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Syracuse NY?! OMG THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST OVERRATED CLIMATES ON THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN GET SNOW AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WELL INTO MARCH, APRIL AND EVEN MAY! SPRING IS OPTIONAL HERE. Summers are boring, most years you don't even get 90F. For some reason March is just as likely to get snow and freezing temperatures as December Winters seem to last forever and are greyer than a slab of concrete! SYRACUSE NY IS AN AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL CLIMATE AND YOU DO NOT REALLY KNOW HOW ATROCIOUS IT IS UNTIL YOU SPEND A YEAR OR TWO THERE. THIS IS NOT A FOUR SEASON PARADISE, MORE LIKE A WINTER PARADISE WITH A NONEXISTENT SPRING AND A BORING SUMMER DEVOID OF ANY SERIOUS HEAT
I can see why you find Syracuse overrated but you did post some false information.
Most years in Syracuse DO reach 90: Since 1902, just 10 years failed to reach 90. That's 91% of years that do get to 90.
March is NOT just as likely as December to get snow and freezing temps. March averages 18.0" of snow, December averages 32.7". March has a mean of 34.2, December has a mean of 29.4. Yes, there's still cold/snow in March. No, its not the same as December.
13 Mays have had snow, 24 have reached 90. Sure, May can get snow...but rarely...and it gets to 90 more often. May has an average high close to 70 degrees. It's just variable, not cold and is certainly springlike.
I can see why you find Syracuse overrated but you did post some false information.
Most years in Syracuse DO reach 90: Since 1902, just 10 years failed to reach 90. That's 91% of years that do get to 90.
March is NOT just as likely as December to get snow and freezing temps. March averages 18.0" of snow, December averages 32.7". March has a mean of 34.2, December has a mean of 29.4. Yes, there's still cold/snow in March. No, its not the same as December.
13 Mays have had snow, 24 have reached 90. Sure, May can get snow...but rarely...and it gets to 90 more often. May has an average high close to 70 degrees. It's just variable, not cold and is certainly springlike.
Regardless of whether those facts were right or wrong, it's still a terrible climate, although Im not sure how it's overrated
Regardless of whether those facts were right or wrong, it's still a terrible climate, although Im not sure how it's overrated
It has a lot of fans. As I said, climates like San Diego and Perth aren't always people's favourites as the stereotype goes. There are lot of people who are fans of Boston, Toronto, Chicago and other trashes.
Ask the cold or four seasonal lovers their favourite climate, and they'll usually pick something like Syracuse. They all have the same mindset; They're fans of humid continental climates that must be rainy all year round and extremely snowy in the winter. Really irks me (I don't care if it's an "opinion" - we all have the right to critique an opinion, because well, it's OUR opinion too).
Furthermore, it amazes me how continental lovers would choose the above climate and yet they'll generally hate something like this , because it's "too dry/sunny". Just Lol. They want their four seasonal climate to have everything (blizzards, floods), but just not sunshine. Pfft....
Syracuse is an awesome climate, one of the best in the Northeast US.
^Yerevan is decent too, but definitely not as good as Syracuse precisely because of the reasons you mentioned (and because of warmer transitions). Though it does have better geography.
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Originally Posted by Shalop
Anything humid subtropical or tropical.
Garbage climates imo.
Forgot to mention, let's add Mediterranean climates to that list.
It has a lot of fans. As I said, climates like San Diego and Perth aren't always people's favourites as the stereotype goes. There are lot of people who are fans of Boston, Toronto, Chicago and other trashes.
Ask the cold or four seasonal lovers their favourite climate, and they'll usually pick something like Syracuse. They all have the same mindset; They're fans of humid continental climates that must be rainy all year round and extremely snowy in the winter. Really irks me (I don't care if it's an "opinion" - we all have the right to critique an opinion, because well, it's OUR opinion too).
Furthermore, it amazes me how continental lovers would choose the above climate and yet they'll generally hate something like this , because it's "too dry/sunny". Just Lol. They want their four seasonal climate to have everything (blizzards, floods), but just not sunshine. Pfft....
Because an overt amount of sunshine is boring. I'm OK with about 45-50% possible sunshine, you get above about 60% or below 35-40% sunshine and it'll be too sunny or too cloudy for me. Also usually too much sunshine indicates there's a lack of thunderstorms or not enough rain.
I think critiquing someone's "opinion" is rather meaningless though. What does it accomplish? The person is not going to suddenly change their mind after the critique. Matter of fact, it might induce a hostile reply. Like who the **** are you to question my preferences?
Btw - not a personal attack against you or anything so please don't take it like that. Just giving you the other side of things. It can be quite annoying to constantly have to "explain" your preferences when really there shouldn't be a reason to do so. People like what they like period. Now someone with extreme preference (say someone who likes 120 F summers or -80 F winters) might come across a bit weird and not genuine, but eh who cares? There's bigger worries in life than to wonder why someone likes what they like or "critique" it.
Syracuse is an awesome climate, one of the best in the Northeast US.
^Yerevan is decent too, but definitely not as good as Syracuse precisely because of the reasons you mentioned (and because of warmer transitions). Though it does have better geography.
Forgot to mention, let's add Mediterranean climates to that list.
Yep, continental and subarctic climates are the best, Canada and Siberia specifically.
Desert climates and semi-arid climates can be good too, on the colder end of those regimes.
Polar and ice cap climates... I'd love spending a year at an Antarctic research station.
Wow I guess we just have completely opposite preferences! I honestly don't understand people like you.
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Regardless of whether those facts were right or wrong, it's still a terrible climate, although Im not sure how it's overrated
