Windy?? (Springfield: low crime, living, prices)

[heaton]

Was wondering if it's windy in the springfield, MO area?? I hate wind.

[MoMark]

Sometimes it gets windy. Summer storms can be very windy.
I came here from Las Vegas and I think Springfield is practically dead-calm compared to Las Vegas where the wind not only blows hard, it howls and can get gale force often.
I have seen windy days here, but not that many, and I'm having a hard time recalling a very windy day this winter...?
Springfield is however noted as #1 in the USA for variable weather. It has pretty much everything except hurricanes. We get snow, ice storms, blizzards (don't know the last one), foggy days, misty days, clear calm days, cloudy days, rainy days, drizzly days, frosty days, hot and humid days, windstorms occasionally, usually associated with thunderstorms, and of course, an occasional tornado.
But constant wind I haven't noticed.

[NOLA2SGF]

Originally Posted by MoMark

Springfield is however noted as #1 in the USA for variable weather. It has pretty much everything except hurricanes.

Good enough for me!! LOL Actually I find this lack of hurricanes very attractive in a potential place to live (for predictable reasons since I live in New Orleans now) and it was one of the top five criteria that I had in my search for a future home. The other four were (1) low housing prices and low cost of living, (2) town from 50,000-200,000 with surrounding countryside, (3) acceptably low crime, and (4) not outrageously cold like Minnesota or Montana. Springfield seems to be a very good match for my criteria.

I do like wind, but one can't have everything. And as you mentioned, there could be wind occasionally associated with thunderstorms. I'll be outside, feeling the wind gusting through my hair as a thunderstorm is brewing!

[heaton]

MoMark, I'm from Phoenix and we drive to Las Vegas four times a year. Yes, they get some really bad wind. Went in December and it was cold and the wind was about to blow us over.... going back in May, hope the wind is long gone. Was glad to hear Springfield isn't a windy place.

[Keikis]

Kansas, right next door, comes from a Sioux word meaning, "People of the south wind." Yes, there is wind and it seemingly blows all the time. The cold winds in the winter can be intolerable.

[c3bunny]

It does get really windy here in Vegas and it makes for a bad day at the lake. The winds get so bad sometimes that they have to put wind adviseries out for small watercraft. I don't particularly care for the wind and it seems like it gets more and more windy here in Vegas everyday. I'm glad to hear that the Springfield area is not so windy.

[Ozarks21]

Our wind is as variable as every other aspect of our weather. I too hate wind for any outdoor activity (except flying kites). The wind is only rarely a consideration.