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texas is cold and snowy in winter, sprinkled with tornadoes? this is the second bizarre statement about the texas weather on here in the past few days
I don't know about tornadoes in winter, but the panhandle can get quite cold. People forget how big TX is. The panhandle is basically the southern part of the Great Plains and gets similar, if a little milder, weather. Temps in Amarillo can drop below zero in winter, although most days it's not that cold, below freezing O/N and in the AM, but up in the 40's by afternoon. But when fronts come through it can be bitterly cold.
My vote would be for somewhere in the Northern Great Plains, like the Dakotas.
For big cities I have lived in I would have to say Dallas. Surprised we are that many pages in and no one has mentioned it. Dallas has about 4 months of perfect weather, 2 months of ok weather and 6 of horrible weather.
It's summers are almost as bad as the usual summer offenders and it's winters are horrible. Too hot and dry for a quarter of the year and too cold, windy and icy for another quarter. Definitely one of the major worst of the worsts. April, May, October and November are really nice though
True, but there is a big difference in climate between southern and northern Wisconsin, although very few people live in northern Wisconsin. During a cold winter northern Wisconsin can see low temperatures colder than -20F over a four month duration.
The only reason I was talking about texas is because I have applied for jobs there and the economy is great. I dont really understand the talk about how bad winter is?I am mainly talking about the texas triangle cities. most of the texas triangle averages in high 50s and 60s and lows in 40s and occasionally high 30's in the winter months . none of them get significant snowfall. If you love to garden not having frozen ground is huge, most of the texas triangle cities average around a 300 day growing season.
The Great Plains for sure. I mean, Bismarck has a record high of 114 and a record low of like -41.
That's what I thought. Growing up around the Midwest you learn that the farther west you are in the Midwest (for the most part) the colder the winters and the hotter the summers.
I'm surprised people would say Chicago. I HATE HATE HATE heat and humidity, but 90% of the time Chicago is fine in the summers. Highs in the lower 80's for the most part with some 70's and some 90's, but mostly it's just your random heat wave that actually drives me crazy. Usually it's fine.
Then there are very moderate years, like last summer or this winter.
That's what I thought. Growing up around the Midwest you learn that the farther west you are in the Midwest (for the most part) the colder the winters and the hotter the summers.
I'm surprised people would say Chicago. I HATE HATE HATE heat and humidity, but 90% of the time Chicago is fine in the summers. Highs in the lower 80's for the most part with some 70's and some 90's, but mostly it's just your random heat wave that actually drives me crazy. Usually it's fine.
Then there are very moderate years, like last summer or this winter.
Not many cold weather months here where you see almost as many days in the 60's and 70's as you had in the 0's, 10's and 20's combined.
Then again, this past winter is a bad example, considering it was warmer than normal east of the Rocky Mountains. It'd be like passing off 2011-2012 as a typical winter, or even 2013-2014 to the opposite extreme.
Yes, Eagle River, WI can see low temperatures of -20F or colder in December, January, February, and March. Those aren't "average lows" but the possibility exists. A couple winter seasons ago they had a -30F low temperature in March.
I can attest to this I live in NYC and the summer humidity is so bad that even 75 degrees feels like 95 sometimes.... Thankfully, most trains have A/C but the stations definitely do not. You can feel the heat just hit you when you walk into a station
All subway trains have had A/C for awhile. If they work..
Fairbanks, Alaska? 99°F record high and -66°F record low. Also the sun and time zone are f*cked up where the daytime is only 11:00 to 2:40 in winter and night is only 1-3 am in summer (and it's bright enough to read books all night for months) and the sunrises and sunsets are centered on 2pm during daylight savings time.
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I live in NYC and the summer humidity is so bad that even 75 degrees feels like 95 sometimes.... Thankfully, most trains have A/C but the stations definitely do not. You can feel the heat just hit you when you walk into a station
