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San Antonio and Austin???
They have similar summer heat indices as Houston but colder winters. The humidity is similar but the temperatures in average run higher. Don't forget the Texas Valley that is hot even in winter.
Not sure why people think the bad weather starts at Houston. This past July, Houston hit 100 only 4 days.
San Antonio hit 100 for 27 days. Austin was over 100 for 29 days. Dallas was over a 100 every day in July except the 1st 2.
On average Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas-Fort, San Antonio and Austin have hotter summers than Houston, with the 1st 3 having hotter heat indices and the last 2 having similar heat indices to Houston.
Phoenix by far has the highest feels like Temps so idk how it could be tier 2. Phoenix is in a class by itself as big cities go. Maybe Last Vegas would be in that tier.
You would be hard pressed to find a list of hottest major US cities that don't list Phoenix and Vegas as the top 2. Starting from Houston and going to Memphis excludes cities with the most brutal heat. I would start in McAllen and go up to Sacramento. That way you are not lopping off Amarillo, OKC, Tucson... all of which feel as bad or worse than Memphis.
Draw a line from Houston up to Memphis across to Charlotte. That's the worst of the worst.
Tier 2 is the desert SW.
Tier 3 is a tie between the KC-DC belt and the miserable PacNW.
Tier 4 is Portland, ME to Buffalo to Chicago to Spokane.
IMNSO your line that starts with Houston should also include Austin, San Antonio, DFW, and even OKC. They all suck from May/June 'til September/October.
I just left Colorado and I’d make an argument for Denver. It’s deceptively harsh. Blazing hot sun, dry, thin, dusty, sometimes smoky air, mild but long dull winters with lots of ice that refreezes every night for months on the streets and sidewalks. Not necessarily at fault of the climate, but the brown cloud that sits over the front range. I felt tired there a lot even when I chugged water. I moved back to the Dayton, OH area a few days ago and the weather and lush landscape is so pleasant and refreshing. It’s beautiful here and I can breath deeply again! I’ll never complain about humidity again. Never thought I’d be dissing Colorado while referencing Ohio but that day has come
I've had business cards that say Denver. The typical January day, you're scraping ice off the windshield before going to the office and you're wearing an Oxford shirt and down vest going out to lunch at noon wearing sunglasses. I'm not a big fan of the summers but the winter is very mild compared to where I live in New England.
Draw a line from Houston up to Memphis across to Charlotte. That's the worst of the worst.
Tier 2 is the desert SW.
Tier 3 is a tie between the KC-DC belt and the miserable PacNW.
Tier 4 is Portland, ME to Buffalo to Chicago to Spokane.
I just can't see how anyone could find the PNW worse than anywhere in Tier 4. PNW winters are much warmer and summers cooler and much less humid. The dew point rarely gets above 60. Portland averages more sunshine throughout the year than Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Cleveland.
I just can't see how anyone could find the PNW worse than anywhere in Tier 4. PNW winters are much warmer and summers cooler and much less humid. The dew point rarely gets above 60. Portland averages more sunshine throughout the year than Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Cleveland.
Correct, Pacific Northwest has pleasantly mild temperatures most of the year, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Cleveland have much sloppier weather- far more clouds in the summer and lots of freeze/thaw cycles in the winter. You have to be much further north to have consistent dry powder snow that is much easier to deal with.
Tier 3 is a tie between the KC-DC belt and the miserable PacNW.
Tier 4 is Portland, ME to Buffalo to Chicago to Spokane.
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Originally Posted by nadnerb
I just can't see how anyone could find the PNW worse than anywhere in Tier 4. PNW winters are much warmer and summers cooler and much less humid. The dew point rarely gets above 60.
lol yeah, people who think Seattle has worse weather than Chicago clearly haven't lived in either city. It's not even close. Chicago has miserably humid summers, extremely short falls and springs, and brutally cold winters (with windchills in the -20F). To top it off, the winters in Chicago are brown, brown and brown and the trees don't flower until May. The grass is literally green in Seattle in the winters and flower bloom in February.
lol yeah, people who think Seattle has worse weather than Chicago clearly haven't lived in either city. It's not even close. Chicago has miserably humid summers, extremely short falls and springs, and brutally cold winters (with windchills in the -20F). To top it off, the winters in Chicago are brown, brown and brown and the trees don't flower until May. The grass is literally green in Seattle in the winters and flower bloom in February.
Correct, lots of evergreen trees in Chicago, but all are planted for the forced "winter greenery" effect. Seattle is much greener in the winter.
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