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Cool graph, how did you make it? Yeah, May/early June we can get many days of northeast winds off the lake cooling the city dramatically, as the lake waters are usually only on the upper 50s or low 60s.
ah forgot about the lake effect. I assume O'Hare wouldn't have the lake effect? Graph wasn't made by me was from here:
Chicago is probably the nicest Great Lakes climate, with sunshine similar to New York and snowfall more similar to Boston as opposed to the notorious snowbelt in Upstate NY. Altho it has similar winter temperatures to Toronto, in March Chicago averages 8.2c highs, while Toronto averages just 4.7 (!!!!). So probably Chicago winters are not as long as they are in other parts of the Great Lakes. Minneapolis has about the same average high in March as Buffalo, so I can imagine its winters seem much harsher than those of Chicago
here's a graph of % times Minneapolis is warmer than Chicago by an average day. Average temperatures are more similar in summer, so that's likely why Minneapolis is more often warmer than Chicago in summer than winter
Any idea why Minneapolis is warmer in the summer than Chicago?
From that point on, i couldn't care less if one is few degrees colder or has a couple more of snow inches than the other. The main thing is that both have a "basement level" type of winter.
Even though both are quite cold, the difference is significant enough to make a difference in overall feel and how often and how much you have to bundle up, shovel snow, etc. On the flip side, saying both their winters are the "same" would be like saying Tampa winters feel just as warm as Miami's just because neither get snow and both are in Florida when everyone knows that Miami winters have much more "beach and swimming weather" than Tampa.
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I've spoken to people from Chicago who shudder at the thought of "Minneapolis Winters"!
I still do not get why some Chicago people say that. The winters in Chicago are not that much different than Minneapolis. This is not a drastic difference as to say between Minneapolis and Miami or Minneapolis and Dallas even.
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