Weather in Dallas (Denton, Italy, Turkey: apartment, rental, buying)

[aceplace]

Originally Posted by Rakin

I still say I'd take a summer in Dallas verses a winter in Chicago anytime.

Vast numbers of people are moving away from places that have Chicago-style winters. And where do they go? To places that have Dallas-like summers.

You're definitely in the majority.

[Canine*Castle]

Originally Posted by aceplace

Vast numbers of people are moving away from places that have Chicago-style winters. And where do they go? To places that have Dallas-like summers.

You're definitely in the majority.

Yes, I have a friend from Ohio who moved to Texas and now is back in Ohio. She hates the winters there even though she has lived there most of her life.

[aceplace]

Originally Posted by Canine*Castle

Yes, I have a friend from Ohio who moved to Texas and now is back in Ohio. She hates the winters there even though she has lived there most of her life.

They say that many more people die of cold-related maladies than heat-related conditions. In general, warmer weather is more conducive to human happiness than cold.

In Europe, the period of from 800 to 1250AD was a warm climate cycle, and the population increased significantly... weather was more predictable and the growing season was longer... more food. The great cathedrals were built at that time, culture and knowledge advanced and the governments became stable. For example, the emperor known as Charlemagne and his Holy Roman Empire.

Then around 1300, the climate changed into a cold phase, known as The Little Ice Age. Food became scarcer, the population was more stressed from lack of food and exposure to harsher winter weather. And then the great plagues arrived, to wreak havoc on a population under stress. It is said that half of the population of Europe died, from starvation, plague, cold, and the wars that were fought over the increasingly scarcer necessities of life.

I'll take a country that is warm year-round and hot in the summer over one that is generally cold but with cooler summers.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by rb4browns

1. Really Hot in the Summer.
2. Pretty nice the rest of the year.
3. Sometimes we have big thunderstorms.
4. Tornadoes possible but rare.
5. Snows lightly a couple times in winter.
6. Few big ice storms in winter.
Any questions?

Understand that the Texas definition of a Summer is 5 months but coming from FLA, even if jsut the panhandle, you already know about those kinds of summers.
The hail storms are really crazy - really big, dangerous stones that can do some serious damage. And this is 'nator country - DFW is right on the edge
of the worst of tornado alley, but so far not a big hit for awhile except for the one that hit downtown FTW 'bout 6 years ago.
Fortuantely no 'canes like in FLA, except down south of here around Houston and farther south on the Gulf Coast.

[NorthDallasDan]

You guys are crazy. It is absolutely miserable here right now. There are no positives to report. I've heard of putting lipstick on a pig, but this 'heat is better than cold' talk is a bunch of b.s. This dry heat sucks every last bit of moisture out of your body.

You guys who love heat so much should turn off your air conditioners so that you know what living in day to day 100+ heat with no end in sight is really like.

It was 95 degrees at 10 o'clock last night. Frickin' ridiculous!

If the best way you can defend Dallas' crappy climate is to say that extreme heat is better than extreme cold then you are stupid. You can always put a coat on or light a fire to stay warm in the winter, if you work or need to be outside in Dallas in the summer there is nothing you can do to be comfortable.

There is a reason that more people live in the Chicago area than the Dallas area. Actually, there are many. DFW may be growing, but it is not because of the 100+ degree heat. If the houses are cheap enough, people will live anywhere.

But don't stop trying to talk people into believing that daily 100+ degree heat with no end in sight is actually a very great thing. I enjoy reading these idiotic posts that make extreme heat try to sound like paradise.

[Lakewooder]

Dan I don't think you can say Dallas has a crappy climate because we have some 100 degrees days in the summer.

If you grew up here you know it is temporary and is all part of the changing of the seasons. Watch how the light will start to change at the end of August going into September. It always reminds me of how the State Fair is coming up. And it brings back memories of returning to school after a summer spent barefoot in the cool St. Augustine grass and creek-exploring.

[NorthDallasDan]

I don't know how anyone can say with a straight face that the climate isn't crappy in Dallas. This 100+ degree stuff has been going on for at least 2 weeks now and we aren't even into August yet. I haven't seen anything close to rain in 1 month.

I didn't grow up here and I don't think I will ever get used to it. I'm not saying that there are never any nice days at all, but I think we here in Dallas have to deal with more uncomfortable days than pleasant days. There will be nice days in the fall, but that is at least 2 months away.

I guess if someone said that leaving a child in an over heated car to die is a horrible thing. Someone at this website would probably say "Oh, well it is better than leaving a child in a freezing car to die", therefore Dallas must actually be awesome. Or, 6.5 million people moved here so the weather must be terrific all year long, and I have the numbers to back it up. City pride will make people say the stupidest things sometimes.

EXTREME HEAT is no better than EXTREME COLD and Dallas has both. The heat just last longer. And heat and cold are only part of the story. In the spring, we had hail and tornado warnings every other day. The only time of year that a person can be comfortable outside in Dallas is the autumn, and that never seems to last very long weather wise. Before you know it, that cold north wind from the midwestern great plains that feels like razor blades when it hits your skin will be here soon enough.

[stlsmoore]

Doubt the Dallas climate is any worse than a midwest type of climate, I'll take 100 degree weather with the sun shining over 12 degree weather anyday. When winter hits in the midwest not only is it cold but you have to deal with grey gloomy skies for 4-5 months straight. I'm hoping this is the last true winter I have to experience after this year.

[KantLockeMeIn]

Originally Posted by NorthDallasDan

I didn't grow up here and I don't think I will ever get used to it. I'm not saying that there are never any nice days at all, but I think we here in Dallas have to deal with more uncomfortable days than pleasant days. There will be nice days in the fall, but that is at least 2 months away.

Suck to be you then, huh? I'm here for just shy of 2 years and I'm used to the weather already. I'm always looking at my thermometer in my car in disbelief that it's 100+ degrees outside when it feels really comfortable.

EXTREME HEAT is no better than EXTREME COLD and Dallas has both.

Hehe... extreme cold? Like -40 below winters in Fairbanks? There are chilly
days here, but I haven't seen cold yet. Take a nice trip up to Calgary and get back to us on how cold it is here.

[aceplace]

Originally Posted by stlsmoore

Doubt the Dallas climate is any worse than a midwest type of climate, I'll take 100 degree weather with the sun shining over 12 degree weather anyday. When winter hits in the midwest not only is it cold but you have to deal with grey gloomy skies for 4-5 months straight. I'm hoping this is the last true winter I have to experience after this year.

Good point, Stlsmoore, it's not just frigid weather, it's the lack of winter sunshine that has a damaging effect on the emotional health.

Why should Dallas weather be represented by a couple of summer months? What about characterizing it by February to mid-May, or October through mid December? Even January weather, bright, sunny days in the 50s, with an occasional Norther to stimulate the blood, then warm again next day.

Yes, the southern third of the country has warmer temperatures throughout the year, and that is very attractive to people, it has impelled masses of people to abandon climactic hellholes such as Chicago for places such as Phoenix, which are hotter than Dallas, actually.

NorthDallasDan, I'm sorry for your suffering, I really feel your pain... well, no, I actually don't feel it in the sense that I'm as sensitive as you... the heat doesn't bother me, and Dallas has millions of people who share my views. And yes, I'm old enough to have lived in Texas without A/C.