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Old 11-29-2011, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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Without resorting to Google, I believe that Minneapolis and Milwaukee are the only major cities that are colder than Chicago; Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit are comparable, and Boston is slightly warmer..

However, some of the smaller/mid-sized eastern metros are colder and/or snowier--Albany NY , Burlington VT, Bangor ME are good examples of this; of course, there are any number of smaller midwestern metros that are colder as well ( Fargo, Madison, Duluth, etc). But the overall point is well-taken: Chicago is not a balmy, palm tree paradise in winter.
I am not saying Chicago is warm by any means, and yes it definitely gets hella cold. It's our size that makes us also that much colder in people's perspective.
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Old 11-29-2011, 04:58 PM
 
Location: upstate new york
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i'm from the northeast, upstate new york. chicago weather is not as bad as i thought it would be. i expected hellish coldness and snow
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Old 11-30-2011, 05:37 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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It's not even winter yet!!! November has been unusually warm but winter is expected to be colder and snowier than normal, though the last 4 winters have all been snowier than average. Coming from upstate NY, a Chicago winter should be no problem for you.
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Old 11-30-2011, 09:54 AM
 
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Chicago winters vary from year to year. Sometimes they are extremely cold. Other times they are moderate. You cannot really tell what you will get until it gets here.
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Old 12-04-2011, 11:47 AM
 
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Everyone not from Chicago tells me it feels colder here mainly because of the wind. I would agree that the wind is pretty killer here. I've lived here my whole life and the wind is still pretty torturing in the winter, especially Jan/Feb.
Actually Boston's the windiest big city in America, and NYC is #2. I'm too lazy but feel free to look it up. Even in terms of wind, Chicago is not as bad as the hype (though we are certainly not wind-free!).
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Old 12-04-2011, 07:20 PM
 
Location: Cleveland, OH USA / formerly Chicago for 20 years
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Actually Boston's the windiest big city in America, and NYC is #2. I'm too lazy but feel free to look it up. Even in terms of wind, Chicago is not as bad as the hype (though we are certainly not wind-free!).
That's true, unless you live around the skyscrapers downtown and along the lakefront. They can create "wind tunnels" that can make the wind a lot worse in the immediate vicinity than it is elsewhere in the city.

I live in a 56-story highrise, and I can't tell you how many times I've returned from a long walk where I experienced almost no wind at all, only to encounter almost gale-force winds as soon as I get within a block of my building.

So whether one perceives Chicago as "windy" or not depends greatly on where in the city one is.
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Old 12-04-2011, 07:26 PM
 
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That's true, unless you live around the skyscrapers downtown and along the lakefront. They can create "wind tunnels" that can make the wind a lot worse in the immediate vicinity than it is elsewhere in the city.

I live in a 56-story highrise, and I can't tell you how many times I've returned from a long walk where I experienced almost no wind at all, only to encounter almost gale-force winds as soon as I get within a block of my building.

So whether one perceives Chicago as "windy" or not depends greatly on where in the city one is.
yeah I'm pretty close to the lake and there's always about half a block of serious wind tunnel from my front door to the main drag
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Old 12-06-2011, 08:09 PM
 
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I'm from Florida and visited Chicago in May. Forecast looked fine and it was 80' Friday morning. Conditions progessively deteriorated until we left Sunday night. About froze our butts off on the architechtural river tour. 40', very windy and rainy may be balmy to some. Not me! Great city, though! Can't wait to return (with foul-weather gear!)
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Old 12-06-2011, 11:14 PM
 
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just wait until its April and it's still 30 degrees
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Old 12-07-2011, 07:38 AM
 
Location: Berwyn, IL
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Does anyone remember that article a few years back in the Chicago magazine that talked about future climatology in Chicago? They said that by 2050, Chicago would have winters like Northern Texas.

Ha.

Though, I am totally loving the snow-less late fall. I hate snow, though I don't mind the cold at all.

And actually, the weather has been awesome. I'm lovin' it.
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