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I believe Boston is, factually, the windiest major city in the US.
But yeah, the city itself and the MA shore line doesn't get all that cold nor does it get that much snow.
Now, if we're talking MSA, different story all together. More snow, even a few miles inland, and a major dropoff in average lows. Along 495, lows in the teens is the rule, not the exception.
Boston is tame compared to midwest (Chicago, Buffalo, Minneapolis) so there not that bad.
Now coming from a person who's parent & siblings live in Vegas.... having 1-2 week heatwaves of minimum +110 degrees to the point the asphalt gets gooey/soft is not something I wish on my worst enemies.
Gimme a Las Vegas summer anytime! I know that “dry heat” is a tired cliche...but for good reason. Winter is damp and dreary and nasty and moving snow and salt eating your cars...nah, go away.
Summer isn’t that bad to deal with when the humidity is gone. That score evens up if you’re talking the kind of humid Southern summers we have here, and even then...snow belt winter loses.
Boston is tame compared to midwest (Chicago, Buffalo, Minneapolis) so there not that bad.
I can't express this enough- If you are talking city proper, which of course lays on the coast, you are correct. But Greater Boston is as cold as Chicagoland as soon as you move inland. And, it gets more snow.
For example, the average low in Hopkinton (commuter suburb 25 miles west of Boston) is 13 degrees. In Wheaton, equidistant to Chicago as Hopkinton is to Boston, the average low is 15.
The saving grace, when comparing Boston to many of the Midwest cities, is sunshine. Though it rains/snows more in the way of inches, it sees more sunny days in the winter. In Chicago, it can go days and days without real sunshine in the winter months.
Using the same example, Hopkinton sees 199 sunny days a year, compared to Wheaton which sees 186.
Boston sees 200 sunny days, compared to Chicago's 189. My guess is the delta is driven largely by the winter months, as both are fairly sunny the rest of the year/
Is anyone else also considering the snow and how inconvenient it is to travel? (If you are traveling by car). Even walking through the snow/ice is a pain.
Las Vegas summer. I'm definitely investing in a swimming pool though.
I think the lack of light in the Boston winter would bother me as much as anything.
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