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I'd give it a B+ or even an A-. A warm temperate climate, but still 4 distinct seasons. On the one hand, the winters are mild, but on the other hand, you still get enough snow to make it interesting.
Additionally, you can drive 8 hrs into upstate NY (or even 3 hrs into the PA mtns) easily if you really need to get a deep cold/snow fix.
I'd give it a solid A, if it had just 1000 to 1500 hrs of sunshine annually, but that's only me since I love days with low overcast and fog with temps in the 50's or lower 60's
B-, some glorious spring and autumn weather, more continental than I am used to. Yearly means slightly less than ideal.
Rainfall distributed very evenly throughout the year is not such a bad thing.
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I give Washington DC weather a B.
It is like the warmer version of New York City and much more warmer version of Boston while still having the 4 seasons weather.
On average, it has warm/hot summers for 4 months from June to September, 5 months of mild spring/fall weather from March to May, and from October to November, and also a winter that is kind of short from December to February for 3 months.
Also, the annual sunshine is good at 2,500 sunshine hours and the precipitation decent at 39 inches.
While Washington DC gets a B, New York City and Philadelphia gets a B-, and Boston gets a C+/C. I think each of these 4 cities have noticeably different weather climates from each other.
My favorite 4 seasons weather climates in the world are:
Podgorica Montenegro, Redding California USA, Sochi Russia, Washington DC USA, Tokyo Japan, Shanghai China, New York City USA, and Antakya Turkey.
C- for the winters. April to October is fine and dandy, but DC gets those variable Mid-Atlantic winters where it can be 15C one week and -10C the next. I'd rather it just stuck with one, even a cooler average ( say 5C ) then have these great big swings. That's the only reason a place as pleasingly warm as DC rates comparably with London or Vancouver for me.
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