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Where in the US can I experience four seasons with snow and observe the change in colors of the leaves during fall? ... And a state/city where it's not windy like Chicago and Omaha?
How big of a city are you looking for? PA has a classic 4 season climate. Spring is generally slow to arrive, but most other seasons are right on queue. Upstate NY gets more snow and gets amazing leaf changes in the fall. New England would be good for you except it does get windy there. Boston is quite windy. Maryland, DE, NJ, Ohio, Indiana, maybe Virginia. Lots of places would work for you.
How windy does it get in Seattle and the Northeast? My ears are very sensitive, and start hurting when I'm outside for just fifteen minutes. I don't want to wear earmuffs or earplugs for five/six months. I really can't survive in a windy city like Chicago.
When you click on the links, scroll down the pages to the climate information / charts. Compare the areas.
I don't consider Seattle four seasons, myself. There is no real, true winter. Some years we don't even get snow at all, and those we do, it's usually very short lived. We just have a long period of cold rain. I'd take continuous sub freezing temperatures and snow over the continuous cold rain any day! (On the flip side of that, our summers are usually beautiful and mild, though some years, such as last, we barely get a summer at all).
Here are a couple more to look at from this state:
How windy does it get in Seattle and the Northeast? My ears are very sensitive, and start hurting when I'm outside for just fifteen minutes. I don't want to wear earmuffs or earplugs for five/six months. I really can't survive in a windy city like Chicago.
I believe Boston is windier than Chicago on average, so the northeast might be worse in that regard. Though I certainly wouldn't discount the brutal midwest wind in the middle of winter.
Where in the US can I experience four seasons with snow and observe the change in colors of the leaves during fall? ... And a state/city where it's not windy like Chicago and Omaha?
Thank you.
You sound like you're looking for what is known as “4 seasons lite” (lol).
The best thing to do is to take the annual mean temp of your area (Chicago/Omaha).... and then add about 5 F (maybe 10 if you have to) to the annual mean temps. In most cases, you’ll get some of what you like (the change of seasons, some snow, warm summers…etc) but in a more modified form. Also, the further south you go, the less changeable the weather is (high pressure is more common). Winds in Chicago/Midwest in winter is a product of changing pressure gradients, mostly in winter.
The mean annual temp in Chicago is in the 4 zone (45 - 50 F):
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