How Do You Like the Weather Where You're At ?

[kuranes]

I don't mean just right this moment.

How would you rate the climate of your city ? Cold during the winter , but balanced by having a cool summer ? Compare to other places you're aware of, personally or otherwise.

[Crazy]

I don't really like the weather here. Spring and Autumn don't exist, hot is an understatement for the summer, and the winter is STILL cold, though not as cold as more northern areas. Not to mention the cold winter doesn't even come with snow or overcast days. Too much sunshine.

[PiccoloNamek]

Medium-cold and pretty wet during the winter, medium-warm springs, extremely hot and humid until mid-fall.

I don't like it at all during the summer.

[distraction tactics]

According to the Chinese exchange student in my class, Winnipeg is the coldest place on earth.

Summers are beautiful, winters are beautiful too. Fall rules, early spring is just a dirty, sludgy mess. Moderate percipitation, few tornados, no hurricanes, no quakes or tsunamis.

[Stillwater]

This place is a little on the cold and cloudy side. I really miss sitting outside on warm summer nights. That's rare here. We average 2 days over 90F per year. I grew up in a rigorous continental climate with hot humid summers and sub zero winters- it prepared me to live anywhere on earth.

I'd like to live somewhere where I can swim and grow a garden year round. The Hawaiian islands are the closest thing to ideal for me and many others.

[meshou]

I hate the summer here. Sooo much. So much. I burn witin half an hour, and I get an allergic reaction when I do. I do not tan after, and I don't burn less easily. I don't take extreme heat well. It's wet. The summer is insanely polluted.

I miss Indiana.

[kuranes]

Steven Stillswater - Yeah, I'd love to move to Hawaii. I've been to Maui once and Kauai twice.

[Stillwater]

My sister lived on Oahu for a couple years. She really liked it, but missed the seasons- especially autumn. I think I could adapt. One day I may try. I dont fancy scraping my windshield when I'm 75 years old.

The Big Island has lots of variety- nice and cool at higher elevations. Pine trees and snow capped mountains, sunny arid desert and lush tropical jungle. What more do you need?

[Pooja]

Spring, Summer, and Fall are beautiful. Winter here makes me want to pollute more (to speed up global warming).

[Snowflake]

Hot and humid in the summer, nice in the fall and winter. We have some freezes, but here in Florida, it'll freeze maybe 5 nights out of the year.

Every year we've lived here it gets drier and drier. The daily thunderstorms are a rare commodity. I think the fires have made national news?

[Shimpei]

The weather is continental here in Hungary, theoretically. But it's too capricious in real life. Sometimes summers are extremely hot which I hate. Otherwise I love Spring and Autumn the best.

[Rinalee]

it either rains real heavy or its real hot and humid. not much variety here. right now its about 34degrees celcius. it will probably storm later in the afternoon. :sadbanana:
i'm in Singapore

[LuridLemur]

Western Washington is okay. The "rains almost every day" stereotype is an unfortunate lie. Unfortunate, because I wish it was colder and ranier. If not those, then at least more overcast. All too often, the clouds form a solid sheet of white that is blinding to look at. I am dreading summer, but will look forward to autumn.

[Vagabond]

I realised the last couple of days that spring is *beautiful* here. Not too cold, not too warm, mostly sunny, nice little breezes... of course it helps that where I live, I am almost out in the country (well, not really. But I live out of the main part of the city, so it is easier to be in contact with nature and watch the season changes).

[Wotton]

The weather here, in "the most isolated capital city in the world", is nice in autumn & spring, and tolerable year-round. (Cold in the winters, but doesn't get near snowing; hot in the summers, with flies and mosquitoes, but at least it's a fairly dry heat.)

Most people seem to come out here for the weather or for the beaches, so you'd expect it to be pretty nice.

[Kljoki]

The weather is fantastic all year round. I'm on the coast btw :).

[libertarianjim]

I haven't been in Harrisburg for a summer yet, but the impression I'm getting from spring so far is that summer is going to be hot and (thanks to the river) pretty humid. Also there's a lot of pollen. I don't have allergies, but my car has a rather disgusting yellow film on it now.

Last winter was fairly mild. I don't know if it was just a light winter or that's the norm. Not too much snow, not too many really cold days.

I actually prefer a bit of chill. I can wear my black leather trench then.

[cafe]

I like the weather here (Central Indiana) except for the winters. I liked the weather least in North Dakota and the best was Kansas. In North Dakota, the winters were severe and the summers hot. The winters were mild in Kansas and the summers were hot, but (yeah, yeah, I know) not as humid as they are here. The thing is, it's much prettier here in the summer because we get more moisture. The trees, the grass, and the corn stay bright green all summer most years. In Kansas, things that aren't watered get brown very quickly when it gets hot. So it's a trade off.

[charred_heart]

I hate the weather here. I live in abu dhabi, a city on a semi island which is also the tip of a vast lifeless desert. So it's basically a big boiling sauna where humidity is 95% and the weather is 35C 9 months of the year. When it rains the president prays live on TV, like it's a miracle. Actually it is.

Most of the city is made up of air conditioned sky scrapers so people don't feel the heat most of the time but still, that doesn't mean I have to like the weather here.

[Nemesis]

I thoroughly enjoy the climate of Southern New Jersey, extremely hot summers, bitingly cold winters. I love living in a place where I can have the best of both worlds. That being said, I wouldn't mind living in Florida or Hawaii.

[cafe]

I hate the weather here. I live in abu dhabi, a city on a semi island which is also the tip of a vast lifeless desert. So it's basically a big boiling sauna where humidity is 95% and the weather is 35C 9 months of the year. When it rains the president prays live on TV, like it's a miracle. Actually it is.
That really does sound unpleasant.

[Wiki]

The weather is fantastic all year round. I'm on the coast btw :).

Hey how does the US dollar spend in croatia? I need a sumeer vacation.

BTW the weather here is diverging. This past summer the humidity was unusually non existent. The winter was milder than usual.

The pollen count here is miserable though.

[Tlalocone]

Yeap. But I would especially do if i lived on Antartica(middle and/ or south)

[Kai]

According to the Chinese exchange student in my class, Winnipeg is the coldest place on earth.

:rofl:


When it rains the president prays live on TV, like it's a miracle. Actually it is.

:rofl:

-Kai

[Kai]

How would you rate the climate of your city ? Cold during the winter , but balanced by having a cool summer ? Compare to other places you're aware of, personally or otherwise.

I live in Calgary. <_<

In the winter it is cold and dry. In the summer it is hot and dry. Do you notice a theme here people? It is bloody DRY! I go through so many bottles of body lotion. Every two weeks, I buy a new 750 ml bottle of lotion. :banghead:

The best thing is the constant breeze. :whoop:

The bad thing? It is so sunny.
Kai in the SUN: :peep:
Kai in the SUN more than 10 minutes: *faints*

My sister the snap happy individual, decides she wants me to take a photo of her outside at noon the other day. I grabbed sunglasses and the nearest hat that covered most of my face -- she even took a photo of me that way. I couldn't see worth a damn -- what with the hat obscuring my face. I just pointed the digital camera and clicked.

The winters aren't that cold.
Best thing about winters: Chinooks. :banana:
For any of you unfamiliar with what Chinooks are, they are warm gusts of wind that can turn a cold day into lots of sunshine and melting snow in a heart beat. The weather gets cold, we get a Chinook that melts everything then the weather gets cold, then we get a Chinook . . . it makes the winter appear less long.

Fall is my favourite time of year. Not too much sun. No snow. Not too hot and not too cold. The leaves on the ground make everything look surreal.

For anyone that is thinking of moving here, just remember that the weather is unpredictable. You can go out in the morning and see snow, then by noon you're so hot you're taking off your coat, then by the afternoon it rains and you get soaked, then at night you get caught in lots of wind! :banghead:

I'm moving somewhere where it's almost always cloudy and it rains a lot. I hate the sun. :peep:

-Kai

[Wiki]

OMG I didnt know it had a name, we had our first chinook for the first time ever in this area this past winter.
Our largest storm, and it was east of the blue ridge mountains, that never happens. The west of the mountains always gets it first and worst but this was different and then, BLAM ,two days later all of the snow had melted and it was warm out. I have been here since 1986 and I have never seen anything like it.

[Kai]

OMG I didnt know it had a name, we had our first chinook for the first time ever in this area this past winter.

Chinooks are exceptionally common in Calgary. :D The city is well known for them.

-Kai

[charred_heart]

:rofl:

-Kai
It rained last year, first time in 10 years :wacko:

[Kai]

It rained last year, first time in 10 years :wacko:

Holy Shit! Mud Fight!!! *throws mud at charred_heart*

-Kai

[charred_heart]

Holy Shit! Mud Fight!!! *throws mud at charred_heart*

-Kai*turns to dust in 0.5 seconds, dust settles on charred's face, he blinks*

[charred_heart]

one good thing about this place is that the beaches are always empty. It's so hot people never stay out for long. Kind of like in very cold places no? So nobody has figured out that it actually gets cooler by the beach hehe :D

[Stillwater]

There is some pretty amazing architecture in Dubai. Loads of cash + harsh climate= cool ass buildings.

How does the desalinated water taste? Places I've had it, it still tastes like the sea.

[charred_heart]

There is some pretty amazing architecture in Dubai. Loads of cash + harsh climate= cool ass buildings.

How does the desalinated water taste? Places I've had it, it still tastes like the sea.
nobody drinks it. we use those office cooler water tanks.

[jread]

I'm a pain in the ass when it comes to climate preferences, lol.

1. I HATE being hot. Sun is fine.. I just don't want to sweat.

2. I HATE humidity. This is second place only because humidity is fine if it's not hot outside. The only time I factor in the hatred for humidity is when it's a warm/hot day and you get the sweaty/sticky effect.

3. I HATE snow! I used to think it would be awesome to have snow in the winter until I spent a few weeks in Indiana in December. Wow... snow fucking sucks after a few days.... especially when it turns into mud.


So, as far as the climate where I am now (Austin), I love it for half of the year (Fall, Winter, Spring) and hate it for the other half (Summer). Yes, summer lasts for 6-months here. It's not too bad since the climate is pretty dry (average 20-30% humidity in the summer) but if you have to be out in it for long it sucks the life out of you. I usually don't go outside in the summer until it's dusk or dark.

The ideal climate for me would be somewhere that is green, gets lots of rain, doesn't get extremely hot, doesn't get much snow and isn't nasty and humid. I'm thinking the Pacific Northwest would be perfect for me.

[Nighthawk]

The ideal climate for me would be somewhere that is green, gets lots of rain, doesn't get extremely hot, doesn't get much snow and isn't nasty and humid. I'm thinking the Pacific Northwest would be perfect for me.

Sounds a lot like Hawaii :D

[Nemesis]

I live in Calgary. <_<

In the winter it is cold and dry. In the summer it is hot and dry. Do you notice a theme here people? It is bloody DRY! I go through so many bottles of body lotion. Every two weeks, I buy a new 750 ml bottle of lotion. :banghead:

The best thing is the constant breeze. :whoop:

The bad thing? It is so sunny.
Kai in the SUN: :peep:
Kai in the SUN more than 10 minutes: *faints*

My sister the snap happy individual, decides she wants me to take a photo of her outside at noon the other day. I grabbed sunglasses and the nearest hat that covered most of my face -- she even took a photo of me that way. I couldn't see worth a damn -- what with the hat obscuring my face. I just pointed the digital camera and clicked.

The winters aren't that cold.
Best thing about winters: Chinooks. :banana:
For any of you unfamiliar with what Chinooks are, they are warm gusts of wind that can turn a cold day into lots of sunshine and melting snow in a heart beat. The weather gets cold, we get a Chinook that melts everything then the weather gets cold, then we get a Chinook . . . it makes the winter appear less long.

Fall is my favourite time of year. Not too much sun. No snow. Not too hot and not too cold. The leaves on the ground make everything look surreal.

For anyone that is thinking of moving here, just remember that the weather is unpredictable. You can go out in the morning and see snow, then by noon you're so hot you're taking off your coat, then by the afternoon it rains and you get soaked, then at night you get caught in lots of wind! :banghead:

I'm moving somewhere where it's almost always cloudy and it rains a lot. I hate the sun. :peep:

-Kai

Our Father,
Who art in Calgary,
Bobsled be thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Gold medals won,
On earth as it is in turn 7,
and lead us not flying off at embankment,
but deliver us to the medal stand,
amen

[faith]

It rained last year, first time in 10 years :wacko:

Wow. That is so sad. And yet people live there on purpose...

For the most part, I like Alabama weather. I wouldn't mind it being a bit colder in winter with some snow, and the fierce summer sun can give me a headache if I'm working in it all day, and I really hate the tornados. But other than that, it's fine. I generally like the humidity. Fall and spring are very nice and last a long time. Lots of good rainfall. Nice breezes but not the winds of the midwest. The heat usually doesn't bother me.

[Biff_Loman]

My current location is not what I'm used to. Not at all. London (Ontario) is on a plain with no moderating influence. So the winters are colder, the summers are hotter, and spring and fall much less moderate compared to where I grew up. I think a person would have to be an extremophile to enjoy this climate.

I much prefer the Niagara Region, which is buffered by Lake Ontario and Lake Eerie. The summers are cooler, the winters are warmer, there's less precipitation and less "weather" in general. Oh, and there are lots of clouds that blanket the sun most of the time. I don't like the bright sun all that much.

[charred_heart]

Wow. That is so sad. And yet people live there on purpose..
aside from the weather it's not that bad (http://www.intuitivecentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3126)

It's taught them a few tricks on massive scale water purification and alternative water sources. This country is more prepared than any other for the coming world water crisis IMO.

[jread]

Sounds a lot like Hawaii :D

Oh, I would love Hawaii but it's just way too expensive to live there.

[Kai]

Our Father,
Who art in Calgary,
Bobsled be thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Gold medals won,
On earth as it is in turn 7,
and lead us not flying off at embankment,
but deliver us to the medal stand,
amen

:rofl:

You're awesome Nemesis. :banana:

I saw this past Winter Olympics and people crashing and flying off. I happened to have been at the doctor's office at the time.

Kai: Holy Shit! That's gotta hurt.
Random Guy next to me: Hell yeah! I broke my leg like that once.
Kai: Seriously?
*Both turn to screen*
Kai: I wonder if they're dead. Hey look, there's the ambulance.

-Kai

[philonightmare]

Spring, Summer, and Fall are beautiful. Winter here makes me want to pollute more (to speed up global warming).
Agreed, except I love the winter here... I wish it would snow more heavily! More snow = school cancellations and more terrain to ski on.

[booyalab]

I like the MN dead of winter and I love fall and summer, but I hate the cold, dirty, cloudy dampness of spring. I'd rather it be 10 below and dry with snow on the ground than 45 and humid and windy and depressing. (like it is now)

[Stillwater]

Yeah we've been in a weather funk here in northern Minnesota for the last week. Cold wind, rain, and muddy paw prints on the floor.



April is the cruelest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.

-TS Eliot

[booyalab]

It's like early spring, minus the giant black mounds of polluted snow in parking lots...which is a plus I guess

[sbw]

Spring, Summer, and Fall are beautiful. Winter here makes me want to pollute more (to speed up global warming).

I hated winter in michigan.

I love the weather down here...but pooja's global warming scheme is making the hurricanes bigger and more dangerous every year.

Scott

[TelecomClone]

Boston, MA.

Winter: frozen car engines. ice scraping. tons of heavy, wet snow. too fucking cold.
Summer: sunstroke. mosquitoes and bees. absurd levels of pseudotropical humidity. too fucking hot.
Fall: gosu class, it's comfortable for about five minutes. but nobody seems to manage to shut up about the damn trees.

stop the world, I want to get off.

[rivercrow]

I really hate the tornados. But other than that, it's fine.

This is a great understatement!

Here in Charlotte, NC, we have somewhat humid, hot summers that run from May to October. Fall might happen in Nov-Dec. Winter arrives in January, and consists of rain. Rarely do we get snow; we have ice storms instead. We have some spring, which is a warmer version of winter (rainy, misty, and cool)--good for the roses. Spring is perfect.

Most of the exciting weather (tornados, snow) gets trapped by the mountains at the western edge of the state. Hurricanes can be a problem if they are big and "aimed right."

We have a lot of ozone alert days in the summer.

I like it better than Georgia, but not as much as Greensboro, NC.

[Tolbruk]

I like the MN dead of winter and I love fall and summer, but I hate the cold, dirty, cloudy dampness of spring. I'd rather it be 10 below and dry with snow on the ground than 45 and humid and windy and depressing. (like it is now)

ick. I'm not a fan of MN Winter..well, specifically from Nov thru early Jan, its all overcast and depressing...makes you wonder if someone stole the Sun. Else, I love the rest of it..even mid Jan when its -30 Fahrenheit...as long as the sun shines and you have good gear.

I had to turn the heat back on the other day..I wish it'd stay above 60!

[Imen de Naars]

I live in italy, but I'd like to live somewhere where it's sunny all year long with really high temperature. I don't like cold, because other people do not want to go out - I don't suffer neither cold nor hot weather, but I do suffer the lack of day-light during the winter. I absolutely LOVE bright sun and sweating under the sun, I get depressed without it.

[Birdsnest]

I don't like the hot humid bug filled summer in the South. If you step outside for one minute you are dripping in sweat. Its hard to do things at all when its that hot. Plus if you go grocery shopping, you can't get the frozen food in the freezer fast enough, or it will go bad. It seems like meat and milk spoil faster, and that may be because they have to drive the products so far, not sure, or the transport from truck to store and car to refridgerator, but food doesn't last long here.

Take bread for example. It seems to last for a week in other places, but here its only fresh for a few days. Hamburger has to be cooked the very day you get it, and even then its not that fresh tasting. I used to eat fresh lamb chops all the time in California, but it just doesn't taste the same here, and its so expensive, I never buy it anymore. Its a different type of lamb I think.

I forgot to mention that hurricane season runs from June through November. If there is a worry of having to evacuate, you need to leave before they give the mandatory evacuation or you might never get out in time. There are no hotels inland, or not enough to house all the residents. So you need to plan on having a hotel number, and know exactly where you are going, and reserve it ahead "just in case" you need it. Or, to be able to sleep in your car.

Spring is either mild and nice, or rainy and windy or very hot. The problem is you spend so much time raking or blowing leaves off that all you hear are leaf blowers going all the time, and allergys get bad. Its hard to breath. But its the one time the azaleas bloom and everything is pretty when flowers come out. Even so, there are usually a few days when its not too hot, and nice to go for a drive or spend time outdoors. But I'd say there are only about two weeks in Spring that you can do this before it gets too hot.

Winter is not that mild actually. I think you get about 15-20 days where it dips below 40, and about 7 days where it dips below 30 generally. Some winters are milder and others are downright warm. Most are pretty cold. You might get frost or ice on the ground, but I don't think its snowed here for decades.

Fall is warm until the end of October, and then it starts to get cool. But it is one of the better times because you might get about 2 weeks where you can enjoy being outdoors without extreme heat or cold.

Bugs: Mosquitos bite almost year-round, sand knats bite like heck in the Spring. There is a bug truck that comes around and sprays at random times, anywhere from 8-10pm. If you happen to be eating outdoors or at a restaurant, a bug truck may go by and spray your food. They don't care how much they spray on people or bikes or pedestrians. There is no regard for people, they just spray like it or not.

And you can't leave your car windows down when knats are out. If it rains, the mosquitos always get really bad. The yards and homes get huge water roaches, small flying roaches, and they all come out at night, no matter how much you spray. The backyard gets its share of banana silk spiders (huge), and they weave very strong webs, so you can't walk through the yard without running into them and getting tangled up. There are knats, redbugs (inside the spanish moss mostly), red ants, crickets, cicadas, fireflys, moths seem to be around all the time. The only type of roach bait that works is called "Source kill". You have to buy it monthly, because the bait gets eaten very quickly, and you wonder why it isn't working, its because its gone.

If you open your front door, you will hear a symphony of noises, tree frogs, cicadas, crickets, owls, even bats flying around. Its very loud actually. The cicadas are annoying. Thunder and lightening and rainstorms happen almost every afternoon in the summer months, and everything turns green in summer.

I actually like that it gets nice and steamy in the summer after I've been to Seattle where its cold and dreary. It feels great to get off the plane and step out in the humidity of the South after that freezing weather. But the West coast is nice and cool in the summer, and I miss the mild coolness you get in California. I guess there is no place on earth with better weather than Northern California. So I am spoiled by that.

[cjs55]

I fucking hate summer here. Of course, I'd hate it anywhere really, but more so the hotter it is. I'd rather live up in canada, Vancouver was much nicer in summer despite being sorta humid. Still too hot though.


55 degrees is the perfect temperature, or 65 degrees with clouds and a breeze. Anything past 80 is very unfun.

[rawr]

aside from the weather it's not that bad (http://www.intuitivecentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3126)

It's taught them a few tricks on massive scale water purification and alternative water sources. This country is more prepared than any other for the coming world water crisis IMO.
we've got great lakes:banana:

[LuridLemur]

It was 80 yesterday. I'm praying for a freak storm.

[PiccoloNamek]

The spring weather here has been abnormally cool, and I've been enjoying it as much as possible, because one day I'm going to wake up and it is going to be 100 degrees outside.

[charred_heart]

we've got great lakes:banana:
try not to screw them up

[Lee]

Wow, is the thread that gets resurrected when nobody has anything interesting to talk about?

[charred_heart]

Wow, is the thread that gets resurrected when nobody has anything interesting to talk about?I think each of us has a favourite :rolleyes2

[airjaw]

How about including where you actually live in your post if its not stated in your avatar.

the weather sucks anywhere you go, except for places like california.

I used to live in Boston: winter lasts about 6 months, (november to April)
May through September is nice, then it starts turning to crap again.

I now live in DC. Winters are relatively mild compared to Boston, but still, from november through april the weather stinks.
and now we have to live with the ridiculously humid summers, so its not that much better than boston. It has a milder winter but a less enjoyable summer.