[winter-rabbit]

Coming from New England, everyday above 40 here is shorts for me!

Love being in shorts 65% of the days here!!

[macgeek]

LOL you guys!
we have a 'Hard Winter' (below 32°) for TWO WEEKS -- It's "cooler" here from Oct 01 - End of Feb.
then we have first spring then in March, we have second Spring.

To quote my old GF "Vegas has two seasons, summer and January"

Jonathan

[airics]

Originally Posted by SportyandMisty

Winters here are just brutal. 20 below zero for weeks at a time, 16 foot snow drifts... the entire city just shuts down for 4 months.

Thank goodness we all live in the casinos.

[Everdeen]

Originally Posted by svedski

Well, I'm Swedish and spent my first 20-25 years of my life there. Temp was about 10 to 50 degrees for 6-9 months a year, with lots of rain, snow and wind.

But doesn't mean I liked it (far from it).

I would love that type of weather.

People who are from places which have really tough winters, consider our winters mild. We have a few days below freezing and even get some snowflakes every year.

Originally Posted by UTES

December through February only requires wearing a light jacket - unless you're a full-time local, in which case, a Winter coat and gloves are in order. It's an easy way to spot the locals v. visitors to Las Vegas.

Bill

You do get acclimated to it and, eventually, our winters are cold to us.

[OmegaSupreme]

Felt "cold" for only 2 weeks last winter, had to be the mildest and most short lived winter I've experienced

[lvoc]

The "Season" is generally from Thanksgiving to Easter. Snowbirds show up in November and leave in March.

Spring comes in February. Actually exactly so this year. First growth on the Rose bushes was on February 1. First Roses around February 15.

We have been here 19 years so are pretty well acclimatized. Our max is a light jacket. We have gloves and everything up to and including parkas but only for a winter trip to Mt. Charleston or such.

We have an atrium off our master bath with a set of plants that don't survive a freeze. We protect them with a small space heater that turns on at the low 30s. Practically never runs.

[Willy702]

Well considering half the people move here from California where its a tad warmer I get the thoughts its cold.

[Tornado Baby]

I am from Nirth Dakota and grew up in Minnesota. You don't have to shovel heat, so love that. If you are used to the hot weather, 80 feels cool. I went to MN at Christmas, left at -35 and arrubpved at 50. Felt great! It is all relative.

[Tornado Baby]

Sorry for the typo. Supposed to say arrived back at 50. Must be getting warm here!

[usnftcret]

Originally Posted by OmegaSupreme

Felt "cold" for only 2 weeks last winter, had to be the mildest and most short lived winter I've experienced

It was more like one week of real winter.