British Guy Reacting to British Winters Ain't Got Nothing on America Part 1 & 2

[@Bill_Falsename]

this last winter, parts of the upper peninsula of Michigan fell to -40 degrees centigrade, which is also -40 Fahrenheit. You know its cold when metric and imperial agree with one another.

[@justanotherwhitegirla7093]

In other words it was colder than a witch's tit.

[@morgankuikka4940]

@@justanotherwhitegirla7093 in a brass bra lol

[@whenisdinner2137]

@@morgankuikka4940 surrounded by dry ice

[@matthewgill8332]

I hear ya, I’m in Alberta. We had a week of -40°c this last winter, but with the wind chill it was well over -50. It sucked

[@zookeeper1444]

@@matthewgill8332 do you have a wood furnace or gas? Im assuming wood

[@MasterDanielson]

I always laugh whenever Luka says “Wait what?” 😂

[@tokoloshi2232]

i agree

[@neonoires]

Wait WOT

[@christopherjon1245]

@@neonoires that’s mental lol he says as well…..kills me

[@staceyj8569]

As someone who lives in MN...yes, winters can be rough. Wind chill alone will make you want to cry sometimes.

[@staceyj8569]

Also, I'm not Norwegian...pointing that out.

[@Anotherpuppychild]

When I was a child we lived in Michigan, back when they got a lot of snow. When you're a child it's a playground. Unless you have to walk to school.

[@scottwright7177]

Man, I wish -15 to -20c was the coldest MN got. More like -40c.

[@kjsalomonsen9299]

I grew up in MN and I always tell people MN is a great state to be from. One weekend I think it was Dec.1981 temp. and windchill it got -100F. The weatherman said it might have been colder because his windchill gauge had maxed out.

[@msdarby515]

I grew up in South Dakota and now I live in Alaska. Winters in Alaska are less severe than South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota.... at least where I live. We get lots snow and cold, but almost never have wind. It makes an incredible difference.

[@londyngivens]

lol the face masks we had to wear for covid was nice for the cold

[@kathyp1563]

My daughter loved her face mask while waiting for the school bus!

[@route2070]

Except when the water vaper condensed to water in the mask. That got weird.

[@abigailschmieg9479]

@@route2070 And then your eyelids would ice over

[@williamlangdale3545]

Fuck mask can't breathe in em

[@beigedirigible]

Everyone in NYC wears a muffler or scarf over their faces whenever it drops below 20F, pandemic or not.

[@bobriemersma]

When it is cold enough, fresh snow squeaks as you step on it.

[@smitty7326]

Wow, I forgot about that. I grew up in Alaska but then moved south after high school.

[@troywilliams2777]

it always reminded me of a leather saddle kind of squeak

[@billhicks6449]

As a Minnesotan it's true. You can tell a local from a transplant. A lifetime here just trains you for the cold, as does scandanavian ancestry. I personally wear shorts and sandals with a thick hoodie in the winter until it gets to around zero F (-18C). We're just made of something different.

[@experiencefloridawithjulie4568]

Yes, so true. I'm originally from Illinois. My bff moved to southern California in 1999, I moved to southern Florida in 2007. Her first winter in Cali, I visited for New Years. Everyone was all bundled up. Winter coates, hats, scarves, gloves and it was only 50-55 at night. We were just chilling outside in sweaters having champagne and her neighbors were like "aren't you cold?" Now we've acclimated to the warmer climates, so we've turned into them. 😂

[@egoranonymous3223]

Does it get horribly hot and humid in the summer like it does here in WV? I can't take the heat anymore.

[@patrickvodden2986]

I'm from north dakota and I am the exact same way, the best is when it hits around 15°F again and it feels like summer

[@savebatsfromscratch]

I'm not from Minnesota but same.

[@billhicks6449]

@@egoranonymous3223 yes. There are around 12,000 lakes in the state so for about a month it gets swamp-like horribly hot and humid. Every year pretty much January, February, and July are brutal. The other 9 months are almost perfect in their own way. We truly get 4 very different seasons.

[@jnmsks6052]

LOL, that amount of snow he's removing from his car isn't really all that much. Probably about twice as thick when I went to my parents' house for Christmas this past year. It was in Southwestern Michigan. When there is lake effect snow coming from Lake Michigan, it depends on how the wind blows whether it dumps onto Chicago, Northern Indiana or somewhere along the West Coast of Michigan.

[@O_0Annie]

Don’t forget Milwaukee 🤣 we get the lake effect too

[@TYGER0902]

Or the snow belt in Ohio. Grandparents lived in Chardon and some years 124 feet of snow for winter.

[@jnmsks6052]

@@O_0Annie That is surprising to me since Milwaukee is on the West side of Lake Michigan and the wind generally comes from the Northwest. I'm not saying it's impossible, it just seems like lake effect snow would be rare. I live in Southeast Michigan now and there really isn't lake effect snow here for the same reason.

[@jnmsks6052]

@@TYGER0902 Lakes Erie and Ontario both put out more lake effect snow than Lake Michigan in general. It's due to the East/West orientation of them vs the North/South orientation of Lake Michigan. Though I think that from Lake Ontario may continue later in the season, as Erie is always the first to freeze, so less moisture to pick up once frozen.

[@uwbadger79]

@@jnmsks6052 Chicago gets lake effect snow at times also.

[@Annaevelin-]

As someone who lives in Colorado, we sometimes have snow as late as Mother’s Day which is why we don’t plant anything until after. Sadly this year it’s been raining pretty much everyday 😂

[@pjschmid2251]

And Mother’s Day in the USA is later than in the UK

[@pacmanc8103]

@@pjschmid2251 and it should be raining in Portland and Seattle this time of year. Instead, it’s sunny and 90 degrees.😮

[@katevandenbrink4078]

Here in New Jersey we can also get snow kinda late, last year it was snowing on mother's day and this past week we had days with a high of 47 degrees Fahrenheit.

[@amandas.6500]

Fellow coloradan here, I was hesitant to plant on Sat the 29th of May as the overnight temps were still in the 40s F. It has been raining & cold all weekend until just now, the sun is out!🥂

[@rdramos13]

And now tornado season has already started

[@MikeyLikesIt89]

Your reactions are the best, they are so natural. It’s like we’re friends having a conversation.

[@Twangsk8r]

Oh yeah, living in Montana, I've seen snow every month of the year at some point in my life. There's always that one snowstorm that comes out of nowhere in the summer and dumps a few inches before it all disappears the next day!

[@Aphonydissent]

Having worked in Montana during the summer months for several years I can confirm this as well. Also certain parts of Idaho will have the odd summer snow, although not as often.

[@marchingbanddude]

Denver, Colorado and surrounding areas have winter into June/July.

[@rdramos13]

A few ski resorts are still open. Got a couple weeks left

[@TheOnlyOneStanding8079]

Colorado is beautiful but that's too long for me to have snow

[@gacaptain]

I can attest to this. My relatives in Denver have sent me pictures of heavy snow in May and June there. They really complain about it. Lol

[@Primusaur]

Places like Gunnison and Crested Butte have some ridiculous winters but Denver snow rarely lasts very long and Blizzards are generally rare. The Hail storms and tornadoes are what I fear on the front range even though they both somewhat rare.

[@jofox339]

Yep and it can start back up as early as September!

[@MOBOBBA2166]

As a dude that lives right by Cleveland off the coast of Lake erie.....the weather is extremely bipolar. That's a major stereotype of the Midwest. And then u add harsh snow that can literally come out at any time. It's crazy

[@kenshin891]

Also live in Cleveland. We just had a cold snap where it dropped into the 40s/50s (F) and today it was around 70. One year about a decade ago it snowed in late May.

[@TheRealMrMackey]

I would never wish a winter off the Great Lakes on anyone. I live in vermont and our winters off lake Champlain are bad enough

[@kenshin891]

@@TheRealMrMackey i'm pretty close to the lake so actual snowfall usually isn't too bad. Go 5-10 miles inland and they get absolutely dumped on. Of course close to the lake you can still get whiteouts and there's stretches of I-90 and state route 2 the next couple counties east that tend to get really bad lake squalls and lots of accidents.

[@crazybookcanary8941]

Lived near Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, agree the weather is extremely bipolar, but the lake effect snow damn, it can go from sunny to a blizzard in less than five minutes.

[@TheRealMrMackey]

@@kenshin891 I was actually less talking about the snow and more talking about those stretches in February that hit -40 with the wind chill lmao

[@mfree80286]

A little mind-blower that shows the effect of geography on temperature and the power of oceanic currents.... Chicago and Madrid, Spain are roughly the same latitude.

[@loganshaw4527]

Lake effect snow

[@VideoSaySo]

When my husband was stationed in Missouri, I had never encountered snow-snow... like freaking four feet high blizzard kinda snow lol So I went out one morning to scrape the ice from the windows and my eyelashes froze together. I learned right then, make sure your mascara is dry before going out into those frozen wastelands!

[@loganshaw4527]

My mom told me stories of blizzards that made 10foot high snow. The first story of a house is snowed in with impacted snow the new entrance and exit is the 2nd story window.

[@seanhampson4126]

My favorite thing about big snowstorms is how quiet everything gets when covered in the big insulating blanket of snow. Super relaxing to sit and watch and listen. I live in Colorado.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I remember being in the Rocky Mountains in July and getting a big snow. If you get high enough in the mountains, there is always snow.🤗🐝❤️

[@stickurz600]

yup lol

[@thomasgangar7845]

4 or 5 years ago, I was camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern MN. I woke up in the morning and there was an inch of snow on the ground. I think it was the first week of June.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@thomasgangar7845 I absolutely believe you🤗🐝❤️

[@sweynskarilsen9105]

Very true, I can remember my family and I visited Glacier national park in Montana and at the top of Going to the Sun road the mountains were still covered. It was the middle of July 100 degrees and snow was still covering the mountain tops.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@sweynskarilsen9105 I can remember jumping in the coldest creek Imaginable to bathe, then running through the snow to the fire. It was July, high in the Rocky Mountains.🤗🐝❤️

[@bautistopacheco8439]

Being a midwesterner living in Minnesota my whole life. I've been sleeping with the fan on low and window cracked every winter since a young teen lol. Even when its -10F/ -20C

[@debs-101]

When I lived in Colorado, on really hot days in July/August I would drive to Mt Evans where there was still snow. My sister and nieces visited and they could not understand why I was throwing gloves and sweaters and coats at them in July until we got to the peak and it was like 20F

[@Reign274]

"is there any part of the US that has snow around summer time?" Laughs in my Colorado high school graduation being snowed in mid-May.

[@katevandenbrink4078]

Lol that snow on the car is nothing, we can get snowstorms where you have to go clear areas multiple times before its done snowing because it would be impossible to do it all in one chunk.

[@valery7739]

That snow came off that car so easy. Lol

[@robertlarson7224]

If you really want to hear about how bad American winters can be, watch something about the 2019 Polar Vortex. It got so cold that 22 people literally froze and died. Also, in response to your question about year-round snow, I live in southern Wisconsin (on the west of Lake Michigan in the Midwest) and we had a pretty good snowstorm in mid-April of this very year! Latest I've seen in the continental US though was early May a while back.

[@mansfield360]

Idk what kinda mountains you got but I think Vermont has you beat with snow, especially in mountains.

[@keegansmetanko3755]

Where I live in Illinois during that one day sticks out in my ind because for some reason school wasn't cancelled despite the horrific weather. But there was about 2 1/4 feet cumulative snow by that point, and the temperature was -28F with a wind chill that brought it down to about -60F, which the wind was always blowing so effectively it was -60F which is absolute hell.

[@keegansmetanko3755]

@@mansfield360 I'm not from wisconsin but I've been there enough to tell you mountains aren't a thing, there is the occasional large hill.

[@robertlarson7224]

@@mansfield360 lmao in Wisconsin we don't really have much for mountains. We do have over 100 inches of snow each year in the northern parts of the state though. Temperature is our big kicker, though. The lack of mountains and hills makes it so wind whips pretty fierce when it wants to, and wind chills can push it below -40 in a fairly mild winter.

[@calendarpage]

A student froze to death on campus during the Vortex at the university here. Any staff/faculty who could stay home, stayed home, and students were told to stay in the dorms, but sadly, there are always those who won't follow advice.

[@molsongrrrl]

My mom still lives up in Northern Minnesota where I grew up and the other day she said it was 80 on Monday and by Wednesday it was 40. That is Northern Minnesota to a tee!

[@nuzzget]

I live in Minnesota about an hour from the Fargo/Moorhead area. And just this last week we had a Freeze warning. I also heard up North they had a little bit of snowfall. Just Crazy weather in this state.

[@firefighter14530]

I Lived in New York State near Lake Erie for many years. During the winter, it is not uncommon to receive snowstorms that produce 100cm of snow at a time. The most I have ever seen in a single snowstorm was 244cm in a 24 hour period. Yes, you read that right two hundred forty-four cm.

[@katemmart]

I remember one year as a teenager we were waiting by the TV for them to announce school closings because the snow was up to my waistline. The school bus pulled up 30 minutes late. Was just a delay. We had so hoped. Lol

[@tinaowens3772]

Yes! I live in the tropical paradise of Hawaii and we had snow on May 14th this year~! On Mauna Kea (a 14,000+ ft. volcano). This was highly unusual because the snow was not at the top but mid-level, about 9,000 ft. Down here by the shore it's now in the mid-eighties, good weather for swimming and diving.

[@itisannona]

In some places here in Canada , there are hatches on the roofs of houses because there can be such a massive snow pile, the entire house is covered.

[@MrMstrika]

In the Great Lakes up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Lake Huron we have had large ice flows in June trying to melt.

[@Tejaye777]

Although England is further north than any part of the lower 48 states in America. The fact that it's an Island gives it a moderating effect in winter. The water has a high specific heat capacity mean it requires a lot more heat than air to effect a change in temperature. So even during winter the sea remains quite mild compared to the air.

[@josephgrove1345]

You think -20 C is cold? We've gotten down to -29 C in Ohio. Parts of Minnesota can even make it to -51 C.

[@nanner3200]

And then you all send it here to WI :) Hi neighbor

[@jerrybena6679]

The lake makes it so much colder

[@KaedonVik]

Yes it can as someone from Minnesota the coldest day we had was about around -71°F

[@alaskancabin7506]

*Laughs in Alaskan

[@jerrybena6679]

@@alaskancabin7506 you can keep the cold cold😂

[@gl15col]

Stationed in Alaska in the Air Force for 6 years. Get's down to -50 Fahrenheit, but no wind at all and after a winter you get kind of used to it. It's so beautiful it pretty much makes up for it. Summer means B-52 mosquitoes but they are so slow you just move a few inches one way or the other and they have to start chasing you all over again. Had enough snow in one weekend one year that dogs managed to walk over 4' fence. Neighbors were not excited...But we rarely got snow past April, cause it's so dry not enough moisture in the air. And you don't much notice the temps when the Northern Lights are dancing. So very worth it.

[@pnwfool6043]

I live in Washington state, and yes it has snowed here in the summer. It was over 20 years ago, for a brief moment it did snow on a cold day in summer. I was headed to school, it was actually kind of cool

[@nvrguru22]

You do get the occasional weird weather events in the US. One time when I was in New Mexico, it started snowing on Easter day. New Mexico is fairly warm and dry yet it was snowing in Spring

[@mandystory4275]

And today NM got hail, rain and some tornados. So the weather is very random.

[@ajrocks44]

Chicago is called the windy city, yeah it's cold.

[@bentleyv1233]

you know the real reason for that name is because in the 1800s people from Chicago were known to be rich and brag, being full of hot air. the name stuck around because of the lake wind but it is not close to the windiest in the US.

[@cherylflam3250]

Read an article in the Chicago Tribune that the Windy City name comes from politicians back in the days who were considered quite windy !

[@bentleyv1233]

@Everything that ever existed is nothing huh?

[@mic1240]

Nickname is not about atmospheric wind, and while a breeze off the lake, no where near windiest city either. Nickname comes from NYC papers when Chicago bid for (and won) World’s Fair after great fire.

[@jonathantanasi2557]

I mean in northern Maine cold years it could snow till late June. Starts in the middle of September most years.

[@SeanShimamoto]

I like when Thurston googles stuff during the video. It gives the video a rustic feel, it conjures up memories of old KZbin where content creators were very down to earth and interactive with their subscribers. 😁👍🏽

[@beth4185]

YES! The lack of editing is what keeps me around! There’s something so real about it that you don’t get anywhere else.

[@SeanShimamoto]

@@beth4185 Amen! I know Thurston is only 19 or 20, but he comes across as an older soul who is still a little kid inside and I think that’s such a great combination. By that I mean he thinks about others before himself, the lad is considerate and even keeled, but he also still loves a good laugh with the “only in FL” and “only in NY” vids and the road rage ones...he also wants to learn about everything and anything, but he’s never embarrassed to admit that he doesn’t know something, which is an awesome trait to have ‘cause that’s how we learn new things, you gotta admit you don’t know it in the first place. I also love that he’s not like most other Brits who ONLY bash America, yeah he calls us out for our dumb crap, but he also praises us a lot too...and he doesn’t play favourites, he’ll just say, “I don’t know why people from the UK get so bent over these videos, it’s not that serious. Chill.” I hope he continues to stay grounded and real, ‘cause I have a feeling that’s what most people enjoy about his channel. Anyway, I hope u and ur ohana are staying safe and healthy during this pandemic. Love and aloha from Honolulu! 😁🤙🏽❤️🌈☀️ PS - interesting handle. 😜

[@beth4185]

@@SeanShimamoto It’s my kids initials... 😂 Why? Hopefully it doesn’t mean something questionable that I’m unaware of. That is totally my luck. lol

[@SeanShimamoto]

@@beth4185 Hehe. No, it’s not a bad thing at all, I actually think it’s a very good thing. My education is in science and medicine, so I know of NASEN as North American Syringe Exchange Network, and their mission is to ensure that recreational drug users are using new, clean, and sterile syringes so as to prevent the spread of diseases such as Hepatitis C and HIV ‘cause they feel it’s important to look at the big picture and to never forget your humanity. I was in high school during the HIV epidemic in my country, so I think what they do is a really good thing. BTW, Do you have a Murphy’s law kind of luck? I was just curious ‘cause I definitely do. Also, how old are your kids? You’re so lucky you have them, I always wanted kids but it just wasn’t in my cards...so I spoil my 11-y/o niece instead. 😁

[@beth4185]

@@SeanShimamoto Ahhh, gotcha! I’ve never heard of NASEN specifically, but I’ve heard of efforts to provide drug users with clean needles in some cities. Dude.....I totally have Murphy’s law luck! It’s awful. 😂 My kids are 14 and 11. Sorry you don’t have any of your own, but I’m sure your niece doesn’t mind. Haha 😊

[@LINKINPARK262]

When I was a kid, we had to walk to and from school in the snow no matter how bad it got. School wasn't called off unless there was more than 6 inches (15.24 cm) of snow either. Now they're declaring a 'Snow Emergency' when we're supposed to get 3 inches of snow. For God's sake, my husband and I helped dig out semis when they got stuck in the snow. But at least I didn't have to walk to and from school in a foot of snow, both ways, uphill, like my parents and grandparents did. Lol

[@homunculus7]

Snow is hell in the Midwest for those of us who have to shovel it from their homes. Last year and this years winter was soo much i made mountains twice as tall as I was and it looked like I had white walls around my driveway up to my chest

[@TheGunderian]

wow respect

[@Darkcow77]

Here in Montana, snow is possible year round. I recall about 20 or so years ago we got about 4-6 inches (12-18cm) of snow in Butte twice in June. It was gone by midday, but left a slushy mess until the next day. I usually tell people not from the area that weather starts to behave after Memorial Day, and looks to be the case this year as well. Some have said it has snowed on the 4th of July, but I've not witnessed it personally.

[@Swampzoid]

Here in Savannah it snows maybe a few tiny flakes once every 8 years. I'm of Scandinavian descent but I completely die when and if it's cold.

[@tricitymorte1]

I'm of Norwegian descent, but I grew up in south Florida. We had flurries that evaporated before they hit the ground, and the sub was still shining. I now live in northern Minnesota. 😂

[@bobsmith1178]

I remember one time around 15 years ago when it snowed in June in my city. US weather is wacky.

[@oryan4395]

There's nothing like that feeling of dread when you wake up in the morning in winter and you realize that you left unopened pop in your car overnight.

[@Doug_in_NC]

I did that in Sweden when I lived there. The temperature overnight was about -30C (-20F or so), and I left a bottle of Fanta wild berries in my car. Next morning I looked and it was mushy rather than frozen solid, even at that temperature. After that I never touched the stuff again. What did it have in it? Antifreeze?

[@oryan4395]

@@Doug_in_NC hahahaha

[@oryan4395]

@@Doug_in_NC I did it with Coke. I live in the Idaho Desert, so it's really cold in the winter and hot in the summer. But I left a 1 liter coke in my truck. Well we hit -40f (-40c because apparently when it's that cold it is equal?)and I woke up to a mess from hell. I was PISSED 😂

[@Doug_in_NC]

@@oryan4395 that’s rough! Coke is really hard to clean up. I was lucky that the bottle I had was only half full, so it didn’t explode. Yes, you are right,-40C = -40F.

[@crazexskater]

I remember after a blizzard, opening the door and seeing snow...a wall of snow. We had to dig our way out. You could open the second floor window and walk out on the snow drift.

[@lmchatwin77]

I live in Utah, We've had occasionally last snow in June. Sometimes the first snow in September.

[@mudbug73us]

Luka- you need to adjust your impression of the weather in California, in particular :) - it is NOT blazing hot in all cities during summer in California. San Francisco, CA - average temperatures: May 64° / 51° (~18/11 C) June 67° / 53° (~19/12 C) July 67° / 54° (~19/12 C) August 68° / 55° (~20/13 C) Los Angeles, CA average temperatures: - May 74° / 58° (~23/14 C) June 79° / 62 (~26/17 C) July 83° / 65° (~28/18 C) August 85° / 66° (~29/19 C) Winter are equally mild, with snow VERY rare in either San Francisco or Los Angeles. Love watching you learn and explore- I hope your curiosity lasts your whole life and you never stop learning!

[@Cubs-Fan.10]

In Hawaii you can snow ski in the morning, and surf in the afternoon. While not as dramatic in the lower 48, the saying where I live in the Midwest is "If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes"

[@theresedavis2526]

In 2010, the Eastern US received an average of 1.25 metres of Snow within a week. The snow was dropped from 2 storm systems. The 2nd system was equivalent,in size, to a category 1 hurricane, with winds up to 60 mph.

[@Dante1920]

Man Laurence really went from, respectable english professor to squishy dad within a few years.

[@rafetizer]

If you want a spot with guaranteed deep snow, move to the eastern end of Lake Erie. The lake stretches west-east and therefor dumps tons and tons of lake-effect snow on everyone to the east during winter. I'm over on the western end of it, and it's not usually very bad.

[@TheGrimsaber2]

New Mexico here.. we actually had a little snow today this morning . its almost june.

[@mandystory4275]

We got some hail and rain in Albuquerque,NM. The weather this year is so crazy.

[@randompaper9515]

Man, I doubt this guy walks about. I think he just slides around on a slick of subtle irony... love it!

[@asouthernwriter]

Florida has had snow flurries before, but it wasn't a lot. The last time was in 2017 and before that in 1977.

[@michaelszczekot8920]

Blizzard of 93 in north Florida. Like a whole inch

[@experiencefloridawithjulie4568]

Oddly enough the last time snow was reported to have fallen in SWFL (Ft. Myers/Naples), was in 1899. The 1977 snowfall went down the east coast all the way to Miami, but the SW coast got nothing. Crazy stuff.

[@robinmills8675]

My sister was in Florida for the 1977 snowstorm. We live in Virginia, so she decided to drive home. She got stuck in Georgia for about a week because they had no snowplows and the roads were closed.

[@peterjamesfoote3964]

A few comments. The day part 2 came out was particularly cold out here in Chiberia, which is what I call Chicago in winter, and it can be quite chilly here, especially when you add in the wind chill factor. Generally the coldest our WCF got last winter was minus 20 F, can’t quite think in my head in C. I love that we have 4 seasons, but it can be a challenge on days like last Thursday when we got all 4 on the same day. Observing about LB’s costume designer to start with in both videos he’s wearing wool gloves. The problem with those (see snow and slush and clearing car) is that the second they get wet they lose all thermal protection instantly. Instantly. Now they don’t have to be leather, but wool is a particularly bad material to wear anywhere in slushy weather. Then there’s that wool smell… He has learned a lot but cool brand names are no guarantee of good thermal protection either. (See North Face jacket which looks warm but may not be depending.) The first lesson is dressing in layers. This gives you more flexibility. It also can cause problems if any of those layers get wet. But, one study indicated that our blood sugar changes seasonally in reaction to the temperature which is what being acclimated to a region is all about I think. You might be Luke one of the few people I’d advise to come out here in winter as long as you bring with you or plan to get some weather appropriate clothes. See, England is impacted by the warming effect of the ocean. Whereas the continental US doesn’t get much of that. So colder weather. The snow can, interestingly act as a ground insulator but that’s for a much longer discussion. Lake Michigan in the city of Chicago has about 30 miles of unobstructed shoreline which is fantastic in most of Chicago’s seasons. But I wouldn’t plan on walking it’s entire length in the depths and coldest parts of winter. Even so, winter is most impressive during our big snows. Search KZbin for blizzards of 67 and 79 as examples. Our weather can have extreme variation, 70° F on Christmas Day or Snow sticking on Easter Sunday (more likely when Easter is early). There’s more to say but not today. Good job!

[@thatguywiththeface5427]

Where I live on the east coast we’ve had some snow fall little over a month ago

[@TaylorTravelsTheWorld]

I live in Montana and we had like 3-4 inches of snow last week. So yeah. We get snow randomly throughout the summer some years.

[@Longey9000]

Title "Winters ain't go nothing on America" Russians: hold my bear

[@barryfletcher7136]

Yes, but Siberia is very sparsely populated. The USA has big cities like Chicago in places where -25C is routine in winter.

[@jameswilson8433]

General Winter won a few wars for Mother Russia.

[@kennedyhuff]

@@luissantacruz2738 It does say America in the title, as in America the country, not to be confused as North or South America

[@barryfletcher7136]

@@luissantacruz2738 The USA is the only country on the planet with "America" in its name.

[@ToniaElkins]

@@luissantacruz2738 America is our country name and so is United States of America. The CONTINENTS are NORTH America and SOUTH America. Whatever you were taught in South or Central America is wrong. I live in America the country. If someone says America they’re ONLY referring to USA not North America as a whole. America does not include Canada or Mexico.

[@richdiddens4059]

I've lived in my house "out west", about 150 miles east of San Francisco and the ocean, for 30 years. Every winter we get multiple snowfalls of 6-12" and a dozen times at least we've had 30-40' on the ground. We've been below 0F at least 6-8 times. The coldest was 3 consecutive nights of -8F (-22C). Of course a week later we could have days in the low 60's and all the snow gone.

[@KKobes101]

I can't believe the car stopped you man that's a light dusting!

[@MichaelScheele]

Even in the Pacific Northwest, that would be considered a minor amount of snow.

[@neonoires]

As a southerner the only good thing I can think of that is good about snow in the Midwest and the east coast is the fact that those cities are built for cold and snow so it makes it a bit easier to deal with. The polar vortex in the south was horrible but in Texas where people were left to freeze in their homes, the weather wasn’t even THAT cold. I was at home in arkansas because I managed to escape. We got hit with a ton of snow but the temperature got down to the negatives but where my sister was in houston was only like 32°F but they had no power. The south will shut down if there is an inch or two of snow and talk about it being the apocalypse. Plus it’s a mess because our energy systems down in the south aren’t equipped to handle that many people running their heaters.

[@TheFeesh30]

Also, he’s clearly not in Chicago, he’s recording in the suburbs 😂

[@robertschwartz4810]

No, he's not. I think he lives in Edgewater.

[@wheeliebeast7679]

As a Chicago native, plenty of this footage is clearly from within city limits. Clearly not all of it tho

[@whenisdinner2137]

This is in the city...just cause its not downtown doesn't mean it's the suburbs people...

[@tiffaneyevans2004]

I was born and raised in Rock Springs Wyoming and remember at least one fourth of July with snow on the ground.

[@conspiracytheoryy7862]

In Tennessee we get snow all the way up through March and then in April is rains nonstop

[@HBC423]

Sometimes... it hasn’t snowed down here in Chattanooga much the past decade, if it snows at all

[@smitty7326]

I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and even I was scared of midwest winters.

[@LeveyHere]

Here in Florida, our winter is their summer. But our hot and cold days can still get extreme

[@thelegacyshow4248]

I'm from the imperial valley in Southern California. It's 100 degrees out, and it's fresh today. Our winters are nice, it gets down to 60 or 70 in the day.

[@weezydoots8468]

Oh I can quite agree with that. I have lived in Upstate NY Adirondack Mountains my entire life. Winters can be brutal. Lots of snow and ice and cold--but traveling to Florida for vacation every winter I literally felt chilled to the bone one year at the Daytona 500 and another year had to leave Disney at noon--could not take that very damp cold People who live in my area of the world are so lucky that cold ice and snow are pretty much the worst weather conditions we receive Glad I don't contend with extreme heat extreme cold tornadoes hurricanes Love to Florida

[@yes2hvn]

I guess some places not in the NY boroughs. Our summer temperatures up north reach mid 90's to early 100's like y'alls it's just shorter 😂.

[@m.ferguson1021]

As someone living in Ontario Canada, I would consider -15 C 'warm' for most of the winter. We routinely get -20 (and it often feels colder with the windchill, which usually brings it down to -25/-30). We can get temperatures between -5 and 15 C anytime between September-December or March-May! I mean just last week it was 30C and yesterday it was 5C!

[@thegreatavocado7341]

we had like three feet of snow this winter so uh, yeah it's insane

[@ltellsch3318]

We have had snow in June as an anomaly. For contrast, in 1975 we had 70 degree temps in January with rain and thunder...late April blizzard the same year( it had been so warm it was gone in a week) . The northern states like Michigan are at the mercy of the Alberta clipper which carries artic cold...our prevailing wind is SW out of Texas until winter. When you have lemons you make lemonade-- in Michigan in the winter, you ski, snowboard, ice skate and carve ice sculpture for winter festivals.

[@tokisama616]

Yes I live in upstate Ny it's fun

[@Lidzee22]

I'm from Maine and we learned in our state history lessons that there has been recorded snow fall in every month of the year, though probably only in the super norther parts. The largest snow fall that I have experienced was a few years ago when we got a massive dumb of snow, 4' in a 24 hour period. I am one of the people that enjoy the snow, though that could be due to my partial Scandinavian heritage.

[@AndrewL209]

here before big smoke asking for cost of the concordia

[@AndrewL209]

nvm

[@bigussmokesus8866]

@@AndrewL209 I am speed

[@starlattevanille7598]

I live in Cleveland on Lake Erie (lake effect snow) and it's snowed as early as October and as late as May. May is unusual and usually only lasts a day but snow in April is pretty much guaranteed.

[@AG-dj1yu]

As someone who lives in Canada, -15 C is hoodie weather

[@stocktonpigwatch2284]

I was thinking Alaska is colder than Chicago, but ya good ole Canada is cold AF too lol

[@greenmachine5600]

Most Canadians don't even live in the cold part. The cold parts of the US are more populated.

[@conquestmomma]

I live about 7 hours NORTH of his location in Chicago and to give you an idea of weather in northern Michigan, imagine 3 times the snow on his car and that's northern Michigan. Matter of fact we had frost 2 days ago & had to cover all our garden plants with buckets to protect the plants! It was 30°F at the end of May! From here on it shouldn't drop like that again until October. Great video reaction!

[@momentary_]

Laurence's videos were so different three years ago.

[@ViolentKisses87]

When I was growing up in the 1990's Southern Ohio we built snow fort that didn't melt fully until June 1st.

[@bigussmokesus8866]

58 days asking for a reaction to “The cost of Concordia” by internet historian

[@AndrewL209]

i was late this time

[@Montweezy]

I've been in Montana when it snowed in June....the big mountain right before the north entrance to Yellowstone NP

[@davidplowman6149]

Can confirm. I live in Montana too and it does occasionally snow in June. We had a bad cold spell this past winter where it got down to -20 f which is around -30 c. Of course, we can get hot summers to. I’ve seen it get up to 105 f which is around 40 c. But it’s a dry heat so, um, yeah, actually that doesn’t help much.

[@theosnepenthes8751]

If you want to live in a North American winter climate and temperatures similar to a polar bear riding an iceberg in North America, move to most of Canada...;-)

[@greenmachine5600]

Nah. Northern Canada isn't populated.

[@idontcareaboutyourfeelings1972]

As a Minnesotan I just wear leggings and a hoodie when shoveling the snow and I don’t get cold unless it’s -50 or something cause I live up north and believe or not I love living here!

[@mimiv3088]

In the Rockies in Colorado. It snows in summer. Went into the store to get groceries in July wearing t-shirt and shorts. Sunny beautiful warm day. When i walked outside after shopping, parking lot was a complete white out!

[@gladysseaman4346]

About 1990 Florida had so much snow at Christmas that the state closed the highways. Tourists were not allowed in for 2 days. I lived 15 miles north of the Florida state line. Every motel room in the state was full, and people were sleeping in auditoriums, churches, and schools on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It even snowed as far south as Miami, although it melted as fast as it landed there.

[@badguy5554]

Not only a good "stand up" comedian....a visual artist...as well. Excellent video.

[@KyzylReap]

Saw two weeks of HIGH temps at -18c this year here in southeastern Minnesota. Latest snow I’ve seen here was May.

[@bobriemersma]

We have a mostly-forested park with well used hiking trails near me. There are places where trails go through pretty deep East-West cuts and ravines, and the North-facing banks often still have snow as late as mid-May in normal years. In heavy snow years it can last even longer.

[@racafritz]

It’s so funny as a kid watching movies that take place in England around Xmas like “A Christmas Carol” that there is always snow or snowing. I’m in SoCal so, didn’t know any better.

[@bonniejohnstone]

In States with snow but dry air like Colorado, you don’t feel the cold in the daytime because the sun shines almost every day and the altitude is 5000 ft and above. Icy roads and chains are rare! Snow remains on highest elevations throughout Summer. Typically it snows and melts quickly. 50 degrees in Winter is very pleasant but cold when the sun goes down. I love the Colorado weather!!!!!

[@SuperBigblue19]

As someone who traveled the US for 25yrs the only place I ever saw snow in July was in Laramie Wyoming on July 4. But thats like over 7000ft above sea level. Were I live near Seattle they have micro climates. You can get rain while a location 10mi away is buried in snow.

[@mmc8539]

There’s at least one final snowstorm in April/May. We’ve had snow in June at times. Weather is absolutely crazy. The other week it was 81 degrees one day and 40 the next. I used to love it as a kid when we had a big storm and had a “snow hill” to play on at recess and playing outside involved trying to make yourself disappear. Also, snow days!

[@geoffsimpkins7650]

For a time, I had a home in the mountain resort outside Los Angeles and it once snowed just about every weekend one particular year, last was the second week of June, about a week shy of actual Summer.

[@brianbrooks1285]

I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina (USA) I remember the blizzard of '93 ! It snowed 20'' in. where I was and higher on up in the mountains it snowed over 3' ft. It was so cold that it froze my Jeep to the ground!

[@1paultv22]

I live approx 70miles/113km north of NYC. Our weather varies wildly. The temps have hit as high as 110°F/43.3°C with 100% humidity in the summer to -20°F/-30°C during the winter. Snowfall can vary from just a dusting to over 4 feet/122cm during a Nor-East blizzard, with snowdrifts over 5ft/150cm. In the spring and summer, we get numerous tornado warnings. Some even touchdown. Sometimes we'll get winds gusting to over 70mph/112kmh, and 1 to several inches of rainfall, with hail up to the size of golf balls during some of these thunderstorms with spectacular lightning shows.

[@JacobNascar]

North Mississippi here: We get about 1 or 2 dustings of snow a year and about 1-2 inches every couple of years. 2021 was our snow storm of the decade. My house got 9 inches of snow. I've never seen that much snow here in my 24 years of existence. And I got my first white Christmas on December 24-25 on Christmas Vacation in Gatlinburg Tennessee. Yes I did say 9inches of snow is a snow storm of the decade here

[@americansmark]

Some of the higher mountain peaks are above the frost line where it's snowy year round, but even sealevel Alaska has a summer, surprisingly enough. It isn't until you go into the arctic and antarctic circles do you find year round snow at any elevation.

[@barkerjames1980]

Here in Cody, Wyoming, I have seen it snow in town every single month of the year. Yes, its uncommon, but our normal snow season is September through May.

[@willcityaway7971]

I ride a bike year round in Eastern Michigan. -15 F is just a state of mind. Layers. But deeper snow that melts to slush. Then freezes. Fat tire bike Rule. From the South. Love snow.

[@geoffsimpkins7650]

My daughter and I were once on a two week road trip and we were in both Crater Lake and Yosemite on the trip. It was right before and after 4th of July Holiday, and both places had road closures due to remaining snow over 30’ high.

[@jupitersmoon3033]

Back when I was a little kid I was born in Vermont (aka the state everyone seems to forget exists), I remember their being tons of snow. Lots of memories going snowshoeing and building snowmen when I was young.

[@rons3634]

He wasn't kidding about the nose hairs freezing. It really hurts to breathe through your nose when it's that cold.

[@danielm6049]

I live in Carbondale Illinois, on the opposite end of the state from Lawrence. Usually get 2-3 good snows per year, usually starting in late December. I will say if we get more than 6", snow tends to become a four letter on par with f**k when you have to go to work. Usually temps get down to 0 to 10°F (-17C to -12C), some days it won't even get above 10°F. In the summer it can hit 100°F (37°C). In both cases the extremes usually only last a week or two but leave lasting impressions.

[@stephenkunst7550]

We have had a great mild and long spring in MD, this year. As soon as it became June, Mother Nature switched off the AC and turned on the oven. Last week it was in the mid upper 70s, this weekend its in the 90s. No doubt it will be this way till October.

[@debrahudson5917]

I lived in Wyoming for awhile and experienced snow fall in July. In a few parts of the Rocky Mountains there is snow year round. Some areas they measure the snow fall by feet instead of inches (meters instead of centimeters.)