Places with four EQUAL seasons?

[deneb78]

For people from continental climates, Vancouver probably only has 2 seasons (10 months of wet and 2 months of dry).

[susancruzs]

Denver temps don't seem like 5 mos. of winter, no more than the upper midwest has 6 mos. of winter!

It is all personal perspective, what you're used to and where you live. People are on the beach, in the water, tanning when it is in the upper 60's, low 70's here.

Using 4 seasons as an example, most people don't consider many areas of the south to have true 4 seasons. Just because 40/50's arrive in Fla., locals many think, cold and winter, but not really.

[dxiweodwo]

It's all relative. Someone from Nunavut may look at your winter temps in Wis. and think that you don't really have a winter either.

I used to live in the inland south, and after a summer that is consistently between 87-100F, when the 40's and 50's arrive in December it definitely does feel like winter. And there is a real winter in the south, with bare trees, brown grass for about 3 months. And occasional snow as well.

[The Nostalgia Critic]

Since we are talking about the South, Nashville has a very cold winters, especially by Southern standards.

Nashville's average daytime high in January is 45F and it's average night time low is 27F.

[SophieLL]

Interesting topic, i love the "four seasons" cities, though i dont have such extreme temperatures in mind when i think about them (4 season cities for me would be: NYC, or Mar del Plata, Argentina).

What about Minneapolis? I lived there (only in wintertime though) and my mom did too when she was young and told me the summers very really hot and "summery", the winters are defintely wintery and cold, im not sure about the spring and fall though.

According to your classification, Buenos Aires only has 2 season: summer and spring (except for the snow melting down, lol). Maybe 6 month each.

[Davy-040]

Netherlands

Temperatures - Average High (Average Low)

Winter, 42 (34)
Spring, 58 (40)
Summer, 76 (56)
Autumn, 54 (44)

[barney_rubble]

Originally Posted by SophieLL

Interesting topic, i love the "four seasons" cities, though i dont have such extreme temperatures in mind when i think about them (4 season cities for me would be: NYC, or Mar del Plata, Argentina).

What about Minneapolis? I lived there (only in wintertime though) and my mom did too when she was young and told me the summers very really hot and "summery", the winters are defintely wintery and cold, im not sure about the spring and fall though.

According to your classification, Buenos Aires only has 2 season: summer and spring (except for the snow melting down, lol). Maybe 6 month each.

I'm moving to the Minneapolis area for school this fall, so we'll see. My instinct based on travel + research is that the area has four of the nicest seasons anywhere, but that those seasons are not at all balanced.

In general, continental climates will probably be key to the temperature variation necessary for four true seasons. Based on a little Wikipedia research, the Dfa climate type appears to be roughly what I'm talking about. It is described here, with examples: Humid continental climate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia