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Minneapolis: 8-24F (January) Very long, extremely cold, very snowy, dry, windy
Detroit: 19-32F (January) Very long, very cold, very snowy, wet, windy
Chicago: 18-32F (January) Long, very cold, snowy, wet, windy, windy
Cleveland: 22-34F (January) Very long, very cold, very snowy, wet, windy
Indianapolis: 21-36F (January) Long, very cold, snowy, wet, windy
Pittsburgh: 21-36F (January) Long, very cold, very snowy, wet, windy
Boston: 22-36F (January) Long, very cold, very snowy, wet, windy
Denver: 17-42F (December) Very long, very cold, very snowy, very dry
Cincinnati: 23-39F (January) Long, very cold, snowy, wet, windy St. Louis: 24-40F (January) Long, very cold, snowy, wet, windy Kansas City: 22-40F (January) Long, very cold, snowy, dry, windy
Philadelphia: 26-40F (January) Long, cold, snowy, wet, windy
New York City: 27-38F (January) Average length, cold, snowy, wet, windy
DC: 29-44F (January) Long, cold, snowy, wet, windy
Mild winters:
Portland: 35-46F (December) Long, mild, little snow, wet
Seattle: 36-46F (December) Long, mild, little snow, wet
Charlotte: 30-51F (January) Short, mild, little snow, wet
Atlanta: 34-52F (January) Short, mild, little snow, wet, windy
Dallas: 37-57F (January) Short, mild, little snow, wet, windy
Sacramento: 38-54F (December) Short, mild, snowless, wet
No winters:
San Francisco: 46-57F (January) 52F
San Antonio: 41-63F (January) 52F
Houston: 43-63F (January) 53F
Phoenix: 45-66F (December) 56F
San Diego: 48-65F (December) 57F
Los Angeles: 48-68F (December) 58F
Orlando: 60-71F (January) 66F
Miami: 60-76F (January) 68F
Just thought I'd chime in with my experience. I've lived in KC and St. Louis before and IMO Kansas City has colder "feeling" winters than, St. Louis. I'm not sure what criteria you used for your ranking or if you took wind speeds into consideration, but KC was always so much more windier than St. Louis, (even more windier than here in Chicago). KC may have tad bit colder winters than St. Louis, but the wind chills they get there made it "feel" much colder than it really was. ex. In KC the high for the day could be 20°F, but with wind gusts 15-20mph throughout the day it would easily feel like 6-4°F
Denver's winters are long; snow sometimes starts in Sept., almost always by sometime in Oct, once in a while early November. It usually snows through April, sometimes into May. The only months with no recorded snow are July and August. HOWEVER, the snow is usually gone in 2-3 days (for the most part), and there are often weeks of warm (50s-60s), sunny weather in between snowstorms. January days in the 60s are not uncommon; happen nearly every year.
Pittsburgh's winters are not that long, usually not starting until December. They don't get *that* much snow; I believe about 35 inches or so per winter on average, usually coming in 2-4 inch storms. The temps there fluctuate up and down even in January. There's almost always a "January thaw",with some warmish days. Snow is rare past March, and even March doesn't get much, usually.
It's kinda nice to see DC on the "Cold Winters" list. Most people can't see past the fact that we have really humid and hot summers. But our winters are decent. DC itself only gets about 17" of snow a year, but just 10-15 miles northwest in the MD suburbs (where I live), we get about 23" every year. That's not much when compared to places like Boston, but it's on par with Philly and NYC.
It's kinda nice to see DC on the "Cold Winters" list. Most people can't see past the fact that we have really humid and hot summers. But our winters are decent. DC itself only gets about 17" of snow a year, but just 10-15 miles northwest in the MD suburbs (where I live), we get about 23" every year. That's not much when compared to places like Boston, but it's on par with Philly and NYC.
Yeah, great marketing opportunity...."We have really hot and humid Summers but at least our Winters are cold".
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