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Guys, guys, guys......the both suck equally! You both win! Denver gets milder but the swings would not only drive me crazy and keep snow and ice off of non-mountain terrain, but it would likely cause a lot more colds, flus and other illnesses.
I'm not trying to argue with OP, I'm not trying to "win", I just feel that for some reason OP wants us all to admit that Denver has harsher winters than Chicago. I don't care one way or another, but while we get a lot of snow, and while we can have it fall any of 9 months a year, we're never trapped in our homes freezing our butts off for days, weeks, or months either.
Has Chicago even had snow yet? We had our first snow Oct 8: The 2010-2011 Unofficial Denver Snow Thread. We also had a nice-sized one Nov 2, a decent one Dec 1, and a 6-incher storm yesterday. We're already in the 20 in + range for the season. But we also had no snow or real cold from Nov 2 to Dec 1. It goes like this throughout the season.
I don't get sick any more or less often than I do anywhere else, but that's just my experience though.
Yeah but with those 4 weeks, you might see like 2 days, then another 2 weeks...No need to be so accurate, you obviously know what I'm getting at.
Anyway, I find it funny people trying to defend Chicago winter. Most people know winter in Chicago sucks balls anyway you frame it. I might boost other aspects of Chicago, but I certainly will never boost the weather. It's a terrible winter, no doubt, and the summer isn't that great either, the temps were in the 120s heat index this summer. Midwest weather in general is the most extreme in the country. Everybody knows this. Not a secret. And Chicago has the worst weather of any major city in the U.S. outside Minneapolis.
I wasn't saying winter isn't cold, just that the statement winter brings 6-7 straight weeks below freezing on average is a crazy over-statement.
Again, the fact that you prefer to go outside, ignore the grey skies, bone-chilling wet cold and winds whipping in your face and tell yourself "well, at least it's not Denver!" does not overrule the overwhelmingconsensus that Chicago has some of the toughest winters in the country. Denver's unpredictable but generally sunny, calm and dry winters are not even in that conversation.
Yeah, I guess that's why last year I went to denver on new years there was a big snowstorm and teens but when I arrived in chicago it was on the 60s.
So on an isolated trip to Denver you happened to encounter weather, that while not uncommon, we see far less of than Chicago. No miracle here.
At the same time, Chicago was experiencing weather that was uncommon for the time of year. No miracle here.
Instead of your story, as gripping as it was, lets look at the facts.
Denver has a warmer average temp through the winter.
Denver has more sunshine during the winter.
Denver has less extended periods of sub-freezing temperatures than Chicago.
Denver's cold-snaps are short lived compared to Chicago.
And don't think I am a homer, I grew up in the Midwest and actually love Midwest winters. I also have loose plans to move to Chicago in the future even. But just because I like the winters and I like Chicago does not mean I am going to fool myself into believing Chicago has milder winters... it simply is not true.
It's in the teens and twenties in Southern New Mexico with over night lows in the single digits there as well. Denver and much of the SouthWest is receiving Chicago style weather.
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