Your definition of a "true" winter (climate, snowfall, average)

[zeppelin171]

For me, a climate needs to have average lows at no higher than 36F or so, there has to be measurable snowfall most winters, and preferably significant percip each winter month. So a place like Portland or Seattle would barely qualify as having a "true" winter in my book. Both have good winters IMO.

What about you, where do you draw the line?

[alex985]

For me, a true winter has average highs below 55 F, lows below 35 F, gets snowfall each year (so >1" of snow a year). So Atlanta and Birmingham are pretty much the cut-off for me.

[Mhc1985]

True winter? A season of the year in which temperatures are noticeable lower and nights are clearly longer than in the opposite period. As simple as that. Winters are relative to the climatology of each place. I don't understand the fuss in this forum for pointing a threshold.

Dubai, Porto Alegre, New York, Montreal, Verhojansk, all of them have true winters.

Manaus, Darwin, the summit of Kilimanjaro, don't.

[Adi from the Brunswicks]

True winter = Average Highs below 50 F and lows below freezing. A winter with above freezing lows or highs above 50 F unacceptable.

So, pretty much Anything north of Charlotte, NC is acceptable as having a winter. The rest have a 3 season climate.

[Wildcat15]

Average highs at or below 70 F.

[nei]

one where I feel cold

[Susannah18]

Average highs at or below freezing for at least 4 months, consistent snow cover with at least 60" annual snowfall. Anything less is just an extended autumn/early spring.

[micC]

Temperature not rising above freezing on at least 60% of days. Precipitation predominantly in the form of snow.

[Full Overcast Cold]

Average highs under 15C

[wawa1992]

Average temperature below freezing, and most precipitation as snow.