winters in New Hampshire?

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Originally Posted by MovedfromFL

I'm still worried about the "grey days" factor in NH. The sunshine charts on city data for various towns show sunshine levels well below the US national average. Here in Georgia, we have sunny days in April/May and October as well with low humidity. Those months still looked to be grey in NH. (bummer) I enjoy the nice sunny spring and fall days here, but winter is terrible. Not too cold of course, but WET! It rains (drizzles) constantly in winter here and it is very cloudy. Some days it stays foggy all day long. (we're at 1250 elevation)

Lately, it has rained for about 3 weeks straight. Humidity is about 96-100% all day. My husband has some weight lifting equipment in the garage and he says his leather lifting belt is growing mold all over it. We are under a lot of tree cover, so that makes it damp as well, but I find these wet GA winters very depressing. I think grey will be worse than cold any day.

Frankly, I think those statistics can be a little misleading. After all, you can't forget the old adage: if you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a minute. We rarely have prolonged stretches of greyness like some other parts of the country; the weather can and does change rapidly every day. I would not consider New Hampshire to be a "grey" place and we have our fair share of sunny days in every season.

I have experienced wet, grey winters like you described when I lived outside of New England -- they were miserable! I think the snow makes such a huge difference. You don't have to deal with getting damp and cold from the rain, and the snow reflects so much light that even cloudy days feel a lot brighter.