50 State Winter Misery Index
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dodge man
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I live in Illinois and its like a lot of states, parts have some really bad winters and other parts winter almost doesn't exist. It really long north and south. I grew up in the Chicago area and went to college in Carbondale, which is far southern Illinois. I remember hearing about the winter was really bad one year I was in Carbondale. I thought what winter!
300UGUY
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I read this, turned around and looked at my weather station. Welcome to the sunshine state! :thumbsup:
Cool panel there. We have some weeks where you cannot see the sun for days. Get a really bad overcast, people are driving with lights on at noon. But we do get some warmer days, we don't get solid cold usually. Then we have a lot of slush, as the snow melts. Then it refreezes....
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A lot of people around my California Hospital... staff and Doctors hail from Michigan with many University of Michigan grads...
They have lots of things they like about Michigan but weather has never been mentioned.
They have lots of things they like about Michigan but weather has never been mentioned.
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The Ohio River is so darn pretty!!!
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The place in continental US with regularly the worst weather: Mount Washington NH. Averages 282" of snow and crazy windy. Snows 118 days per year on average.
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DuckSlayer1017
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Honestly I love the four seasons we have in Michigan. I even saw the sun for about 15 minutes today
The Great Lakes do a great job of regulating the climate. We don't get too hot in the summer, winter is cold but not usually cold like northern MN. We don't really have earthquakes, tornados or hurricanes. All and all it is a nice place to live. I think a lot of people just need to find an outdoor hobby in the winter and they would be a lot happier. I'd go crazy if I spent the entire winter inside like some do.
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A few winters ago I went to visit a customer in central Maine. And I noticed a lot of pickups had flags on their front bumpers. The snow banks are so high, at intersections you have to very slowly creep out until you can see and be seen. Worse than Boston....
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MinnesotaEric
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Good morning. Where I'm at in humble Nevis, MN, it is again colder than all of Canada, Alaska, the Arctic Circle, and the North Pole.
Welcome to northern Minnesota!
Welcome to northern Minnesota!
rekees4300
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Yeah isn't it nice, the Army Corps of Engineers has been working on it. :laughing: