Southern California to Grand rapids area

[beachmouse]

Lots of lake effect snow and sunny winter days are fundamentally incompatible with each other. There are years when my dad on the west side of GR will say he only saw the sun three times in all of January.

[RomanBrick]

January and February are good times to visit those friends that moved to Palm Springs, Miami, etc..

[magellan]

Originally Posted by juliette

That sounds great. Can you tell me about the weather, is there plenty of sunny days even in the winter because I've heard around the Great Lakes there are days or weeks or longer with gray gloomy depressing weather. Or is that typically just during a storm or lake effect?

We can handle the cold and lots of snow but we definitely need some sunny days to re-energize and recharge the batteries if you know what I mean

Thanks again so much

I will not lie to you, there is very little sun in the winter.

Americans (and most advanced countries) spend 98% of their days indoors, I don't know if sun is as important as people make it out to be though.

You have to re-energize through physical fitness around here. And there are many outdoor winters sports to enjoy.

[juliette]

Originally Posted by beachmouse

Lots of lake effect snow and sunny winter days are fundamentally incompatible with each other. There are years when my dad on the west side of GR will say he only saw the sun three times in all of January.

Thank you for your response. I totally understand that and just wondered if you had plenty of sunny days in the winter when there wasn't lake effect snow was going on or do you have a kind of haze that blocks out the sun like my friend who lived in Ohio told me about? Was wondering about that and it sounds like you do and I'm assuming all around the Great Lakes does that in the winter time

Thanks again

[homeschooldad1]

The closer you are to the lake, the more snow the area will get. If you live towards Holland rather then out towards Muskegon you will be closer to more homeschool groups. I have family in Zeeland and that is a very nice traditional oriented community.

[Coldjensens]

For driving, if you get Blizzack tires for winter driving you will be fine, regardless of the kind of car. You have to change them out in the warmer months because they will wear out ina a single season on dry roads and warm weather.

It is very not sunny for long periods. That is a combination of very short days (dark from 9 a.m. and dark at 4 p.m.) and overcast. the solution is: when it is finally sunny, get outside a lot, no matter what, even if you just go for a walk during lunchtime; take a vacation to Florida or California during late January or February; get some prescription vitamin D. They used to have a contest to guess the number of hours of sunshine we would get int he month of February. The winners were appealingly small numbers.

Do not buy one of those dumb "Happy Lights" They are a scam.

There are sunny days in the winter, and the sunny days are especially beautiful because the air is so clear. "Plenty?" Well I supposed that is a relative measure, but few people would call the number of sunny winter days "plenty" It is overcast a lot. Is 3 "plenty"? https://www.currentresults.com/Weath...e-february.php