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averages in my area of San Diego:
Jan 68°F 42°F
Feb 69°F 45°F
Mar 70°F 47°F
Apr 75°F 50°F
May 77°F 54°F
Jun 84°F 58°F
Jul 89°F 61°F
Aug 89°F 63°F
Sep 87°F 61°F
Oct 81°F 55°F
Nov 74°F 46°F
Dec 69°F 42°F
4 months of spring and 8 months of comfortable summer.
averages in my area of San Diego:
Jan 68°F 42°F
Feb 69°F 45°F
Mar 70°F 47°F
Apr 75°F 50°F
May 77°F 54°F
Jun 84°F 58°F
Jul 89°F 61°F
Aug 89°F 63°F
Sep 87°F 61°F
Oct 81°F 55°F
Nov 74°F 46°F
Dec 69°F 42°F
4 months of spring and 8 months of comfortable summer.
Since most people think of the Wilamette Valley ad Portland when they think "Oregon," here's the other side: the high desert, dry and sunny (13" of rain, avg 34" of snow, 250 days of "sun" - not the 300 days the Chamber of Commerce likes to claim). Somewhat like Denver, but less snow.
Jan H- 46, L - 22
Feb H - 48, L - 26
Mar H - 52, L - 30
April H - 59, L - 34
May H - 68, L - 39
June H - 77, L - 46
July H - 86, L - 52
Aug H - 85, L - 51
Sept H - 79, L - 48
Oct H - 69, L - 39
Nov H - 52, L - 30
Dec H - 48, L - 24
Record high is 104, record low is -10. The night are always cool, no matter how warm the day. Frosts are possibly from Sept through June, although not likely.
I always chuckle when people down south and southwest always go on and on all winter long pointing out that it's freezing up north and nice and mild down south.
Why don't I see hoards of people up north commenting for month on end in the summer that it's nice and 82 degrees in Chicago and 110 degrees for days on end in Phoenix?
It's like winters up north are a thing to be made fun of and feeling bad for all the "trapped" people, but then summers just don't count when it's humid and 90-110 degrees....
I always chuckle when people down south and southwest always go on and on all winter long pointing out that it's freezing up north and nice and mild down south.
Why don't I see hoards of people up north commenting for month on end in the summer that it's nice and 82 degrees in Chicago and 110 degrees for days on end in Phoenix?
It's like winters up north are a thing to be made fun of and feeling bad for all the "trapped" people, but then summers just don't count when it's humid and 90-110 degrees....
my guess is maybe dealing with cold and snow is worse than heat and humidity for a lot of people b/c you don't have to shovel sunshine or humidity. Driving is the same whether its 85 out or 110 out unlike when its cold and there is ice and snow. It's probably not so much the cold but the ice and snow associated with it that gets people.
I don't understand this topic. Bad winters and long, hot summers? Long, hot summers typically mean mild winters. Bad winters typically mean short summers.
I mean, if you think your town has "bad winters" what are they like? and if you think you have "long hot summers" then what are they like? I hear the terms thrown around a lot but i think it might be all realitive to where you live. I'm just curious what people consider their seasons to be.
my guess is maybe dealing with cold and snow is worse than heat and humidity for a lot of people b/c you don't have to shovel sunshine or humidity. Driving is the same whether its 85 out or 110 out unlike when its cold and there is ice and snow. It's probably not so much the cold but the ice and snow associated with it that gets people.
The snow isn't as bad as most people make it out to be. I like shoveling snow, and the snow fills the potholes in the road. I couldn't take 110 degree heat. I'd rather have -110 cold than 110 degree heat.
Let's compare Phoenix and Chicago. In the winter in Chicago you can go outside for a walk/jog/walk the dog in the middle of the day without suffering heat exhaustion. You may have to watch for ice once and a while though. While the same can't be said about Phoenix, even if you wait until 2am, the temp is still 85 degrees outside (and who the heck jogs at 2am?) The response to cold is to shiver, and the response to hot is to sweat. In the Chicago winter, when you go out you don't shiver because you are dressed for it. In the Phoenix summer, you can dress in shorts, tshirt, flip flops and sweat like crazy and get sun burned.
In the Chicago winter you have to shovel snow out of your driveway or scrape ice(if you don't have a garage) before you get going. In the Phoenix summer you open your car door and unleach 200 degrees of stale heat, plus have the potential to burn yourself on the seatbelt.
In conclusion, dealing with very COLD winters isn't as bad as dealing with extremely HOT summers.
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Stop with your Midwest hate, its RIDICULOUS! Here, lets compare, shall we?
