Large Cities with Most Harsh Winters (climate, snowfall, temperature, Chicago)

[Beliy Plashik]

This thread is about what type of cities have very violent/harsh/cold winter climate.

What cities would rank the highest? Is Denver considered to have a harsh winter?
I heard Chicago does. I have only been there in October only. What large cities have harsh winters and what is to be expected? Just as a cautionary, -- I do love very cold weather, with lots of snow, wind, rain, and fog... I do not why I am attracted to that weather. lmao But what large cities contain that type of weather?

Also Chicago is reffered to as the "Windy City" is Chicago one of those cities that has a lot of wind? What cities have a lot of wind in them?

[ajf131]

Largest cities with the harshest winters: The following are on my list.

Minneapolis/Saint Paul
Denver
Milwaukee
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Syracuse
Erie
Boston

[Colts]

As far as temperature is concerned, Minneapolis hands down.
As far as snowfall is concerned, probably Buffalo or Cleveland.

[tande1n5]

San Diego.

[katmoney]

Denver's can be so erratic, from what I've seen thus far. It's not nearly as bad as Chicago's. I'd say pretty much any city in the midwest can have harsh winters.

[414Milwaukee]

Milwaukee's just as windy as chicago and im sure denver would be pretty windy too

[Beliy Plashik]

Damn many of you said DENVER? But I mean denver is located far from any type of crazy climate like the ocean it is kind of inland surrounded by mountains.

Is Denver really that harsh with snow and polar wind???

[vegaspilgrim]

Denver can have a lot of harsh winter days-- like today, snowing all day, high of 20 degrees. The time span of winter is very long-- snow usually falls as early as October, late as the end of April. While a freak occurance, it has even snowed in July before! However, Denver gets a TON of sun in between the snowstorms, which melts the snow fast, even if it the thermometer is still low. That sun makes a huge difference! Because of that, Denver is no where near the list of the harshest winters. I would vote Minneapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh as the worst. BTW, Denver is not surrounded by mountains-- it has mountains on one side (west) and is totally wide open plains to the east.

[Spade]

I'd rather deal with Chicago winters than Minneapolis/St. Paul Winters.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

Denver can have a lot of harsh winter days-- like today, snowing all day, high of 20 degrees. The time span of winter is very long-- snow usually falls as early as October, late as the end of April. While a freak occurance, it has even snowed in July before! However, Denver gets a TON of sun in between the snowstorms, which melts the snow fast, even if it the thermometer is still low. That sun makes a huge difference! Because of that, Denver is no where near the list of the harshest winters. I would vote Minneapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh as the worst. BTW, Denver is not surrounded by mountains-- it has mountains on one side (west) and is totally wide open plains to the east.

I agree. Denver has some weird a** weather, LOL. 10 degrees one day, 60 the next. I was there in August once and it snowed. Gone the next day since it was 70! I was also there a few years back when they got that 3ft freak snowfall. Went to Breckenridge for a few days, came back and, while it wasn't totally gone, a large portion had melted.