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You may as well live in different climate when it comes to comparing your 'Winters' with mines.
Sure it was 7c at your place today and it ain't even gonna get above 5c in the mild sector tonight.
Yes it gets colder where you are, but when the UK has a cold winter it still gets cold here, just not as cold as where you live. Winters 2008/2009, 2009/2010 & 2010/2011 had notable cold snaps, but only 2010 was below average (& saw record breaking lows in N.I)...
It's in the 70s here in AL as well. It sucks. I try to just close the drapes, turn on the Christmas lights, and try not to look outside as I imagine it being 20 degrees and snowy outside. But alas, it's only a dream...
For those folks on here who don't want it mild in the winter, why do alot of you (like the OP), choose to live in the deep South? You DO realize that in the winter it might only get "chilly" on occasion. I moved to deep S. Texas to enjoy warmer winters, so I for one, am enjoying the nice weather.
Oftentimes it is not by choice (for example, being born there), and/or moving out may not be financially viable. For most people, moving out is easier said than done.
However, I would strongly advise coldies in the South to move far to the north if at all possible. Sure, winters down the road will get colder, but moving to where the winter is reliable would give you a winter right away, as opposed to years down the road. Also, if you move to a place like Anchorage, winter is going to be infinitely better than the Deep South, even if Houston goes back to Little Ice Age climate. It would take a much colder climate regime than that to give Houston a real winter.
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Originally Posted by deneb78
I don't understand why people are complaining about 70s and 80s weather.. Unless you're completely heat intolerant, it's not that hot.
As for myself, I am quite heat intolerant, and even 70F is pushing my tolerance, and anything much above 80F is unacceptable. However, this isn't about preference, not tolerance - which sort of weather you want at which time of year.
Let's say it was 30/45F all summer. Unless you're completely cold intolerant, it isn't that cold and you should be able to tolerate it just fine. However, I'm sure you think that would be extremely lousy weather for summer, for the simple reason that you don't want that in summer.
In the same fashion, us cold weather fans do not want 70's and 80's in winter - most of us are of the opinion that they have their place, and that place is summer. They are an unwelcome infestation in December, which happens to be winter. In winter we want snowy and cold weather to dominate, just like you want warm-to-hot weather to dominate in summer (and the rest of the year too).
Yellowknife is more to my liking. -8F to -30F is well within the zone of wintry temps already, and there's more snow there than in Yakutsk. It should also be noted that Yakutsk is going to have a similar temperature range to Yellowknife in the next week or so, so the snow is the only big difference.
Plus, I don't see what this proves in relation to the topic at hand. The difference between 0F and 70F is like the difference between night and day when it comes to wintry weather.
What it proves, as the OP kept changing the direction of the topic by adding bits if information they were most interested in learning, made this conversation evolve onto what it is now. Therefore, the topic and discussions that have followed, are relevant to the OP's thoughts.
I think the point I was trying to make is that its silly to complain about hot weather living in Houston, anymore than it is complaining about subfreezing weather in Yellowknife or rainy weather in Vancouver. Assuming the OP grew up there, they would know to expect hot weather in Houston at almost any time of year. Plus in addition to that they may have the option down the road to move to a colder and snowier climate like Anchorage when they are able to unlike heat lovers in Canada like me who have a much more difficult time as immigration to another country is the only option
For those folks on here who don't want it mild in the winter, why do alot of you (like the OP), choose to live in the deep South? You DO realize that in the winter it might only get "chilly" on occasion. I moved to deep S. Texas to enjoy warmer winters, so I for one, am enjoying the nice weather.
I'm a native Houstonian. I know our winters here are mild. But for the past few days, Houston has been way above average. 83 degress in December is not the norm.
My only point in this thread was me simply wondering why the south doesn't seem to experience extreme winter weather more often. We're frequently above average but rarely below average, it seems.
Keep in mind that weather isn't the only reason people choose to live somewhere. Just because I find our winters to be less than ideal doesn't mean I don't love my life here.
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