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As I stated in another post, I may be moving to the Raleigh area. Just wondering about the weather. Where I am here in Michigan, we get about 3 1/2 4 months of good weather. By that, I mean where you can enjoy being outside without shivering. We get about 18-25 inches of snow a year. And, it gets as cold as -5, which can last for a week or more. And, throughout the year, we are famous for our lack of sun. How about down there? I know there are the 4 seasons down there, but I'm hoping winter isn't a killer like it is here....lol.
Winter lasts about 5 minutes here...at least compared to what you're used to. I've lived here 10 years and I think we have gotten snow (not including a ddusting that melts within 24 hours) 3 times. We occassionally get lows in the teens but that is generally no more than a couple weeks total. I'm not basing this on fact, just my feelings about it which may or may not be accurate. Temps in Jan/Feb stay around 35-45 in the daytime. Fall is long and you can get temps in the 60's/70's all the way through December! Not consistently, mind you, just that occasional beautiful day after cooler temps in the 50's.
We get some snow here - not like Michigan. But, we have no way to deal with it; few plows, salt trucks, etc. So when it snows it's a DISASTER - even if it's just a quarter of a inch.
The flipside is the heat and humidity in the summer. It can be quite unbearable.
We get some snow here - not like Michigan. But, we have no way to deal with it; few plows, salt trucks, etc. So when it snows it's a DISASTER - even if it's just a quarter of a inch.
The flipside is the heat and humidity in the summer. It can be quite unbearable.
Yeah, I have heard about areas not getting much snow, and it paralyzes them due to lack of removal ability. Up here, we trudge to work in 9 inches of the stuff.
The humidity is a killer a lot here in the summer to. It can get way up there.
The humidity is a killer a lot here in the summer to. It can get way up there.
SE Michigan humidity is NOTHING compared to it down here! I moved to NC from Ann Arbor about 3 years ago, and what I felt was bad humidity has sooooo been trumped by NC humidity!
Yeah, I have heard about areas not getting much snow, and it paralyzes them due to lack of removal ability. Up here, we trudge to work in 9 inches of the stuff.
The humidity is a killer a lot here in the summer to. It can get way up there.
The great thing about it down here is when it snows (even a couple of inches), the world stops. My first year here I drove through a snow storm to get to work. It wasn't that bad....took me about 10 minutes longer than usual.
I got to work and the door was locked and no one had shown up.
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