, MT — 14 pleasant days per year (Only 14? Just two pleasant weeks per year?) • Northeast of Reno, NV — 15 • Clancy, MT — 15 • Douglas, WY — 15 • East of Cedarville, CA — 16
Perhaps counter-intuitively — considering our harsh winters — Minnesota's cities actually fared pretty well against the rest of the country based on Kelly's criteria. Here are some examples from Minnesota's cities:• Minneapolis — 55 pleasant days per year • St. Paul — 63 • Mankato — 67 • Rochester — 72 • Red Wing — 63 • Duluth — 57 • Bemidji — 65 • Warroad — 63 • St. Cloud — 68
Minneapolis seems to be a bit of a statistical anomaly to me — how can it have eight fewer pleasant days per year than its "Twin City" and next door neighbor St. Paul? Feel free to check out Norton's website, as well as the 23 years of climate data he used from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to investigate the findings on your own. Photos via: Kellegous.com (Landria Voigt) — Flickr.com — Google
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