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Which Severe Winter Continental Climate would you choose to live in for those who love the cold and snow
1. Fargo, North Dakota
2. Columbus, Ohio
3. Minneapolis, Minnesota
4. Chicago, Illinois
5. Indianapolis, Indiana
6. Other City with a severe winter/continental climate
You live in long island and I doubt you have experienced -40 before for prolonged periods of time. I haven't and I know no one who was sane would want to. Why do you like the cold? And have you experienced cold like that before?
Fargo is by far the coldest of the bunch and as I live about 70 miles north of them the area doesnt see many days of above freezing weather in the DJF period....thus what snow that falls stays on the ground and it can remain quite cold for a long period. Minneapolis isnt quite as cold but often over the winter can have more snowfall due to being closer to the storm track. The other cities dont have a severe winter climate except on rare occasions.
Fargo is by far the coldest of the bunch and as I live about 70 miles north of them the area doesnt see many days of above freezing weather in the DJF period....thus what snow that falls stays on the ground and it can remain quite cold for a long period. Minneapolis isnt quite as cold but often over the winter can have more snowfall due to being closer to the storm track. The other cities dont have a severe winter climate except on rare occasions.
Any place that gets snow in winter has "severe" winters by global standards. The majority of the human population lives in the tropical or warm subtropical belts and have never seen a snowflake in their lives.
You live in long island and I doubt you have experienced -40 before for prolonged periods of time. I haven't and I know no one who was sane would want to. Why do you like the cold? And have you experienced cold like that before?
I've experienced -24F with a wind chill of -40F before when I visited upstate NY. I was able to stay outside for 45 minutes in these conditions wearing three layers on top and two on bottom. It didn't really feel that extreme. It was fun, on the contrary (though I got some frostnip on my nose and ankles; it healed quickly).
Also, during the past few arctic blasts I was outside in temps of 2F with wind chills of -20F for 30-40 minute periods wearing little clothing. There's really nothing extraordinary about this kind of cold.
Undoubtedly I'd love to experience this on a regular basis. So yeah, I'd love to live in Int'l Falls or a climate like Yakutsk's and I'm perfectly sane (I think ).
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Originally Posted by ABrandNewWorld
Any place that gets snow in winter has "severe" winters by global standards. The majority of the human population lives in the tropical or warm subtropical belts and have never seen a snowflake in their lives.
The combined populations of Europe, Russia, northern and central Asia, US, and Canada is still pretty substantial. It seems like you're saying that cold/snowy climates are inherently unnatural for human inhabitation and that tropical climates are natural. I beg to differ.
Any place that gets snow in winter has "severe" winters by global standards. The majority of the human population lives in the tropical or warm subtropical belts and have never seen a snowflake in their lives.
I disagree a severe winter is not living in the temperate zone of the world and having a few inches of snow a year. A large part of the earth is in that zone...esp in the NH with the larger land masses vs the SH. Severe winter wx would be a place that routinely has snowcover for a long stretch at a time and has long periods of below freezing weather.
Most of the worlds' major cities lie in the more temperate zone ... incl Chicago, New York City....Seattle... London...Paris....Berlin....Frankfurt....Stockholm ....Moscow...Beijing... Tokyo... all of those do see snow nearly each winter....but of varying amounts and frequency.
They're all good but before opening the thread I expected to see Winnipeg and a bunch of russian and northern chinese cities.
I'd probably pick Minneapolis.
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