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Lived south of Rochester for almost 15 years. Spring is pretty variable year to year. In fact I had a saying that "springtime is always a week away and winter is just around the corner".
Here is my seasonal name conversion for most of upstate NY:
Spring = Disappointment: will it ever warm up?
Summer = Deception: the true nature of this place is cold and cloudy and windy and wet.
Fall = Doom: here it comes . . .
Winter = Depression: . . . it's here.
Actually, the summers are delightful from June through August. But it was just a little hard for this warm weather lover to take the nights in the 30's and 40's in September.
Lots of people like that climate though, so, definitely to each his/her own!
To answer the OP's question, to me I think Iowa or Nebraska would be rough. The extremes between summer and winter are enormous.
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Lived south of Rochester for almost 15 years. Spring is pretty variable year to year. In fact I had a saying that "springtime is always a week away and winter is just around the corner".
Here is my seasonal conversion (alternate names) for most upstate NY:
Spring = Disappointment: will it ever warm up?
Summer = Deception: the true nature of this place is cold and cloudy and windy and wet.
Fall = Doom: here it comes . . .
Winter = Depression: . . . it's here.
Actually, the summers are delightful from June through August. But it was just a little hard for this warm weather lover to take the nights in the 30's and 40's in September.
Lots of people like that climate though, so, definitely to each his/her own!
Nailed it, perfect description. Believe it or not, the day I finally moved away from Rochester, in JULY, the low was 46°F and there was ground frost at sunup!
I think you guys have convinced me not to move to Rochester. I hear Buffalo is no picnic either and any place where I got to shovel my roof every week or risk it collapsing is definitely a no go for me. You poor Lake Erie/Lake Ontario people and your dreadful Nor'easters and catastrophic blizzards. Not that Colorado doesn't get its fair share of this as well, but the snow does melt at least. Of course, I don't think you get the deadly hail and wind storms they get here, so there is something to say about that.
Still would be interested to hear some people who live in the Upper Midwest chime in. This guy from Minot, North Dakota told me that they had a dreadful blizzard around August and then it was in the 100s like a week later.. Yeah, North Dakota is another off limits zone for me. He told me the story where it snowed so much that a moose ended up climbing onto the roof and pooped on the roof. When he called game warden, the warden told him not to shoot the moose and that he couldn't even tranquilize it, because the force of it falling would plunge it through the roof into the house. He had to go and climb up the roof later after the moose left and clean up all his poop, in addition to shoveling the large amount of snow from the roof. Fun times in North Dakota
I will have to say I can tolerate heat and humidity better than cold and snow , but if a place is more hot and humid than Charlotte, NC in July/August, I would really loathe living there. I was looking at Columbia, SC 's temperatures and hitting 100s with 50% humidity in May may be more tolerable than 35F with snow like here in Denver, but it would still be dreadful in my book. As well, I hear South Carolina can get really bad ice storms. If I am going to be in a place with 100F humid summers, I would seriously would not want to have to do deal with snow and ice, even if it is for just one month. With that being said, I always found both South Carolina and New York state's geography really lush and beautiful. Despite all the snow we get in Colorado, it is very brown and arid almost year round and not much rewards visually for all the dreadful weather. One problem is that at the high elevation and having such arid air and a strong sun, the snow evaporates before it can melt back into the soil. And there is very little rain in Colorado. Literally, outside of Summer, every time it clouds up and starts raining, it turns right into snow.
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Still would be interested to hear some people who live in the Upper Midwest chime in. This guy from Minot, North Dakota told me that they had a dreadful blizzard around August and then it was in the 100s like a week later.. Yeah, North Dakota is another off limits zone for me. He told me the story where it snowed so much that a moose ended up climbing onto the roof and pooped on the roof. When he called game warden, the warden told him not to shoot the moose and that he couldn't even tranquilize it, because the force of it falling would plunge it through the roof into the house. He had to go and climb up the roof later after the moose left and clean up all his poop, in addition to shoveling the large amount of snow from the roof. Fun times in North Dakota
Whoever the dude is telling this crazy story was pulling your leg. First of all, blizzards are basically impossible in August (even in North Dakota). Also, North Dakota doesn't have moose. Moose are a boreal forest animal...
Whoever the dude is telling this crazy story was pulling your leg. First of all, blizzards are basically impossible in August (even in North Dakota). Also, North Dakota doesn't have moose. Moose are a boreal forest animal...
Wow! He was a guy who worked at my local Wal-Mart and he said he moved here from Minot, North Dakota. He certainly seemed honest and genuine and was a friendly guy. I was just asking him where to find some things in the store and somehow I started complaining about the weather and then he starts telling me all about his life in North Dakota, the insane weather there and then told me this whole story that sounded like it could be far fetch, but then who I am to know as I have never been to North Dakota in my whole life. Then again, that is why I created this thread, because I wanted to hear about the insane weather conditions from people who live in such places. Being from the relatively mild Pacific Northwest, I have to say living in Colorado almost feels like living on Mars with the weather. Brutally hot sun that scorches my skin in the Summer just after being outside for 10 minutes and freezing to death in May with blizzards and massive snow fall. This has been quite a new experience for me.. I didn't know the Earth could be so volatile. I've yet to see one of these terrifying hail storms that can turn your car into swiss cheese and destroy buildings.. So excited, I just cannot wait
I have to make one comment, according to North Dakota Fish and Game, moose are plentiful up there and they even have a moose hunting season. I cannot imagine you could be allowed to hunt animals in a state that doesn't have a large population of these animals.
BTW, here is a guy in Minot, North Dakota who posted a youtube video of a moose in his front yard. So, maybe it is possible they have moose in Minot, North Dakota? Do you think there is a chance this guy wasn't lying? Either he is lying or is an amazing story teller.
Of everywhere that I've lived, South Florida has the most predictable weather. Save for a very few days in the Winter, the weather patterns are very, very predictable. Even the fact that I know that there will be very few days in the Winter that are cool, is predictable. I may not know exact dates those few days will be, but I know they will likely be in early January.
I echo others that just about any upper Midwest city. Chicago has been very volatile in May. We had days(yesterday, as a matter of fact) when the temperature fell below 50, and today it reached the upper 70s. It's been raining every other day(and it looks as though we are in for some more rain for 5 days in a row), which is typical spring, but still annoying when you want to go for a jog/run/walk. Also, there's even been snow earlier this month.
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I hear Buffalo is no picnic either and any place where I got to shovel my roof every week or risk it collapsing is definitely a no go for me. You poor Lake Erie/Lake Ontario people and your dreadful Nor'easters and catastrophic blizzards. Not that Colorado doesn't get its fair share of this as well, but the snow does melt at least. Of course, I don't think you get the deadly hail and wind storms they get here, so there is something to say about that. 
He was a guy who worked at my local Wal-Mart and he said he moved here from Minot, North Dakota. He certainly seemed honest and genuine and was a friendly guy. I was just asking him where to find some things in the store and somehow I started complaining about the weather and then he starts telling me all about his life in North Dakota, the insane weather there and then told me this whole story that sounded like it could be far fetch, but then who I am to know as I have never been to North Dakota in my whole life. Then again, that is why I created this thread, because I wanted to hear about the insane weather conditions from people who live in such places. Being from the relatively mild Pacific Northwest, I have to say living in Colorado almost feels like living on Mars with the weather. Brutally hot sun that scorches my skin in the Summer just after being outside for 10 minutes and freezing to death in May with blizzards and massive snow fall. This has been quite a new experience for me.. I didn't know the Earth could be so volatile. I've yet to see one of these terrifying hail storms that can turn your car into swiss cheese and destroy buildings.. So excited, I just cannot wait 
