Weather-Wise, What Do You Like About Where You Live?

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I like the four seasons best, spring and fall are my favs, but I also like summer and winter. I couldn't live in a place where it was extremely hot in summer (dry or humid), and warm all year round. My sister lives in Texas now, and if you're not in a swimming pool in summer, you need to be indoors in air conditioning, or in an air conditioned car.

I like the outdoors and nature too much to lock myself inside for fear of fainting from the heat. I visited Miami Beach, Florida when I was young, and I couldn't take walking outdoors then, I know I would hate it now.

Weather-wise, what do you like (or dislike) about where you live? What would be your ideal climate to live in?
 

Long summers and short winters where I live. Washing dries on the clothesline and most of the time the sky is very blue with fluffy white clouds. When it rains it tends to pour down and get it over with fairly quickly.
 
One thing is certain... I will NEVER leave the Chicago area.. and much of that has to do with the very distinct four seasons. I love each season... for different reasons.. to not have one of them wouldn't seem natural.. wouldn't seem like home.
 

Winters in San Diego are perfect. Summers are just too dang hot. There really is not much of a Spring or Autumn.
 
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In central Florida we have four seasons: "not quite summer", "SUMMER", "better-than-summer" and "not summer". The only one I can't stand is "summer" and that's why I'm in North Carolina where they have spring, summer and fall. Unfortunately, they have winter and that's why I'm in Florida in "not summer"; I love wearing shorts all year. Mind you, we DO get some cold weather (or at least cold for us), but it's over in a few days and it's back to shorts.
 
Here in the Arizona desert we have around 9 months of weather that is the envy of the U.S.. Snowbirds flock here from Canada and all over the US during that time frame. The other three (months) are pretty hot. In fact very hot. We get out in the early mornings and late evenings but are pretty much locked in during the rest of they day. The snowbirds are gone so the lines in restaurants are gone, supermarket parking lots no longer sport license plates from all over and traffic on our roads is much better. When I lived in two "snow states", Idaho and South Dakota, we were locked in for more months due to weather. I love the tradeoff, and you don't shovel heat.
 
I have traveled across much of the U.S., spent 4+ years in Europe, and a year in Thailand. I have come to the conclusion that there is No place that has ideal weather the bulk of the year. Every place has too much heat/humidity or extended periods of bitter cold.

We have settled in rural central Missouri, and this seems to be about as good as it gets. We have 2 to 4 weeks of extreme cold in Late January through February, and late July through late August usually gets pretty oppressive with heat/humidity indexes in the upper 90's to low 100's. So, we get about 9 or 10 months out of the year when we can usually get outdoors with moderate adaptations to the temperatures. We generally have more than enough rain and snowfall such that drought isn't a problem, and the severe storms...tornadoes, etc., usually stay away from this area....the last one in this immediate area (knock wood) was in the late 1800's. Most years, the Fall months are really nice, when the leaves start changing colors, and we can usually get through Christmas with only a light jacket.

If I were filthy rich, I would have a Summer home in Kenora, Ontario, and a Winter home in Phoenix or Tuscon...but for our fixed income, this suffices nicely.
 
I like where I live because unless it's extremely hot ( over 42c) don't need to use our air conditioner, we are 500 Mtrs from a beach so we get a sea breeze in summer ..However for the whole area is very much lacking any community services, Their are several small towns in the area, with a population in total of approx 13.000.
 
I love my area too, CT. Awesome in autumn and Spring. Can be hot in summer but hey, its summer. Some winters are gentle, some are fierce at times, but all are beautiful! Many trees, hills & gardens here...
farms too, as well as the shore of Long Island sound. I just couldn't feel at home in a flat or landlocked place. Need the 4 Seasons!
 
Having been born and raised just south of San Francisco,where the climate is supposed to be better than anywhere,it wasn`t that for me. True it never got too,too hot or too,too cold but the lack of any distinct seasons never seemed right to me. Seemed like it was 73 degrees every single day-unless it was raining-then it was cooler. So we moved 3 hours north and now have 4 seasons. Nothing like the Midwest has or anything-most years we don`t get much snow at all,sometimes several years go by that we don`t get any. And the snow we do get melts very quickly. We have beautiful Autumns,lots of color (I know nothing like the East but beautiful for us). Summers can get a bit hot for me but we do get great afternoon breezes that come over the hills from the ocean so it`s never unbearable. I guess what we really don`t have much of is a Spring-Winter may stretch into that season or summer might start early-you never know.
 
In New England the summers are splendid. I love the seacoast but also the mountains and woodlands. Where I live, it doesn't get too humid too often so we don't suffer in the summer like some do. We can get out and enjoy.
 
What do I like about the weather where I live? :lofl:

I love everything about where I live except the weather. But when the sun comes out and it's warm it's pure paradise. We do get 4 seasons, sometimes all in one day. But we get very little snow which is fine with me. A plus for the wet climate is it's very green with millions of beautiful plants.

I have lived in many climates.
Michigan, and the UP of Michigan where winter never ends. Massachusetts. Florida. East Tennessee - the best climate I've lived in.
England: didn't live there long enough to have an opinion on the climate.
Uganda - on the equator at a high elevation - so temps 70-85F - 20's C all year long. No seasons except wet and dry. Cool enough at night to sleep with a blanket. Was nice not to be cold but got a bit monotonous.
Thailand where we've begun spending our winters. A bit hotter than I'd like - 30-31C every single day (85-88F) but sea breezes help and the sea and swimming pool are always very warm.

An ideal climate: Winter: a few days cold enough to snow but otherwise is in the 50'sF. Spring: 60'sF and the rain is always at night when I'm sleeping. Summer: rains only at night except I'd enjoy a few daytime big booming thunderstorms. Temps 65-80F. Autumn: temps 50-60.
 
Overall I really like the weather here. The best part is lots of sunshine---especially in the winter. We have enough difference to tell the seasons apart clearly. The average low in winter is 32F (0C); average high in summer is 90F (32C). We usually have one or two snowfalls every year, it rarely sticks, when it does I've had enough after one day. Only change I'd make is less humidity.
 
Love the weather here in Oxfordshire, England. quite dry, as it is the middle of the country, and that's a good thing, four distinct seasons, as is all of England, but warmer than the North of the country here.
 
Dame Warrigal said:
Long summers and short winters where I live. Washing dries on the clothesline and most of the time the sky is very blue with fluffy white clouds. When it rains it tends to pour down and get it over with fairly quickly.
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Oooh that sounds very nice! Really pleasant. You're very lucky I think.

Where I am, I like that the grass is green all year unlike where my mom is, where it gets pretty dry and hot and things get pretty frazzled looking. We'll get a couple days of moderate rain than two or three days of nice sunshine with just a touch of ocean coolness except for about three weeks when it becomes hot and humid.
 
Moved here to the space coast, Florida, 17 years ago from Boston would not go back.
Heat and humidity? just like the freezing cold of New England you get use to it.
 
I live in northern Ontario on top of Lake Huron in a very small village with only 950 population.. The winters up here are just what we like.. Lots of snow (and I mean LOTS) and our fair share of cold days.. During the winter months that start in mid November and lasts to the first week of April we dress accordingly and go out to enjoy the lovely days.. Daytime it is around the -25c mark and nights around the -35 to -40c mark.. As long as there isn't a nasty wind, it is winter up here and we do things outside.. We get what is called "lake effect snow" that comes off Lake Superior (the largest fresh water lake in the world) which brings squalls of snow in a very short time..
Summers are another thing.. We don't plant our vegetable garden till the first week-end in June or frost will get your plants.. Daytimes are pleasant and evenings are perfect for sleeping with a blanket..
We do have our fair share of bugs.. Black flies in the late spring and mosquitos galore till early fall..This doesn't bother us too much but they are annoying at times especially after a rain..
Why do we live up here?????? BECAUSE WE LOVE IT!!!!
We enjoy breathing air that hasen't been breathed before..
When I go fishing in the small lakes, we drink the water from the lake direct.. That's how clean it is up here.....
 
Other than a few weeks of hot summer weather, I like it here for the most part. I think next summer I'm headed up north for a month to get away from it. Become a 'summer bird'. ;)
 
Our friends from Indiana (my wife grew up there) spent 3 of the last 4 winters in Gulf Shores, Alabama, right on the Gulf. 3 winters running, miserably cold weather, pipes frozen, condo with no insulation, etc. 1 of those 4 they spent here, with my wife & I, along the Colorado River, near Laughlin, NV. We picked melons, citrus, dates, went about in shirt-sleeves, swam, etc. But why they would venture here in June, their plane arrives tomorrow, remains to be answered. It was 109 degrees here today! imp
 

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