Which Midwestern City has the most tolerable winter climate? (snow, warmest, record)

[Isleofpalms85]

Which Midwestern City has the most tolerable winter climate? Also please give the pros and cons for your City that you voted for.

St. Louis, Missouri
Indianapolis,Indiana
Minneapolis,Minnesota
Goodland, Kansas
Des Moines, Iowa
Chicago, Illinois
Cincinnati, Ohio

[Adi from the Brunswicks]

St Louis isn't that bad. Similar to central NJ.

[chicagogeorge]

From that list, St. Louis has the mildest winters. It's their summers that I really like

[Infamous92]

Definitely St. Louis.

[alex985]

I think all Midwestern cities have tolerable winters, but to the average person I'd say St. Louis, or Goodland, KS.

[gordo]

St. Louis. The one with the warmest winters. Either that or which ever midwestern city is the furthest south.

[deneb78]

Goodland, KS looks good... I like the warmer winters and less precip than the other cities.

[Kamsack]

st louis has the mildest winters of the bunch, though very close to Cincinnati. Goodland while it can be mild and dry...can get sudden weather changes and blizzards and high winds are not un-expected in the winter season. Goodland can have very changeable weather as can all areas in the high plains from E Colorado/W Kansas northward.

But for me I like a cold winter so neither of those cities really fits my bill....closest would be the Twin Cities, which is about 300 miles southeast of where I live.

[Crunch41]

Yeah, Goodland has mild averages but a record low of -27F, averages a few inches of snow in April, and has seen snow in June.

EDIT:


Actually, looking at it, there apparently was 3.5 inches of snow on June 28, 1989 but the record low for the date is 43F and Weather Underground shows 91/59 with 4.15 inches of rain in a short period, maybe there was hail. (It shows 3.6" in an hour!)

And another 2 inches on June 21, 1951 is suspicious too, the low was 45 F and there was another thunderstorm with heavy rain, about 2" in an hour.

Same with May 31, 2006 (78/50, heavy thunderstorms and 2.42" rain)

It has seen snow in mid-may though.

[Drover]

I don't know why everyone is saying St. Louis. St. Louis winters suck. Too cold for normal outdoor activities, not cold enough for winter outdoor activities. At least up north you can actually put the cold to good use.