[Never2L8]

I'm in the midst of a 'discussion' ;-) with someone re: weather in parts of CT, specifically summer heat/humidity and winter snowfall levels.

We've been talking about which parts of CT are likely to have cooler temps and lower humidity in summer, and also which parts tend to have the lowest snowfall totals in winter.

We both agree that the lowest snowfall levels are in the coastal CT towns. The difference of opinion is occurring about the summer weather.

He claims that the coastal areas should also be cooler in summer, because of the wind coming off the Sound. My logic says that the higher elevations (north and northwest?) in CT are probably LESS humid than the low-lying coastal areas and/or the areas along the rivers, simply because of lack of proximity to a lot of water.

So... any facts and/or opinions from CT residents on the optimal area(s) for (a) the least amt of winter snow, and (b) lower levels of summer humidity/heat? And are those two weather scenarios essentially impossible to find in the same part(s) of CT? (I say not possible, he says yes possible along coast)

Thanks in advance! :-)

(p.s. The subject of power outage likelihood came up too, but we are assuming - perhaps wrongly? - that the more snow = more snowstorms = more power outages, and thus the coastal areas probably don't have a major issue with that. We currently live on LI and other than the occasional rare bad storm or nor'easter, outages aren't a problem.)

[Stephy0519]

I'm not in agreeement about the snowfall...when Nemo hit last year, the shoreline had the MOST snowfall in the state. Shoreline has been getting hit, the last few years. Perhaps, historically, your argument was true...but not sure about going forward.

I live on the coast, my boyfriend lives up in Middlebury. I get more breezes in the summer, but I've found the humidity, heat, sucks all around.

[basehead617]

The eastern half of the state coastal areas are cooler in the summer than the inland areas.

The coastal parts closest to NY (western) are about the same as average low-lying inland temps.

Northwest CT (higher elevations) has colder winters and cooler summers than either of the above.

[Csiko]

This is empirically verifiable. It's not a matter of opinion.

Consult the Google.