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he lives in Phoenix where coldest month (dec) average high is 66 and hottest month (july) average low is 84
And I grew up in Miami, where the coldest average high is 76... What's your point, Vanessa! I believe he said he grew up in Upstate New York meaning he should know what REAL extreme cold is. 30, even to this Floridian (who actually likes cold weather) is NOT extreme. It's cold, but its barely freezing. Places that get snow in winter but not year round are not extreme. They're normal.
There's also a difference between that and an AVERAGE high of 30F, like Alex said. In fact we average 17 days per year with a high below freezing, but the average high in January is still 41. So when it's subfreezing even with warmer days factored in, that's quite a cold climate.
An average high of 30 is still not extreme for winter, though. That's pretty standard for the northern US and southern Canada. The city I hope to move to has an average January high of about 23. Even though I definitely consider that cold (with an avg low of 7) I still wouldn't consider it THAT extreme. 20s is very doable. Extreme would be average lows below zero especially if average highs are below 20 degrees.
Sorry I have a hard time considering any place where the seasons look and feel as they do by the most idealistic standards (snowy winters, rainy mild springs, warm sunny summers, cool brisk falls) to be extreme. When I think "extreme winter climate" I think Fairbanks, not Chicago. Chicago's cold but its not a tundra. Its a reasonable, easily adaptable cold.
My criteria is;
if the winters are reasonably cold and the leaves are off the trees, but most days the ground is just brown with no snow, you have a mild but existing winter.
if the winters are cold and snowy but most days reach the 20s and below zero days only happen on occasion as opposed to nearly all winter, you have a normal continental winter.
if the winters are very cold and are almost constantly below zero for lows from Dec 1 to the end of February and it almost never gets above freezing during the season, you have an extreme polar like winter.
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And I grew up in Miami, where the coldest average high is 76... What's your point, Vanessa! I believe he said he grew up in Upstate New York meaning he should know what REAL extreme cold is. 30, even to this Floridian (who actually likes cold weather) is NOT extreme. It's cold, but its barely freezing. Places that get snow in winter but not year round are not extreme. They're normal.
You realize that over 50% of the world's population lives in places that don't get cold snowy winters, right? So wouldn't a place that gets snow be more abnormal than a place that doesn't?
As some were, and still are, touting the warm weather coming..... I'm ready to say no more 70s?
You know I don't believe that, but ............. FALL IS HERE! Been here since Sept 24th. No more heat, hot, well above normal days. Loving it!
CT coast on left. Inland CT right. That time of year when the coast is a bit cooler in the day & warmer at night then the interior.
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I believe he said he grew up in Upstate New York meaning he should know what REAL extreme cold is. 30, even to this Floridian (who actually likes cold weather) is NOT extreme. It's cold, but its barely freezing. Places that get snow in winter but not year round are not extreme. They're normal.
