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Cold, definitely cold. I'd take Minneapolis over any place in the South or Desert Southwest any day of the year. I love being outside in the cold - walking, hiking, cross-country skiing, ice skating... To me, it's invigorating, as opposed to hot weather, which seems to sap my energy like a sponge.
I found a bunch of YouTube videos some time ago, of backyard hockey rinks in places like Connecticut and Ontario (and other Northern locations, obviously); I thought "Man, that really looks like fun!" Not just the skating and hockey playing, but the creativity that was involved in the design and construction. One family's backyard rink had a nearby warming hut/changing room/sauna. Now THAT's real Northern living!
My neighbors put an ice rink in their yard every winter. They build it from scratch, and it winds up getting bigger every year. It's really cool.
Hot hot hot. We had a stretch of 90 degree weather and lot of humidity up North. I exercised six days in a row in the heat. I am more active and energetic in the heat. After it goes below 32 I am done. I become sad and energy levels drop. There is so much prep you have to do to exercise in the cold. You can do so much more in the heat then in the cold i feel. So definitely hot hot hot.
Dreading New England winters :-( I don't know where I could live where the weather has no winter, 40 to 60 in the Spring, 80 to 100 in the Summer, and 40 to 60 in the Fall with changing leaves. Be near 30 mins near the coast and housing prices be under $200K. Not be flat, bit hilly with mountains and forest an hour away. Ha.
Cold obviously, I've answered this on other threads. My favorite Koppen climate belt is DFA, boreal forest zone. I find extreme heat and humidity as well as strong sun angle in the southern 1/2 of the US to be intolerable. My cold tolerance is far greater than most Americans, I can easily deal with -15 to -20F temperatures without much wind.
Cold. I can't stand extreme heat and humidity. I would much rather be active outdoors in 30 degree weather than 90. I live in South Dakota, but in the mild part of the state. I do enjoy our summers, but other than kayaking, I prefer to do outdoor activities in the fall or winter...walking, running, hiking, snowshoeing, ice skating. I don't love everything about our winters, but overall they aren't too bad. Where I live, we generally get lots of sunshine and the snow melts quickly. We also tend to have mild days throughout the winter (50's to 70's). It's not like the gloom and doom that places in the east see. The downside is that we occasionally have to deal with crazy weather. I've seen thirty inches of snow the first week of October and thirteen inches on Mother's Day. Both times, the snow melted quickly.
Heat and humidity zap my energy. Cold invigorates me, and I also enjoy the short winter days. I love the time change and when it starts getting dark at 4:30 pm.
Cold obviously, I've answered this on other threads. My favorite Koppen climate belt is DFA, boreal forest zone. I find extreme heat and humidity as well as strong sun angle in the southern 1/2 of the US to be intolerable. My cold tolerance is far greater than most Americans, I can easily deal with -15 to -20F temperatures without much wind.
Yeah wind changes everything. It makes cold weather worse and hot weather is a 50/50. I actually like the blowdryer winds of Arizona, but many Arizonans disagree and think it makes it feel hotter. I like windy days in Arizona.
I like winter more like yourself, though I am not sure about going that cold given my background haha. I wonder if you would like Flagstaff's weather, it gets in the 80s/high 70s in the summer but snows up into April. Flagstaff has an interesting Koppen classification of Mediterranean continental that is very unique. Flagstaff is also the snowiest city in the country with 100+" of snowfall every year. It makes a great ski town, which is why Snowbowl is so popular.
I also think the cold is invigorating and the heat makes me lethargic. That's why I am looking for a way out of Arizona. I do good with the heat though, out of pure necessity, as I usually average a few miles or so every day of walking, even in the Arizona heat. After a while the walking does not seem so bad, even in 100+. Normally I'd prefer 80 and lower for outdoor activities.
Yeah wind changes everything. It makes cold weather worse and hot weather is a 50/50. I actually like the blowdryer winds of Arizona, but many Arizonans disagree and think it makes it feel hotter. I like windy days in Arizona.
I like winter more like yourself, though I am not sure about going that cold given my background haha. I wonder if you would like Flagstaff's weather, it gets in the 80s/high 70s in the summer but snows up into April. Flagstaff has an interesting Koppen classification of Mediterranean continental that is very unique. Flagstaff is also the snowiest city in the country with 100+" of snowfall every year. It makes a great ski town, which is why Snowbowl is so popular.
I also think the cold is invigorating and the heat makes me lethargic. That's why I am looking for a way out of Arizona. I do good with the heat though, out of pure necessity, as I usually average a few miles or so every day of walking, even in the Arizona heat. After a while the walking does not seem so bad, even in 100+. Normally I'd prefer 80 and lower for outdoor activities.
Flagstaff is like the western version of a Boone, NC (higher elevated, mild climate). My main problem with Flagstaff is that it is still too dry overall, but it would be my pick if I was forced to live in Arizona.
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