DC Climate (county, places, jobs)

[Moth]

Originally Posted by back2dc

It's not that bad. I'm originally from southern New England (Hartford area) and it gets just as hot up there as it does in DC. The difference is that in DC the heat lasts a little bit longer than in Hartford. But try spending a summer in NYC without the green space that DC has and I find summers in the city absolutely brutal.

Again having lived in Atlanta and spent many summers in Atlanta in the past, DC is a breeze compared to summers in Georgia, which are hotter, much more humid and about twice as long...

That is true. I did a dozen summers in New York City and DC is more pleasant in that regard.

[vanyali]

Yes, there is no way that DC summers are worse than summers anywhere in Florida, other than you're not as close to a beach. People like to complain about DC heat, but comparing it to places South (i.e.: the other half of the East Coast), it's about the same or better. If you've lived through Florida summers and been OK, then you'll get through the summer in DC just fine.

I'll take a hot DC summer over a cold NY winter any day, but maybe that's just because I grew up in DC.

[ffknight918]

Thanks everyone. I'm more worried about extreme cold than extreme heat. The winter in Milwaukee really gets to me. I never want to step outside the house.

The part that I don't like about what most of you are saying is the summers seem to be pretty humid. If I move to the area, it will be for firefighting. Working outside in 60 pounds of gear can really get to you. One day last summer I was practicing ventilation(cutting a hole with a saw) on a 3-story roof. It was about 115 degrees on the roof. By the time I got down, I was ready to throw up.

[Fishtacos]

Spring is as much of an issue as Winter in Milwaukee, or the lackthereof.

[GoinDownSlow]

For whatever its worth, I went to an event today featuring professionals in DC who said "don't let anyone ever tell you anything other than the weather during the summer sucks."

One in particular said August was brutal. The others said that it's really not bad save for 2 months of the year, but that those two months will indeed be brutally hot.

Just passing on what I heard.

[vanyali]

I think it's a bit much to want a pleasant ambient temperature while performing manual labor on the roofs of burning buildings.

[ffknight918]

Originally Posted by vanyali

I think it's a bit much to want a pleasant ambient temperature while performing manual labor on the roofs of burning buildings.

Well I was talking about a day when we were training. When there is a real fire, things are a bit different. The adrenaline is way to strong to even think of the temperature. It's also a different kind of heat inside a burning building.

[itlchick]

Yeah, I agree with the above posters. D.C. has 4 clear seasons.

In the summer, it's hot. Very hot.

In the winter, it's cold and snows a couple times a year.

In the fall, it's lovely but chilly.

In the spring - you'll think you live in the best place on earth

[Tarheelhombre]

SOme summers are worse than others. If we have a rainy summer, then July and August may not be all that bad, but the humidity will certainly be awful. If it's a dry summer, July and August will be pure torment and agony. Either way, July and August are an ordeal for most in DC.

[Shananagans]

I live in LA. from what i gather, in the right area, it is the same price as DC (my rent is on the cheep side but it is 2g's for a three bedroom town house)

But if you can get free housing in DC just suffer through the humidity then move to LA we defiantly need fire fighters! if you want to live out here try to "specialize" in brush fires big business june-september

the weather is always good here but its crowded as hell, HOT but dry in the summer (80-110) and we have a joke for mass transit. my biggest tip, live close to work and try to find a fun neighborhood so you can ride a bike!

dont go south of washington blv

"hollywood" LA is west of western, real LA is east of western... move to the east side 323 213 area


but ive never been to DC, i may be moving their also, for school also. so i cant say anything bad about DC just give advice on LA