You Have to Leave Ohio to Appreciate Ohio

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by Cruzincat

I had to leave Ohio in 1972, to find out the weather really sucks where I was living. (Canton). Generally NE Ohio.

Due to climate change, winters have become much more muted in NE Ohio in the 40+ years.

See this thread.

https://www.city-data.com/forum/clev...s-weather.html

Originally Posted by Cruzincat

The only thing I like about the area is the lush green yards, but to get those the humidity is oppressive, in any season. The proximity of the Great Lakes creates a cloud of humid air that maintains a gray sky 90% of the time, and way too much humidity.

False. If you want to see oppressive humidity, check out Miami. Over half the year, Canton relative humidity is very low.

https://weatherspark.com/y/18087/Ave...tions-Humidity

In no season of the year is Canton more than 70 percent cloudy, and in the summer, cloudy to mostly cloudy probability is about 30-50 percent, depending upon the month.

https://weatherspark.com/y/18087/Ave...ections-Clouds

Denver has very low humidity, but much more cloudiness than you have represented.

https://weatherspark.com/y/3709/Aver...ections-Clouds

Denver is very brown due to the absence of humidity and relatively low precipitation. Many transplants from east of the Mississippi hate this aspect of Colorado life, now compounded by increasing wildfires.

[Cruzincat]

Originally Posted by WRnative

Due to climate change, winters have become much more muted in NE Ohio in the 40+ years.

See this thread.

https://www.city-data.com/forum/clev...s-weather.html



False. If you want to see oppressive humidity, check out Miami. Over half the year, Canton relative humidity is very low.
I lived there(Miami) for several years, so you don't have to convince me about the humidity. The difference is, they never have cold humid weather. You live there, you go from air-conditioned house to air-conditioned car to air conditioned store, restaurant, work etc.
https://weatherspark.com/y/18087/Ave...tions-Humidity

In no season of the year is Canton more than 70 percent cloudy, and in the summer, cloudy to mostly cloudy probability is about 30-50 percent, depending upon the month.
When I lived in Canton, and went into the airfare, I saw different parts of the country. San Antonio, Denver, New Hampshire. Afterwards I lived in S Florida, Massachusetts and now in Maryland, Canton never had the number of blue skies, from my experience that the other areas had. Clouds are one thing. Gray skies without a cloud in the sky is something else altogether.
https://weatherspark.com/y/18087/Ave...ections-Clouds

Denver has very low humidity, but much more cloudiness than you have represented.
BS. Denver has smog issues, and usually, at least when I was there in the 70s, the clouds would build up over the mountains until about 2:00 in the afternoon, and then move off to the east dumping rain for about twenty minutes in any one location and then moves off. The rest of the time, the sky is the bluest I have ever seen at ground level. If your link only includes the number of days with clouds, without considering the hours during the day, it is not accurate.
https://weatherspark.com/y/3709/Aver...ections-Clouds

Denver is very brown due to the absence of humidity and relatively low precipitation. Many transplants from east of the Mississippi hate this aspect of Colorado life, now compounded by increasing wildfires.

Yes it is not as green as Ohio, and I believe I made that point. You like Ohio, and don't seem to be bothered by the gray skies and humidity, but some people are. You don't speak for everyone.

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by Cruzincat

Yes it is not as green as Ohio, and I believe I made that point. You like Ohio, and don't seem to be bothered by the gray skies and humidity, but some people are. You don't speak for everyone.

Yes, I enjoy Ohio, but I also enjoy Colorado. You grossly overstated the humidity levels in Ohio, especially outside of summer. I've never, ever heard anybody complain about humidity levels in northern Ohio outside of summer months.

No state is perfection, especially as the onslaught of climate change impacts North America.

Persons that I know who live in Colorado are very concerned about the threat posed by climate change to the state's ski industry.

https://gazette.com/life/how-the-col...cc4f06cbc.html

Knowledgeable Coloradoans also are concerned about wildfires and the resulting loss of forested areas that will seriously impair the beauty of the state.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0312151236.htm

Warmer winters also are reducing the winter kill-off of pine beetles, increasing the state's susceptibility to wildfires.

https://csfs.colostate.edu/forest-ma...n-pine-beetle/

https://www.cpr.org/2019/10/17/color...little-longer/

So expect Colorado to become browner in the 2020s and subsequent decades.

Skiing and enchanting mountain vistas are two of the main draws of Colorado. Their loss will reduce greatly the state's attractiveness.

[sheena12]

Ohio is NOT humid. I was raised on Long Island. Now THAT is humid.

I love Ohio's Summers, Falls, and later Springs. I like winter from December thru January. Very soon, I will have had my fill of Winter. Because of the low cost of living and low priced flights, it's easy to travel. So, I will spend a couple of weeks in Florida, and visit a friend in So Cal.

I love snow from the inside out. By my fireplace. I like to feed the birds. and look at them from the inside. When it snows it's like a snow globe. Unlike Long Island, we frequently have a White Christmas. That was rare when I was growing up there.

When we have blue skies on winter days, they are just so beautiful! I know, cloud cover is more than I would like.

Ohio is nice and green. I found Colorado to be too brown now.

Ohio's Springs and Autumns are worthy of a visit. Our Summers, too.

[Cruzincat]

Originally Posted by sheena12

Ohio is NOT humid. I was raised on Long Island. Now THAT is humid.

I love Ohio's Summers, Falls, and later Springs. I like winter from December thru January. Very soon, I will have had my fill of Winter. Because of the low cost of living and low priced flights, it's easy to travel. So, I will spend a couple of weeks in Florida, and visit a friend in So Cal.

I love snow from the inside out. By my fireplace. I like to feed the birds. and look at them from the inside. When it snows it's like a snow globe. Unlike Long Island, we frequently have a White Christmas. That was rare when I was growing up there.

When we have blue skies on winter days, they are just so beautiful! I know, cloud cover is more than I would like.

Ohio is nice and green. I found Colorado to be too brown now.

Ohio's Springs and Autumns are worthy of a visit. Our Summers, too.

Were/are you in NE Ohio? That is the area I was calling excessively humid. I currently live in Maryland, since 1986. For some of that time I was living on a large Island in the Chesapeake Bay. Even then, it was never as humid as NE Ohio. The prevailing winds blow toward New England, but occasionally blow from the Great Lakes area, toward Maryland. We often get rain and snow as a result here in Maryland. But there are (relatively small) mountains between Ohio and Central/Eastern Maryland. A lot of that moisture form the Great Lakes cannot make the trip and falls as rain/snow in the mountains.

I have sinuses that seemed to get infected all the time whenever I was living in an area of high humidity. South Florida was bad, too, but most of the time I was in air conditioned spaces. When you run air conditioners, it removes moisture from the air. Because it was hot 10 months out of the year, it was more livable than Ohio, where, because of the high humidity with lower temperatures, the air inside would be just as humid as the outside air.

On the other hand, as I got older, I learned the importance of adding humidity when running the furnace in the winter. Controlling the humidity is just as important as controlling the temperature in your home, not just for comfort, but also for your health.

[ram2]

Originally Posted by sheena12

Ohio is NOT humid.

Cincinnati in the summer sure is humid.