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Mild to me by my experience and definition is probably different than others.
My climate is tilted very heavily to winter (snow in April isn't rare at all) a very brief spring, a glorious summer and outstanding early fall. The weather where I am from june-mid october could arguably be some of the best in the country. But real genuine winter comes on very quickly in November and lasts till April/may. May is really our "spring"
I'm looking to tile things more towards the heat and summer to balance out a shorter more mild winter.
I'm willing to raise my avg monthly temps 5-10 degrees. More mild winter, but the address extra heat of summer.
Also where I live central air is not part of the lifestyle many houses don't have it and I'm 5 miles from lake Erie so it's humid in the summer. 85-90 with no central air is hot and muggy. So I know I'm getting into heat more but hopeful with more widespread air conditioning it will balance out and be more tolerable
But seriously you guys are giving awesome feedback. Thank you
We're also in a significant drought for most of this year, usually outside of any larger cities, the low temperatures in the summer will range from 60-72F. When you get into the urban areas of Louisville or western Kentucky the heat and humidity combination becomes much more intense in the summer- hope that makes sense.
We're also in a significant drought for most of this year, usually outside of any larger cities, the low temperatures in the summer will range from 60-72F. When you get into the urban areas of Louisville or western Kentucky the heat and humidity combination becomes much more intense in the summer- hope that makes sense.
It does.
What is the climate difference from the Lexington bluegrass area compared to say bowling green?
Born and raised in KY and I never realized until I left KY just how miserable the weather was there. Take a hard look at further south even as far as Birmingham, AL. Look at the Mountain Brook area of Birmingham where the public schools are actually excellent. I miss KY but I don’t miss the grey skies all the time. Well except for a few weeks in the summer. Then folks complain about the humidity.
Born and raised in KY and I never realized until I left KY just how miserable the weather was there. Take a hard look at further south even as far as Birmingham, AL. Look at the Mountain Brook area of Birmingham where the public schools are actually excellent. I miss KY but I don’t miss the grey skies all the time. Well except for a few weeks in the summer. Then folks complain about the humidity.
I came from a place with relentless clear skies and heat. The occasional cloudy skies are a blessing to me. Cloud cover is certainly more prevalent in winter months but KY doesn't make the list of 10 cloudiest states so I do believe you could do much worse. https://www.farmersalmanac.com/top-1...s-states-22480
While interesting, that table to me doesn’t tell the whole picture. For example Dallas is listed with a very high number of sunny days, but the weather there is terrible compared to San Antonio in terms of cold and snow and ice. Just moved from San Antonio, and you couldn’t get me to move to Dallas.
While interesting, that table to me doesn’t tell the whole picture. For example Dallas is listed with a very high number of sunny days, but the weather there is terrible compared to San Antonio in terms of cold and snow and ice. Just moved from San Antonio, and you couldn’t get me to move to Dallas.
It's not surprising but interesting how everyone has a different perspective about the weather. I've lived in CT, FL, CA, NV and now I'm in KY. KY is my happy retirement spot.
KY has the most varied weather and most evenly spaced seasons of the states I've lived in. Overall, I'd say it's most similar to CT but with a shorter winter and much less snow fall. It's certainly not boring weather and I truly enjoy the seasonal changes, including summer thunderstorms and some winter snow. This is in the NE portion of the state about 65 miles NE of Lexington, and about equal distance to the West Virginia border.
Your weather mileage will vary in the far west part of the state and southern parts. Most days and nights, the temps here are fairly close to those in Lexington. Louisville is almost consistently warmer than here, sometimes significantly.
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I came from a place with relentless clear skies and heat. The occasional cloudy skies are a blessing to me. Cloud cover is certainly more prevalent in winter months but KY doesn't make the list of 10 cloudiest states so I do believe you could do much worse. https://www.farmersalmanac.com/top-1...s-states-22480
4. New York. New York has several climate factors that put it high on the list of cloudy states. The Great Lakes contribute, adding a few snow days each year. This state is also on a collision course with cold air masses coming out of the north and west. In addition, New York lies alongside the St. Lawrence Valley storm track. Cities like Binghamton and Buffalo, only see about 52 to 54 days of sunshine each year.
I came from a place with relentless clear skies and heat. The occasional cloudy skies are a blessing to me. Cloud cover is certainly more prevalent in winter months but KY doesn't make the list of 10 cloudiest states so I do believe you could do much worse. https://www.farmersalmanac.com/top-1...s-states-22480
Our family lives at the corner of Lakes Ontario and Erie. This makes for absolutely incredible summers, but also winters that commonly see months (plural) of no temps above freezing and over the years we’ve had times we’ve run out of places to put the snow (12 feet per year average). This combined with the financial and political troubles of living in NY (though in a culturally different, very rural area 360 miles from “the city”) has us searching for a new home and it’s VERY likely going to be Lexington. We don’t want to give up winter all together, and don’t want summers so hot that we don’t want to go outside, so Kentucky as a state seems perfect. Other than the slightly higher tornado risk.
That said, we spend our summers outside all the time. Our big thing is the lakes and the creek/small lake swimming holes. There is always cold, clear, critter-less water to get in. Strangely our Great Lakes have awesome beaches and we know we’re giving those up, but we’re really hoping to find many wilderness-type cold/cool clear water swimming attractions within an hour or so of Lexington.
Like we do here, we plan to live 25-30 out of downtown (out city is Rochester, it’s much smaller than Lexington and out town is tiny - Spencerport on the Erie canal)
So for a family that is all about hiking and being in water (clear not muddy and ideally cool) from lakes to brooks/waterfalls, what’s there that we would like?
Many thanks
Drew
Sorry, just wanted to correct one thing.
Rochester is the more populous and larger MSA, compared to Lexington. Metro Rochester is about twice the size of Lexington MSA. Lexington consolidated with the county some years ago giving the city itself a higher population count than the city of Rochester.
That said, I think Lexington has a brighter economic future.
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