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TBT flashback to Feb 27th 2015. One of the coldest Feb months on record. Just a couple days before meteorological spring it was -30C 50 miles outside the city limits of Chicago
These downtown/near lake locations compared with modern period (1981-2010) at Northerly Island (also downtown right on the lakefront. Modern period is significantly warm with annual mean that is +3.4F warmer in comparison. Wow.
George you have complained in the past about the shoulder seasons in Chicago and how places like London have more consistent spring weather. I think we can chalk this up to winter instability in the eastern US. Same here. The only real stable season in eastern N. America is summer. The rest are kind of a crapshoot.
George you have complained in the past about the shoulder seasons in Chicago and how places like London have more consistent spring weather. I think we can chalk this up to winter instability in the eastern US. Same here. The only real stable season in eastern N. America is summer. The rest are kind of a crapshoot.
I just posted a comment addressed to B87 on this topic. March and early April are too variable here.
I suggest that May through Sept are pretty stable overall. October not too bad either.
I have seen some decent instability in late April and May here and in general in the Eastern US. I really think we only have June thru August. Even September can have a rapid cool down right after Labor Day with some high negative anomalies.
Seems that places with winter stability get more like 8 or 9 months of relative stability followed by a very short season of summer instability. Not the case here.
It comes down to North America being the most active frontal region on earth due to the north pole land connection and the huge oceans on either side. This causes fronts to constantly cross the continent and they cause instability in their coming and going. Huge warm up as they approach, and then rapid cool down after they pass. Less fronts in N. America and we would be more stable.
Gotta give it to ya George. You are consistent on Chicago. Consistently speaking in negatives and seeing the glass 1/2 empty. Sure we hate winters by far.
But most of the Western world at least has cold winters. Some nations do not have mild or no real winters regions in them. The US does. It means if it is a terrible feature for you to endure? You can move. You have Real Estate, investments and education in degrees to utilize in any move to finance a relocation? Then rather then lessen the region you live in? You choose to relocate to a more preferred one.
CHICAGOLAND is not in region known for probabilities of a Natural disaster. Texas mild winter sunbelt cities fast growing even. Are far more prone to Natural disasters. Flooding far more common in sever storms. To at risk for Hurricanes to Tornadoes. I don't think there is a area in Chicago. You can't purchase flood insurance. In omen Texas cities there sure are.
I would NOT build a home in much of Texas large cities directly on the normal slab. I'd chose either a garage slab-level or the 1st floor elevated 2-3 feet.
Ironically, Chicago had a very mild low snow fall winter this past one. In PA where I live. I had only one heavy snowfall week to endure. Was all a milder one in temps.
Do I hate winters? For sure. I firmly believe ----> If Chicago was on the East Coast south of DC at least or along gulf coast? Giving its awesome shoreline enhanced by a ocean even perhaps? It would be the FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE UNBELT.
The city despite the debt and higher taxes. Is highly desirable that IF YOU COULD GIVE IT A MILD CLIMATE? CHICAGOLAND would be totally the Sunbelt boom-city.
Bing in the Midwest on a Great Lake. Just might be a GREAT asset if Climate-change is real and alters rain to temperature patterns in the Nation. No shortage of water for sure and unless super-tornados began or inundated with common torrential rains to continually cause flooding? Chi-Town will fire fare better then a Florida, Texas, Southwest or West coast.
I never judge a hole city merely by climate. Though I know it plays a BIG roll oday in choosing a city o relocate to or reason to relocate from.
As for the UK's milder winters in the out of the Isle especially. ----> The UK's weather is strongly influenced by the sea which surrounds the British Isles (Britain and Ireland). The sea warms up and cools down more slowly than land, keeping winters relatively warm but also making the summers cooler. Britain also benefits from a warm sea current called the Gulf Stream which originates in the Gulf of Mexico - this keeps the sea on the west side of Britain warmer (frosts are rare in these areas).
The UK is as far north as Scandinavia and they don't have the moderation from the ocean currents all the way from the Gulf of Mexico though.
You really should level the Mid-west given ALL ITS NEGATIVES YOU PROMOTE IN THREADS. It is a agenda in each thread, to slight the region. Especially CHICAGOLAND and state it is in.
Gotta give it to ya George. You are consistent on Chicago. Consistently speaking in negatives and seeing the glass 1/2 empty. Sure we hate winters by far.
But most of the Western world at least has cold winters. Some nations do not have mild or no real winters regions in them. The US does. It means if it is a terrible feature for you to endure? You can move. You have Real Estate, investments and education in degrees to utilize in any move to finance a relocation? Then rather then lessen the region you live in? You choose to relocate to a more preferred one.
CHICAGOLAND is not in region known for probabilities of a Natural disaster. Texas mild winter sunbelt cities fast growing even. Are far more prone to Natural disasters. Flooding far more common in sever storms. To at risk for Hurricanes to Tornadoes. I don't think there is a area in Chicago. You can't purchase flood insurance. In omen Texas cities there sure are.
I would NOT build a home in much of Texas large cities directly on the normal slab. I'd chose either a garage slab-level or the 1st floor elevated 2-3 feet.
Ironically, Chicago had a very mild low snow fall winter this past one. In PA where I live. I had only one heavy snowfall week to endure. Was all a milder one in temps.
Do I hate winters? For sure. I firmly believe ----> If Chicago was on the East Coast south of DC at least or along gulf coast? Giving its awesome shoreline enhanced by a ocean even perhaps? It would be the FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE UNBELT.
The city despite the debt and higher taxes. Is highly desirable that IF YOU COULD GIVE IT A MILD CLIMATE? CHICAGOLAND would be totally the Sunbelt boom-city.
Bing in the Midwest on a Great Lake. Just might be a GREAT asset if Climate-change is real and alters rain to temperature patterns in the Nation. No shortage of water for sure and unless super-tornados began or inundated with common torrential rains to continually cause flooding? Chi-Town will fire fare better then a Florida, Texas, Southwest or West coast.
I never judge a hole city merely by climate. Though I know it plays a BIG roll oday in choosing a city o relocate to or reason to relocate from.
As for the UK's milder winters in the out of the Isle especially. ----> The UK's weather is strongly influenced by the sea which surrounds the British Isles (Britain and Ireland). The sea warms up and cools down more slowly than land, keeping winters relatively warm but also making the summers cooler. Britain also benefits from a warm sea current called the Gulf Stream which originates in the Gulf of Mexico - this keeps the sea on the west side of Britain warmer (frosts are rare in these areas).
The UK is as far north as Scandinavia and they don't have the moderation from the ocean currents all the way from the Gulf of Mexico though.
You really should level the Mid-west given ALL ITS NEGATIVES YOU PROMOTE IN THREADS. It is a agenda in each thread, to slight the region. Especially CHICAGOLAND and state it is in.
LMAO
Look through this thread you idiot and you will see that I'm quite fond of continental climates. Stop assuming you know my perceptions and oponions on the city I grew up in. You look like a fool
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