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Post by Speagles84 on Jan 9, 2019 18:30:40 GMT -5
See question above.
In this scenario, a winter month is:
- Average monthly high of 30F (-1.1C) or below
- Average monthly low of 15F (-9.4C) or below
- Absolute maximum temperature of 50F (10.0C)
- Snow cover on majority of days
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Post by Speagles84 on Jan 9, 2019 18:31:40 GMT -5
I would prefer 4 or 5 months like this, any more would make having 4 seasons impossible.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 18:31:48 GMT -5
None, ever. A winter month that cold is impossible here.
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Post by Speagles84 on Jan 9, 2019 18:33:58 GMT -5
None, ever. A winter month that cold is impossible here. I'm saying what would you prefer in your ideal scenario.
I usually only get one or 2 months with these condition, at best. |
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Post by AJ1013 on Jan 9, 2019 18:38:59 GMT -5
Coldest month in my ideal climate is 45/24 so I guess no winter? My dream climate gets 60" of snow though lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 18:41:58 GMT -5
None, ever. A winter month that cold is impossible here. I'm saying what would you prefer in your ideal scenario.
I usually only get one or 2 months with these condition, at best. Still none. Midwinter in my ideal climate is 16c/10c with a record low of 2c. |
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 9, 2019 18:50:27 GMT -5
None? I like winter but not that cold. Even Rochester has no winter in that scenario...
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Post by knot on Jan 9, 2019 18:58:41 GMT -5
4-5 months of Winter-like weather; ideally, like this (May to September; real climate):  May to September; dream climate:  My definition of Winter: period in which snowfall and frost are common, and between May to September they are indeed very common. |
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 9, 2019 19:07:38 GMT -5
If we’re not going by stupid definitions, I want 2.5 months of winter (December to mid February) with snow falling from October to April. Coldest month would average 39/13 (4/-11 C).
Nobody comes to Rochester and complains about not having a winter.
Change it to how many months of X conditions do you want or how many winter months do you want. Don’t define winter by an arbitrary boundary and especially one that doesn’t include climates 100% of people would say have winter weather.
Now I’ll go back to watching the 8” spring snowfall tonight...or wait, is January still fall?
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Post by Morningrise on Jan 9, 2019 20:49:47 GMT -5
By that criteria, two or three months would be satisfactory for me. With snowfall on the majority of days I'd tend to lean more towards two months, but if it was on the drier side I could definitely do three.
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Post by Crunch41 on Jan 9, 2019 22:57:51 GMT -5
About three months by your criteria, but snowfall on most days would be too much snow. If it snowed almost every day, two months. By my own criteria, three to four months. Mid-November to Mid-March would have snow cover more often than not, and almost guaranteed snow cover Mid-winter. A quick warm-up after that to skip the wet, muddy part of the year. That is strict criteria for winter, lots of climates don't meet all four but still have a winter. I'm sure you know but here are a bunch of exceptions. - Average monthly high of 30F (-1.1C) or below: - Average monthly low of 15F (-9.4C) or below - Absolute maximum temperature of 50F (10.0C) - Snowfall on majority of days Telluride has 169" snowfall and regular subzero nights. January average is 38/5F, record high of 58F, and 10 snowy days. (1/4) Alamosa only meets the 15F requirement, but subzero nights are very common. It sees very little snow. (1/4) Sapporo has 235" snowfall and it snows almost every day in winter. January record high is 52F so 50F is rare. Average is 31/19F, too warm. Aomori is even warmer and snowier. (2/4 Sapporo, 1/4 Aomori) Ulaangom meets three of the four. It hardly snows in winter there. Same thing in Vostok. (3/4) Spearfish, SD meets zero of the four. So does Flagstaff, Arizona and Tórshavn. Ifrane too, but it has cold winters for Africa. Alta, Utah is close to meeting zero of the four but the precip days seem to low for a place with 500 inches of snow a year. Of those, I'd only say Torshavn doesn't have a winter. Ifrane doesn't have much of a winter but it has seasons at least.
Inukjuak, everybody's favorite climate, meets the criteria in November and December only. Possibly more than Göle (is it snowy enough?) |
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Post by Babu on Jan 10, 2019 8:30:44 GMT -5
If I had to have a winter, ideally it'd be only two months: December and January, with November and February being the end and start of fall and spring respectively. Or a highly variably winter averaging like 13/5 with most days being in the low 20's but with cold waves bringing snow for a week at the time.
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Post by Hlidskjalf on Jan 10, 2019 13:00:39 GMT -5
No winter at all. The coldest possible month shouldn't be cooler than 25/15. And never snow. Never! I know you all deep down inside agree, because human bodies are adapted to tropical savanna climate and not subarctic taiga climate.
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Post by Donar on Jan 10, 2019 13:21:15 GMT -5
None by your definition, two months by my definition. The last leaves should fall in early December, then snow and cold should be a frequent occurence by mid-December to mid February when spring should kick in.
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Post by Morningrise on Jan 13, 2019 20:42:26 GMT -5
By that criteria, two or three months would be satisfactory for me. With snowfall on the majority of days I'd tend to lean more towards two months, but if it was on the drier side I could definitely do three. Gonna reiterate this. We're about two and a half months into our true winter weather right now and I would be quite happy if we were to go back above freezing in a couple of weeks. Another couple months of this feels too long for me. |
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Post by Ski on Feb 3, 2019 5:06:26 GMT -5
One. If we use a better definition, then 4ish months.
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Post by ral31 on Feb 3, 2019 9:22:10 GMT -5
None if going by the given criteria. Going by my definition, December - February would be winter months. I don't really want a long, drawn out winter. Some cold snaps are nice the 1st half of spring or 2nd half of fall, but I'd prefer comfortable temps to be predominate in the shoulder seasons.
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Post by omegaraptor on Feb 3, 2019 11:04:47 GMT -5
Two months of fairly mild winter would be ideal.
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Post by alex992 on Feb 3, 2019 11:42:56 GMT -5
About five or six months going by your definition, I like long, drawn out winters myself.
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Post by tij on Feb 3, 2019 13:44:49 GMT -5
By your definition, I would prefer 0 months of winter (maybe a few days of a harsh cold snap), but by my oceanic definition, I would prefer around 3, from early-mid December to early March...
-Avg highs below 50/10c
-Avg lows above 32/0c
-Occasional mild spells in the 50s F and cold waves down to the low 20s F.. low 60's and teens are rarer but still possible
-cool and rainy weather with occasional wet snow
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