Name Some Cities That Get 3 Moderate Seasons (to live in, move)

[PosterExtraordinaire]

Originally Posted by Marat

I was thinking about Chicago. Winters can suck but when I've been there in the summer it was quite pleasant. Well, compared to Texas anyway. I assume fall and spring would also be pleasant.

not really. early spring and late fall both have COLD nights and rapid temperature swings between days. One day you can be bbqing in your draws and the other day freezing. late spring/summer/early fall is moderate i guess for most of the country but not for someone used to coastal cali climate.

[PosterExtraordinaire]

Originally Posted by Innotech

Louisiana weather is actually fantastic in fall, very mild in winter, and sublime in the spring.
Once you get to late May to September its hot as hell though and super humid.

to me louisiana (nola-only got experience with her in any amount) only gets sticky and uncomfortable by late june/july and it ends by september. May is actually nicely pleasant if you dress for it. A may in nola is like a july in detroit.

the worst season for nola ain't the summer but the winter. cold and damp even as short as it is (usually by february it's ok) is still worse than anything the summer throws at you

[Min-Chi-Cbus]

I mean, many Midwestern/Northeastern cities get high heat AND super cold & heavy snow.....are you asking for a place where during the summer and winter the weather RARELY gets that way, or NEVER gets that way. If the latter, you should probably uninclude the Midwest/Northeast almost entirely altogether. Otherwise, those suggestions are great!

[rnc2mbfl]

Raleigh has beautiful Falls and Springs and a mild Winter. Summer is hot like most of the East Coast but is not prolonged.

Miami has an absolutely beautiful "season" from November thru April but the rest of year is pretty hot and humid....though not overly hot like many other places in the US.

[Jimbo_1]

Originally Posted by PosterExtraordinaire

to me louisiana (nola-only got experience with her in any amount) only gets sticky and uncomfortable by late june/july and it ends by september. May is actually nicely pleasant if you dress for it. A may in nola is like a july in detroit.

the worst season for nola ain't the summer but the winter. cold and damp even as short as it is (usually by february it's ok) is still worse than anything the summer throws at you

Winters are difinitely no as bad as you described. There are many many winter days where the high is in the 60's. But there difinitely are those cold days where the high is low 40's but that usually happens maybe 10 times a year. And then there are at most 2 nights where you have to worry about below freezing temperatures. You can probably comfortablly wear shorts for 3/4's of winter during the day if upper 50's is your cut off (that's kind of what it is for me but maybe I have a high tolerance for cold if that seems too cold). Maybe I am a little thrown off by this past winter though.

[PosterExtraordinaire]

Originally Posted by Jimbo_1

Winters are difinitely no as bad as you described. There are many many winter days where the high is in the 60's. But there difinitely are those cold days where the high is low 40's but that usually happens maybe 10 times a year. And then there are at most 2 nights where you have to worry about below freezing temperatures. You can probably comfortablly wear shorts for 3/4's of winter during the day if upper 50's is your cut off (that's kind of what it is for me but maybe I have a high tolerance for cold if that seems too cold). Maybe I am a little thrown off by this past winter though.

i'm not talking about daytime highs but lows at night. At around 5am/6am there will be many nights in january where the low gets in the 30s on a regular basis and there will be 5-10 nights where it drops below even 30. The coldness and dampness of the air make it feel a lot worse. I definitely don't consider that mild coming from california and having lived in the tropics. In coastal southern california the low in the winter is around 50, and sometimes it will drop into the 40s. There might be 1 or 2 days a year it drops below 40 and many years that doesn't happen. The tropics is obvious.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by Innotech

Louisiana weather is actually fantastic in fall, very mild in winter, and sublime in the spring.
Once you get to late May to September its hot as hell though and super humid.

You have described much of the southeastern US. Dallas is like this except for the summer. Trade the humidity and hot as hell for a little less humidity but hotter than hell.

[Jimbo_1]

Originally Posted by PosterExtraordinaire

i'm not talking about daytime highs but lows at night. At around 5am/6am there will be many nights in january where the low gets in the 30s on a regular basis and there will be 5-10 nights where it drops below even 30. The coldness and dampness of the air make it feel a lot worse. I definitely don't consider that mild coming from california and having lived in the tropics. In coastal southern california the low in the winter is around 50, and sometimes it will drop into the 40s. There might be 1 or 2 days a year it drops below 40 and many years that doesn't happen. The tropics is obvious.

You must had been in New Orleans for an unusally cold winter. The lowest temperture I remember in the last 7 years was at around 28 degrees and that was at a certain time around 7 AM (probably around 35 degrees when going to sleep earlier that same night) but then it quickly went up at least 10-15 degrees and by mid day it was probably 45-50 degrees. It rarely gets below freezing and when it does every body goes into a panic worrying about frozen pipes or plants. These "many nights in January where the lows get in the 30s" is probably less than 5 or so times a year and these cold spells never last more than 2 or 3 days at a time. For the whole winter there are probably 25 or so nights where the temperature hovers in the 40's and maybe around 6-8 nights were it is in the thirties. Last winter it barely dropped below 40 degrees but of course there was warmer temperatures all over the country. Many people in New Orleans survive winter perfectly with their un-insulated/drafty homes and with little electric space heaters, wall mounted gas heaters, or Central AC that also has heat. Whatever the case New Orleans diffinetely gets moderate winters and many people welcome the coming of winter.

[Lamplight]

Originally Posted by IAm_FloridaBorn

Subjective. So its of your personal taste of whether? I like High Heat and Humidity.

Exactly. For me, the Southeast basically has three seasons that are uncomfortable to me, unless you consider spring and fall the week or so on either end of winter, and the six months in between is summer (which I hate). Here in WA, all the seasons are comfortable to me. But many people absolutely hate fall, winter, and spring here. To them, those are all "winter", just like in the Southeast, spring, summer, and fall are mostly just "summer". The winter in New Orleans that PosterExtraordinaire says is the worst part, for me would be the only tolerable part of the year. It's simply going to vary for different people.

[PosterExtraordinaire]

Originally Posted by Jimbo_1

You must had been in New Orleans for an unusally cold winter. The lowest temperture I remember in the last 7 years was at around 28 degrees and that was at a certain time around 7 AM (probably around 35 degrees when going to sleep earlier that same night) but then it quickly went up at least 10-15 degrees and by mid day it was probably 45-50 degrees. It rarely gets below freezing and when it does every body goes into a panic worrying about frozen pipes or plants. These "many nights in January where the lows get in the 30s" is probably less than 5 or so times a year and these cold spells never last more than 2 or 3 days at a time. For the whole winter there are probably 25 or so nights where the temperature hovers in the 40's and maybe around 6-8 nights were it is in the thirties. Last winter it barely dropped below 40 degrees but of course there was warmer temperatures all over the country. Many people in New Orleans survive winter perfectly with their un-insulated/drafty homes and with little electric space heaters, wall mounted gas heaters, or Central AC that also has heat. Whatever the case New Orleans diffinetely gets moderate winters and many people welcome the coming of winter.

I was there for the winter of 2008/2009. There was snow and the coldest I remember it getting at night was somewhere in the mid 20s.