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View Poll Results: Which city's 4 season climate do you like better?
Boston 37 50.00%
Denver 37 50.00%
Voters: 74. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-06-2016, 09:09 AM
 
Location: New England
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Boston weather, It sucks 98% of the time but when you get those 2 weeks in the fall when the weather doesn't suck it feels awesome. The summers are too hot the winters are too cold and the spring its raining all of the time.
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Old 05-06-2016, 09:25 AM
 
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Denver. While I'm not necessarily a fan of blaring sunlight while it's freezing out, and while I think fall is probably more enjoyable in the Northeast due to fall foliage, the rainfall in Boston sealed the deal for me. Boston gets 40+ inches of rain AND 40+ inches of snow. I just don't think I could handle that - cold combined with rain is the worst for me. While I enjoy those days inside being cozy and hearing the rain outside, it's when you have to go out in it that's rough.
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Old 05-06-2016, 11:26 AM
 
Location: Denver
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Tricky question, Denver probably gets colder than Boston and has a shorter growing season but its winter tends to be sunnier and the Chinook winds are welcome. Summer in Denver is hotter but less humid and there is not really any beach or lake culture to beat the heat. Denver is more of a mountain oriented city and Boston more of a water oriented city for recreation.
It probably gets a little colder, but it doesn't feel colder, if that makes sense. The lack of humidity in Denver makes the cold weather much more tolerable. When it's really cold in Boston, it seems to sink into your soul...Denver doesn't get that from my experience.
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Old 05-06-2016, 11:27 AM
 
Location: Providence, RI
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I'm surprised it's this close. I actually love the weather in New England, but I would wager that most people would find Denver to be a bit more pleasant year-round. Fall in New England is perfect, but it's short. Summer is nice but the humidity can be tough. Winter is rough temperature wise, and it is windy and rainy a large chunk of the time. The worst weather, in my opinion, is what we're experiencing right now. 40s and rainy. Nothing is more miserable, not even a Nor'Easter in February.
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Old 05-06-2016, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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I prefer Denver's drier air, but overall I would choose Boston. I think Denver's weather is about as psycho as they come. Sunny and 70 one day, 20 and a blizzard the next. That kind of weather sucks.
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Old 05-06-2016, 12:01 PM
 
Location: Denver
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I prefer Denver's drier air, but overall I would choose Boston. I think Denver's weather is about as psycho as they come. Sunny and 70 one day, 20 and a blizzard the next. That kind of weather sucks.
Yea, Denver's weather is nuts. I'm originally from the Boston area, went to college in South Carolina, now living in Denver. People from Mass & South Carolina would always talk about their "crazy weather", and how unpredictable it is. It's nothing compared to Denver. For several weeks now, I've had to switch between shorts & t-shirt, and boots & down jacket due to the fluctuations.

For those unfamiliar with Denver's weather, "70 one day, 20 and a blizzard the next" is not an exaggeration. That actually happened to me about a month ago.
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Old 05-06-2016, 12:02 PM
 
Location: Providence, RI
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I prefer Denver's drier air, but overall I would choose Boston. I think Denver's weather is about as psycho as they come. Sunny and 70 one day, 20 and a blizzard the next. That kind of weather sucks.
We get the same here. We had a stretch a few weeks ago where it was 70 for two straight days followed by 3-4 inches of snow. April is like that in Boston. November (and late October) can be too.
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Old 05-06-2016, 12:54 PM
 
Location: Medfid
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For several weeks now, I've had to switch between shorts & t-shirt, and boots & down jacket due to the fluctuations.
I've been doing the same in Boston, haha.
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Old 05-06-2016, 04:39 PM
 
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It probably gets a little colder, but it doesn't feel colder, if that makes sense. The lack of humidity in Denver makes the cold weather much more tolerable. When it's really cold in Boston, it seems to sink into your soul...Denver doesn't get that from my experience.
Plenty in the scientific community consider this a myth btw:

Wet cold? Dry cold? Expert says there's no such thing - Windsor - CBC News

Another good post I read about it in the weather forum:

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A good part of my working life has involved frost protection and snowmaking. Both involve a good understanding of how humidity affects the rate of heat loss. When air contains moisture it has a higher potential than air (at the same temp)with lower humidity. Heat will move from warm to cold rather than cold to warm. Dry air always represents the greatest heat difference. The same principle applies to when it's hot and your sweating, as too when it's cold, there is no magic temp at which this process reverses.

Having visibly wet skin is different to high humidity with low temps, but even with wet skin, dry air will cool you faster. Think about dry skin and chapped lips in cold weather, both due to moisture loss, both more noticeable in dry climates.

Most people I know assume higher humidity equals cold, and I don't bother telling someone who is cold, that they aren't, but we live in such a way that it really doesn't matter that much.
Now what would actually make sense is if it feels warmer in Denver because of the sun and it's radiation. But even for that to make a significant difference, the sun would have to be strong. It won't be doing much if it's just a weak annoying beam of yellow light all the time like in coastal California.

What also makes sense is if by "wet" you mean damp like rain, fog etc. That certainly will make it feel colder. But the Northeast isn't San Francisco. The rainfall is mostly evenly spread throughout the year over there and doesn't all accumulate around the winter or anything like the latter.
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Old 05-06-2016, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Denver/Atlanta
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I prefer Denver's drier air, but overall I would choose Boston. I think Denver's weather is about as psycho as they come. Sunny and 70 one day, 20 and a blizzard the next. That kind of weather sucks.
Well yeah, but when you get that 70 degree day right after that blizzard, it's kinda worth it. Where else?
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