What do you dislike the most about your climate? (2014, city, sunshine)
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Maybe the abundant sunshine of August makes it feel warmer, because May is rather cloudy in comparison.
I should've said that August should not be sunnier than May, and would prefer May to be the sunnier month instead.
It sounds like you're dealing with front-loaded winters, while most of eastern North America has been dealing with back-loaded winters in recent years. There's been more than one winter in the last five that the average temperature where I live was colder in March than it was in December.
It sounds like you're dealing with front-loaded winters, while most of eastern North America has been dealing with back-loaded winters in recent years. There's been more than one winter in the last five that the average temperature where I live was colder in March than it was in December.
Yeah, it's annoying. I prefer the brunt of winter to be in July and August, not May and June. Seriously, this May and June was the coldest. July was average though.
Winter to spring transition is so rapid here. It feels summery or springlike by August, with November getting high record temps even in some years (beating February and March). And, on the other hand, it's usually rather wintry by May.
I'm in the process of moving from the Tampa area to Chicago. Tampa is way too hot year round and lacks any snow (at least for the last 40 years). Below freezing temperatures are rare and summers are way too hot and humid. Chicago has far nicer temperatures and receives significant snowfall. I would still prefer it colder, but the only city worldwide that is both as cold and as large as Chicago is Moscow. Depending on the population metric, Toronto may be in that category as well. Tampa does have more rain than Chicago, which I like, however the difference is minor and Chicago still gets some nice Summer thunderstorms. I think a city like Anchorage has a great climate, but the city is too small for me.
the only city worldwide that is both as cold and as large as Chicago is Moscow. Depending on the population metric, Toronto may be in that category as well.
There's also Harbin which is much colder than Chicago. It has a population of 6 million, or 10 million if you also count the outermost areas (the "sub-provincial city").
Another two are Changchun and Shenyang, both are a couple hours south of Harbin; each of these have a population of 4 million (inner city) or 7 million (sub-provincial).
Then there's also St. Petersburg which is colder and bigger than Chicago.
Dalian is also about as big and as cold as Chicago.
Novosibirsk and Montreal have about 1.5 million people, colder and smaller than Chicago but in the same general population category.
Everything. EV-ER-Y-THING. I live in a freakin' desert. People talk about wonderful mountain views here. I don't get it - since everything is either dead or some ugly grey color you're looking at dead brown and grey rock. We got sub-freezing weather at night here into mid-June this year. I have about a 6 week growing period because we start getting sub-freezing weather again by late August/mid-Sept. It's early Aug and nighttime temps here are already dipping into the 40s.
I hate it. I will be so glad when I can move to a place where water falling out of the sky is a regular occurrence and your best bet for shrubbery isn't sage and tumbleweed.
Everything. EV-ER-Y-THING. I live in a freakin' desert. People talk about wonderful mountain views here. I don't get it - since everything is either dead or some ugly grey color you're looking at dead brown and grey rock. We got sub-freezing weather at night here into mid-June this year. I have about a 6 week growing period because we start getting sub-freezing weather again by late August/mid-Sept. It's early Aug and nighttime temps here are already dipping into the 40s.
I hate it. I will be so glad when I can move to a place where water falling out of the sky is a regular occurrence and your best bet for shrubbery isn't sage and tumbleweed.
None of this helps unless you tell us where you live
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