Where is the Worst Season in the US? Worst Summers vs. Worst Winters

[@onliwankannoli]

In New York the worst season is football season. 😂

[@peterroberts4415]

POV, you're a Giants fan

[@curtvona4891]

[@cashxx_x]

same in chicago😞

[@M21655]

It’s the best. The bills are the only team that play in NYS

[@PastelSkies-n3v]

Add Ohio in, well that and election season in this case. 😂

[@rickwiles8835]

As you said our tolerance for weather is relative, I grew up in the small mill town just south of Niagara Falls and loved the winters. Ice skating, building snow forts, throwing snowballs, playing hockey in the streets or on one of the many local ice ponds or city ice rinks. I remember one day getting lost walking to school because the snow drifts completely buried the street signs. I live in Mobile, AL which usually has mild winters but when temperatures dip into the twenties, it is miserable. The cold is a damp wet cold that penetrates you to the bone. The houses aren't built for it, and we are not used to it; it's horrible. Plus in the last two decades, we sometimes are greeted by a Christmas tornado. Nowadays I dread both the winters and the stifling humid heat of Gulf-cost summers. It’s all relative just like Mark Twain said, “The coldest winter I ever known was the summer I spent in San Francisco. “

[@ZackHamlin1]

Thank you for this. I’ve lived in Virginia and Georgia. Winters in Georgia are much, much colder than my winter in Virginia was, although not technically by temperature, which confuses people. Humid cold literally hurts and makes me shiver uncontrollably below a certain temperature. In VA, as long as the wind wasn’t blowing, I was solid at 20°.

[@jacyx1]

Our tolerance for winter really is relative as you said. I grew up in North Tonawanda and always enjoyed the winters so much! Moved to Minnesota so not much has changed. A little less snow here maybe but it doesn't melt - too cold - so may look like more sometimes. Can't tolerate humidity in the south.

[@rickwiles8835]

@@jacyx1 I grew up in North Tonawanda as well. The Gratwick section of NT. The school I couldn't find because the snowplows buried the street signs was Drake Elementary. Minnesota I hope you didn't move to Frostbite Falls. I can't stand the heat and humidity of the Deep South either. I travel to Nova Scotia for weeks in the summers, so I'm the opposite of a snowbird.

[@jacyx1]

​@@rickwiles8835 wurlitzer park area. Blizzard of '77 was senior year. Fun! Enjoy Nova Scotia!

[@runningfromabear8354]

I grew up in southern England, moved to Canada at age 20 to Toronto. Initially a shock but I adapted. In England i saw snow about once every 4 years and that usually melted by lunch time. Toronto I saw snow every year and most Christmases, but some years not a ton and it can be a pita with a high population density and nowhere to put it. A few years ago I moved to northern Ontario. I'm seeing much lower temperatures and a lot more snow. I'm good with that. I enjoy bundling up with big slippers and blankets and sitting in the breezeway at night with the woodburning fireplace and a cup of hot chocolate. It smells so clean and it's so cozy with just enough walls and roof to protect me from the wind and snow and enough security to protect me from any wildlife but open enough to get a small breeze and enjoy a little outdoors. I also like the summers up here. Hot but not too hot. So many lakes and rivers. I suppose yes, it's relative but I also think I'm better adapted to northern climates. southern England is at about the same latitude as this part of Ontario. So it gets about the same amount of daylight hours as England through the year, it's just colder in the winter and hotter in the summer. Southern England doesn't typically see extreme temperatures. At the lowest in the winter and highest in the 70s in the summer. But average temperatures are a lot more mild. I find I like having more seasonal weather.

[@DillyDahlia]

I was in Phoenix in July last year, and yes it was damn hot. What got me though was that it did NOT cool down below 90 at night. So you can’t even open the windows at night to get fresh air. It’s better out in the rural areas where it does cool down more, but the heat island effect in Phoenix is what made it tough for me….and I was only there for a week!

[@wannabetowasabe]

I have family in the Phoenix area. They said last summer was brutal with 100 days with highs above 110 degrees. We were just there during Christmas and had a couple of days above 80 degrees. We live just below 8,000 feet so we liked it for December, but such trends add up over a longer term to something that is not good.

[@arose112]

@@DillyDahlia I live a little outside Phoenix in the rural areas and I can promise you it is not much better. The desert sand and rocks don’t cool off in as much time to make the nights cool. The other thing is that sunset is later in the summer in June and the days last 14 hours with not enough time to cool off. It’s really horrible when it’s 10pm and still 100 degrees outside.

[@nodebt6188]

Las Vegas was brutally hot last year.

[@MelkorTolkien]

Honestly, the urban heat island effect is probably one of the more pressing issues of our time. The fact that they seem to love to put down black top in JULY is even worse. My city gets bad but not as bad as Phoenix thank God.

[@Getshartedon]

You sound very dramatic Dahlia😂

[@sdrc92126]

Once you've acclimated to one extreme, it really is not that bad, but the first year or two can be torture. As a kid, I remember seeing people from Minneapolis laughing in a swimming pool during the winter in Phoenix and the locals were in full winter jackets.

[@BS-vx8dg]

_Once you've acclimated to one extreme, it really is not that bad, but the first year or two can be torture_ I found that the heat and humidity of the Deep South took *much* longer to become acclimated to- closer to 30 years, actually. (I left after a little more than 25 years, so these figures are estimates.)

[@omarrolle3842]

I moved from the Caribbean to Florida when I was a kid and believe or not Florida’s heat is a lot more oppressive than the islands

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@omarrolle3842 I find it _very_ believable. Ocean breezes are not a thing in Florida if you're more than 5 or 10 miles from the coast.

[@chillmemes5865]

As a Houstonian, I can confirm I haven’t gotten used to the heat yet 😢

[@SimuLord]

I went to college with a guy from Minnesota, and to him, Reno's winter was practically summer weather. He'd wear a T-shirt when it was 45 degrees outside.

[@SandrA-hr5zk]

I grew up in Miami and loved the humidity back then. I visited Dallas for the first time and though it was so dry, and spent a week with 100+ temps. After moving to the Central Valley of California, I now find Dallas very humid. But I didn't discover what dry was until I spent a week camping in Death Valley. I felt like a piece of leather in a tannery when I was leaving.

[@simplebutpowerful]

Fellow Floridian here. I love the warmth and the humidity, everywhere else is nice to visit but I’ll take my muggy, sweaty summers and my 70 degree Christmases year after year.

[@laptv2144]

@@simplebutpowerful If you have the money and flexibility the move is spending Christmas and most of December and January in Florida and then the summer, early fall and late spring in a northern state.

[@celestepalm6949]

I never understood what's alluring about Death Valley. The only thing that would make me go there is Dark Sky watching in the coldest months, but there's better places to do that.

[@SandrA-hr5zk]

@ The Grand Canyon is a beautiful place for dark nights. But I was on a class field trip during spring break. Temps were overall very comfortable, but dry as can be.

[@patrykomania]

@@simplebutpowerful yup and spend most of your time in ac , i wonder if you'd love it there before ac was invented ...

[@CrypticDingus]

Seasonal depression in the PNW is so real. Didn’t realize it wasn’t the cold but the lack of sun. The brightness of the snow really wakes you up.

[@jackshaftoe1715]

Honest to christ, I moved to Cali for 5 years. The first YEAR, I felt almost high just from the constant sunshine.

[@rustydogg]

@@jackshaftoe1715 What was that experience like? As someone from Canada, this makes me extremely jealous haha. Although, it's not the light, but the cold for me!

[@strandkorbst9643]

@@rustydoggCanada is fine, the PNW or if you’re unlucky the east coast of Canada are worse. The cold parts of Canada get enough sun on clear and cold days.

[@jackshaftoe1715]

@@rustydogg I really did feel great, and for no reason. Oregon is almost always grey. Not good for Jack, but I came back (family)(bad choice😂)

[@jennysanders5804]

I am one of the few that is opposite - I love the grey and never get tired of it. I get upset with too much sun, haha. PNW is perfect for those like me, but I realize that most really need sun and that SAD is real.

[@tegelert]

Yuma sounds brutal, but I would still take it over the humid summers of the southeast. Glad you included Austin. The summers there are murder, with the extreme highs plus humidity. The saving grace is that, other than the climate, it is a wonderful city. If you want great dry summers, and mild winters, New Mexico beats all!

[@bill.godwin-austen]

I agree. I'll take the hot&dry over less-hot/humid any time. (although, when it's 110-115 out it's not fun even if it's a "dry heat"). My worst summer was two weeks in the DFW metroplex in Texas, and the temp/humidity was 100+/90% pretty much the whole time I was there. Absolutely miserable!

[@floycewhite6991]

I was just telling the woman the other day, that women in Austin often go around without bras, in sun dresses and T-shirts, because it's just so oppressive when it's humid. The lefty and generally weird Austin culture is sort of like California in that it quietly tolerates tourist-beach type clothing. @bill.godwin-austen June 1972 was just miserable that way.

[@bill.godwin-austen]

@@floycewhite6991 That summer in DFW I mentioned was in the early 1990's (don't recall the exact year).

[@denise3119]

Colorado is also pretty nice. Cold but the sun shines a lot

[@Leg239]

@tegelert Florida man here. I did a 2 week construction project in NM in the middle of summer, working in the high heat with low humidity was fantastic. Only problem was the elevation caused me to lose my breath a lot quicker. Humidity sucks.

[@quarrellousquaker]

As Mark Twain said, "the coldest winter I've ever endured was a summer in San Francisco.'' I think an ideal year weatherwise would be January in the southwest, February in New Orleans (Mardi Gras!), March in the Carolinas, April in the Capitol Region, May in the mid-Atlantic, June in Alaska (always wanted to experience 24 hours of daylight on solstice), July in the Pacific Northwest, August in the Great Lakes, September anywhere, October in northern New England, November in Appalachia and December in California.

[@acelm8437]

Maybe not everywhere in September. I live in DFW and it's still pretty much summer.

[@blaiseandrahegg1035]

July in PNW is fire season so do September there and July in Maine. September isn't good anywhere these days, it's really hot in Arizona, Texas, ect

[@idkanaccountname]

Why would anyone go to Appalachia?

[@Sleepy_Otter]

I complain about the weather in Pittsburgh constantly, but at the same time . . . I can't imagine living anywhere that gets hotter in the summer *or* colder in the winter. Thanks for the cool data Geography King!

[@duaneperkins8329]

Last winter Casper WY, was my worst winter ever (I'm 64). Grew up in Colorado but had to work the last 8 years in Casper (back in Colorado now). I really loved living in Casper but the cold and the wind during the winter just goes right through you...every day. Then last year we just got dumped on (second snowiest winter ever, with the largest single storm)...but really it's the wind that does you in.

[@johnchedsey1306]

I once got a flat tire north of Cheyenne and mostly remember that wind cut through me while I was changing it.

[@undertone2472]

There is a reason the population is lower in WY than AK 😂 no one is trying to move to Wyoming.

[@steviechubbs5238]

I live in Wyoming now and the wind is relentless. Legitimately awful no matter the weather if it's windy

[@christopherking9338]

Little America truck stop should have windmills!! Frigid Winters!!😮😮

[@Herrikias]

Being raised in Casper, I could never properly judge since it's all I knew. Even after moving to Colorado, it was still jarring for people to act like I'd escaped a chilly hellscape when I'd mention living there. Considering Northern Colorado and most of the Great Plains is just as windy, I still chalk it up to Coloradans thinking Wyoming is just a slighly colder Colorado. The Front Range really lulls you with its mild weather.

[@johnchedsey1306]

The winters in Seattle did indeed impact my moods. It resulted in me moving to Arizona a few years ago and I don't regret it. Tucson thankfully has slightly lower summer temps than Yuma or Phoenix and yes, we just stay in during the day. But I'd rather deal with the 4 hot months here than the 4 dreary, dark, depressing winter months in the PNW.

[@douglasnewman2299]

I lived just under 9 years in PHX and then 14 months in Tucson. Tucson summer was much easier to take. And I left Tucson for Denver 30 years ago tomorrow. I'll do Denver winter any time over AZ summer.

[@FYMASMD]

Thanks for leaving!!👍😎

[@christopherking9338]

Greetings from Portland, Oregon!! After living in Nor Cal for 38 years , getting scorched every day, we'll take the soggy winters and amazing summers up here. No More Oven!!😎😎 ps. "There's No Such Thing As Bad Weather, Only Bad Clothing." - Gert Boyle of Columbia Sportswear 😎😎

[@horizon8927]

I went Seattle to Chicago to Vegas (as an adult). Of the three, I like Vegas weather the best.

[@christopherking9338]

@@horizon8927 Reno is a bit cooler due to elevation, but the snowfall is tiny.......

[@sunnyskytravel4571]

I really love that you included Seattle in your list of worst winter climates. I've lived in the area most of my life and most people typically don't think of Seattle as having bad winters but you hit it right on the head. Literally days, sometimes weeks on end of dark, damp, cold sunless leaden gray mist, showers, rain, 40 degrees and 90% humidity really chills you in a way nothing else quite does. We're in the midst of it right now, haven't seen a glimmer of sunlight in days and it's only early January, still months of the same to go and I find myself asking that same old question, why am I still living here?

[@SimuLord]

Funny, I love the winters in this area, having grown up in New England. I'd rather the cold days be 4 degrees Celsius than 4 degrees Fahrenheit. It's the summers I can't stand, because especially in the inland suburbs like Kent (where I live), you get all of the heat of a Western US summer with none of the air conditioning.

[@sunnyskytravel4571]

@@SimuLord That's interesting. I grew up in northern Indiana and also had cold, snowy winters and very hot humid summers. I'd rather have the snow but I do love our western Wa summers here, for me not nearly as hot as the Midwest.

[@lovesosa4751]

lol second mildest winters on the mainland country

[@infidelcastro5129]

I’m British. The climate difference between cities in the UK is a few degrees Celsius. The only real difference relates to rainfall - it’s either raining or it’s going to rain soon 😊

[@christopherking9338]

Portland, Oregon will concur......

[@BGD.2980]

The UK is like the size of Montana. Not a huge area "relatively speaking" so there won't be nearly as many different climates as there are in the US... If Brits see 85 that think it's a heatwave! HAHA

[@horizon8927]

The issue with Seattle isn't the winter. You expect bad weather in the winter. The issue with Seattle is the spring. It gets stuck in "rainy and 50's" mode into June.

[@TJR93]

Reminds me of San Francisco in a lot of ways. The Northern West Coast is surprisingly cold.

[@garretriely3915]

Completely disagree, spring is my favorite season in Seattle, May and June are absolutely wonderful months here.

[@arp12tube]

Hard agree, the grey skies can even last into early July. But weirdly, the flowers start blooming in Feb/March so there is at least something pretty to look at for awhile.

[@floycewhite6991]

@@TJR93 Yes but San Fran only gets drizzle most of the time. 50 and windy is quite tolerable if you're dressed for it.

[@TJR93]

@@floycewhite6991 San Francisco can still get quite foggy.

[@BS-vx8dg]

*Great video!* And putting my two cents in, I've lived in both the Southeast and the Southwest, and the nighttime temperature drop is the best thing about living in the high desert. The drop from late afternoon to late evening is often over 30°, from the 90s to the 60s. But in Florida I've seen a 95° day turn into a 92° night. Ugh.

[@Don-n6o]

I can layer up for the winter and deal with it. I live in SE lower Michigan, system snow but little lake effect as we are on the windward side of lakes Erie and Huron. Winter temp highs avg about 30, lows about avg about 20. Avg snow about 40”. Little sunshine being surrounded by The Great Lakes. However what I cannot stand is a hot and humid summer. In SE Michigan from mid June to Mid August is the time it can be warm and pleasantly beautiful, warm and periodically humid, or just a miserable 2 months of a hot and humid summer. The only thing you can do to beat a hot and humid summer is to get in home AC, the car AC, or the office AC. I will take the cold over the hot and sticky stuff anytime. A great video Kyle!

[@SUNNY4401]

I mean at winter you don't even go outside too cuz you wanna be cozy

[@euroschmau]

I went to Dubai in June. I could not describe the heat. It might be a desert country, but the evaporation off the Persian Gulf makes Dubai as swampy as New Orleans, but with temperatures like Phoenix.

[@GeographyKing]

The Gulf is notorious for some truly unbearable summers. I think that's why there are so many huge indoor malls in the rich countries there.

[@chiappazzi]

​@@GeographyKing I have a friend who moved from my hometown of fort wayne indiana to Phoenix he teases us by saying it's never been below 55 in his 10 years down there

[@Krazie-Ivan]

@@chiappazzi ...Phx drops below 55f most nights Dec-Feb. it was 40f last night, we'll be in the 30's this coming week, and it's dropped to mid-20's in years past. don't let him lie to ya. ask how it feels to go 4mo w/o a single day below 100f... to go over 30 days above 115... to only have a 45min window at dawn where the temp drops below 95... to do all that with 5mi high dust storms rollin through every afternoon that bring humidity & down trees with 100mph+ gusts. if he replies "fine with my AC!", ask how it feels to flee to a hotel when it goes out & techs aren't avail for 2 weeks... how it feels to get back in his car after going anywhere... lol

[@chiappazzi]

@Krazie-Ivan so I've been dooped thanks for letting me know n I will ask that. Is it true that there isnt a cold drinking fountain down there also?

[@Krazie-Ivan]

@@chiappazzi ...kinda? most public outdoor fountains and even residential delivery pipes are plumbed shallow, & most city tanks sit above ground (baking in the sun), so the water doesn't benefit from the stable 65f ground temp 10' down. water from the tap isn't cool for 7-8mo per yr ...drinking from a hose left out in summer sun will burn you, severely.

[@Maddytobinshubin]

I live in Montana but am working in Utqiagvik this winter, I've been here since November, and it's not totally awful. There's a certain beauty to the tundra with faint pink light of the sun below the horizon and the aurora has been incredible. I'll take this over my many grey and dreary winters in the PNW.

[@maikotter9945]

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[@cameroonkendrick6312]

The Florida summer is an inescapable hell. People in the west complain about heat a lot but it’s at least a dry heat so the shade will help and it also gets cooler at night. In Florida, it’s like being in a sauna every where you go with the sun beating down on you. It doesn’t even cool down at night

[@Trahzy]

It cools down into the upper 70s at night where I am in Florida but the humidity stays. Next day it's 93 with 95% humidity again, then after the daily storm it goes up to 99%. Tourists wouldn't last a month actually having to live near the swamps for a month lol.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Shade helps, until you get 118 degree days that are windy (and there's usually a lot of those). Once temperatures tip over 115, breezes and wind just make things worse, and even avoiding the sun isnt enough. Also, thanks to urban heat island, Phoenix at the very least (cant speak for Vegas or Tucson) doesnt cool down all that much at night. The nighttime lows are still around 100 for a good month or two.

[@Cristian-sk6wi]

dry summers are great in LA but not Phoenix, dry isn’t always good, we went to phoenix in the summer one time and during the night time, your throat feels super dry and your face feels like its being blown by a heated fan since its also windy but 100 degrees

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

@@Cristian-sk6wi Wind at night when it's around 100 is actually kind of a relief. It's when it's 115+ that wind just makes the heat worse. In Phoenix, air at night in peak summer is either dead still and around 100, fairly muggy and humid (during monsoon), or both

[@mrsme33-cy7lf]

I'll take the dry heat over the humid heat. Grew up in W. Texas, when it got hot you went in the shade. I live in S. Louisiana now shade doesn't help a bit.

[@bakarka]

About the saguaro on the cover photo: I was in Phoenix in December (a great time to visit) and at their Desert Botanical Garden they said that because of this past summer’s record heat, several of their big saguaro cactuses died and had to be removed.

[@03focussvt943]

It sucks in PHX. I cant wait to leave. Ive done 14 yrs here. Its beyond brutal. No words can describe the hell of 5 months of 100-120° STRAIGHT with no relief. Couple the heat with summer's monsoon humidity and it truly is Hell on Earth.

[@AnotherYoutuber-yt6vf]

@@03focussvt943 I wish in understood why it was (allowed!) to become such a big city. I would live in constant fear of the AC breaking.

[@Cam_Ske]

@@03focussvt943 I moved to Phoenix from Oklahoma and feel the opposite of you. Sure it is HOT from May-Sept but I went back to Oklahoma a few summers back and was miserable. 95F + humidity is unbearable for me. Plus the weather in Arizona is super stable and outside the heat, risk is low for natural disasters. I cannot stand the humidity. At least standing in the shade away from asphalt gives you relief in Arizona. Plus we go camping up in Williams/Flagstaff multiple times in the summer and that is a quick way to get breaks from the heat. Also, my AC has not gone out since i replaced it 10 years ago.

[@hiyou8973]

@@AnotherKZbinr-yt6vf I am a native of Arizona and 54 years old and I can tell you that the fear of the AC breaking in summer is very real !!

[@nofacebigfootgaming6008]

Worst winter for me was South Dakota 2008 - 2009. I remember driving to Omaha to watch a PBA bowling tournament and it was 80 degrees in November. A few days later in SD it was about 70 and first part of storm just dumped several inches of rain. The temperature dropped over night to below freezing and a foot of snow dropped on the back half of the storm. On January 15 2009, the temperature was -39 when I got up. My Impala fired right on up on the second time without it even being plugged into to charge the battery over night (actually there was no cord in the engine.) About an hour later when I arrived at work (school), it was -47 and fuel froze at the gas station. In fact, the thermometer on Main Street froze. Two days later the temperature rose nearly by 100 degrees 47. I had to refill my propane in February because it was so cold. Most of the winter had nights of -20 and days below 0 degrees. I coached MS basketball and nearly all of our games were rescheduled. Three weeks into March, it was -20. Tons of snow and cold weather. in April, there was a huge snow melt due to 80+ degree temps. The roads outside of town flooded so bad that students had to stay in town until the fields became passable. Some teenagers placed a sofa on one of the snow banks in town and it was about 20 - 30 feet high. It melted in two days with the sofa sitting in the middle of the Main Street. The Grande River on Standing Rock was actually a river for the first time in decades. Winter of 2011 on Fort Berthold was insane because it lasted until the 3rd week of May. Even the Big Muddy was frozen until about May 21. Absolutely insane. I lived 70 miles from Minot where major flooding occurred on the Souris River. When I drove back Virginia to visit family in July, I-29 had sandbags filled up every little bridge in Iowa. I will never forget those two winters.

[@giuchici4]

Thanks for the info. Very interesting

[@peterbechtel9824]

My God that's insane...I can't stand the cold and never want to go there...

[@nofacebigfootgaming6008]

@@peterbechtel9824 It can also get hot and muggy as well.

[@Chris_at_Home]

What kind of fuel froze? Ive used #1 diesel and gasoline in vehicles down to -60 and never had fuel freeze.

[@billyd7628]

@@Chris_at_Home the imaginary fuel in his mind.

[@dounutkiller]

I went to college in Houghton! Miss those winters, all the snow was very fun for those who enjoyed it!

[@Tim21189]

I live in Minnesota. We get the brutal cold and snowy winters. Sometimes for about 5 months. We also get alot of humidity in the Summers, though not anywhere near as humid as other places. My point is, we definitely feel the extremes here. I’ll take mildly cold over extreme heat any day.

[@xIdenTiFi]

Doha, Qatar has got to be up there for "Worst summers". I spent 2 weeks there in August '22, and at 7am, with the sun barely coming up, it was 107 outside with 90% humidity. At peak heat it was 125 with 80% humidity. Absolutely brutal. Well over 110 into the night hours, it was still 105 at 8pm!

[@sydhenderson6753]

That and the south coast of the Caspian are about the record for heat index. There's a place, Dhahran, on the Saudi Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf a bit north of Qatar where the heat index hit 178 degrees and apparently there was one in Iran where it was 180 degrees. I bet it was on the Persian Gulf as well.

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@sydhenderson6753 _That and the south coast of the Caspian are about the record for heat index_ Yeah, it seems just about anyplace located below sea level has oppressive heat, but at least Death Valley doesn't have that humidity problem.

[@BillGreenAZ]

Yeah, anywhere around the Persian Gulf has brutal heat/humidity during the summer. I spent a few months in Dubai, which isn't too far from Doha. It wasn't yet oppressive when I visited but the heat is there along with the humidity.

[@maikotter9945]

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[@lemuret69]

Not meant for human habitation.

[@HowardLore]

As a Texas native who’s been to 42 states I can say by far the worst summers are in Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley by McAllen. The hot desert air blows in from the chihuahuan desert mixed in with the high humidity of the Gulf of Mexico makes this area unbearable. I’ve been to New Orleans and Yuma and I’ll take those summers any day over south Texas. Atleast Yuma has the cold nights and New Orleans has lots of rain which moderates the temperatures. But Laredo and South Tx has none of that, it’s just hot and sticky for 9-10 months of the year. Laredo on December 30th was 90 degrees. The hottest temperature recorded in the northern hemisphere on that day. The only thing that I can compare South Texas to is the gulf countries in the Middle East like Kuwait, Qatar, UAE. I remember being in Dubai mid summer and it felt a lot like South Texas, hot and humid

[@maikotter9945]

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[@blensblenny2683]

Kingsville in summer is horrible. 100f & 50 percent humidity is dangerous & miserable conditions.

[@xarch7208]

haha dude thank you for saying that, i was like the RGV has horrible summers, arguably worse than any he mentioned and hardly any seasons. just recently on Christmas it was in the mid 80s with high humidity. horrible.

[@orangekilla3374]

@@HowardLore they say far south Texas has a tropical climate

[@ramongonzalez1564]

I used to live in Central California but now I live in McAllen and i completely agree, the heat and humidity are horrible down here almost all year. 3 days ago it was 91° but today it's actually nice and cool, The temperature was down in the 40s all day. I could finally let the AC units rest.

[@RysloFC]

Seattle absolutely does not get 14-18” of rain per month in the winter. It’s 5-6”. I think you were reading the precipitation days each month. The rain is really low volume. In fact, it’s less than Chattanooga annually. 40” for Seattle and 55” for Chattanooga.

[@TJR93]

People underestimate how wet the Southeast really is.

[@j.s.7335]

I think he was reading centimeters, maybe? But you're right, it definitely wasn't inches of rain because it doesn't rain nearly that much there.

[@DanA.-jo4sg]

Maybe do a video going through each month and finding the best and worst places to live for that particular month. That would be interesting.

[@lemuret69]

Seattle is indeed rather dark and rainy in the winter, but it's all that rain that nurtures those majestic trees, both evergreen and deciduous, that make the city (in my view) the most beautiful in the US. And to be fair, the Seattle summers are glorious - dry, warm and sunny, with long days that shift gently into night. You might guess that I love that city.

[@gorgthesalty]

I also heard it is surrounded by great skiing and hiking places. Basically, good outdoors. And has great transit? But, does the transit help those without cars to reach those outdoors places, or does one still need at least one car "in the back pocket?"

[@Alan-lv9rw]

I’ve lived in NY, CT, IL, and TX. The worst humidity I ever experienced was in Greenboro, NC where I spent the summer of 1978.

[@thedevilandhertrumpets4268]

South Eastern humidity is pretty gross. I agree with you.

[@heythere6983]

How do you like Texas?

[@Mike_Greentea]

I’ve visited the southwest states , some older peoples skin looks like leather from living in that desert climate

[@BS-vx8dg]

True, but that's a (stupid) choice they've made. It is possible to live there without developing a leatherface.

[@ZionForman]

wrong

[@GriffinK10]

That’s just what happens when you work outdoors (anywhere)

[@gregengel1616]

People tend to live longer in the southwest, so you're probably looking at someone who's already 105. :-)

[@TomSmith-in1zj]

But then again, there are the blue-white pasty tofu zombies living indoors elsewhere.

[@__kiki]

I grew up in snowy Vermont, but have lived in the PNW for about 20 years. I will take the rain over the snow any day, especially considering the summers are 3 solid months of perfect sunny weather, at least here in Portland.

[@giuchici4]

Best summers in the US

[@christopherking9338]

Yep. Portland summers are amazing!!

[@ecurewitz]

Snow is awful. Glad we’ve been getting less of it in recent years here in Massachusetts

[@johnnycab8986]

Vermont is also much more gloomy than the PNW, which most people don't know. We get far less days of sun than most areas of PNW in Vermont. Amazing in the summer and fall but incredibly depressing here for 6 months a year. Basically the cold of the coldest parts of the contiguous US, combined with the darkest, greyest conditions in the entire lower 48. I believe Johnson, Vermont is the town in the US with the fewest days of sun per year.

[@__kiki]

@ All of this is very true, and something I had forgotten. Funny about Johnson with the fewest sunny days, as I grew up in neighboring Cambridge.

[@floycewhite6991]

Gotta feel sorry for people in the Gulf Coast, places like Mobile. They can have fairly mild winters, most of any winter is mild. Then one year the temperate reaches 0°F, and you know those houses aren't insulated. Long hot summers with really vicious storms, even hurricanes. The extremes are just more extreme.

[@lovesosa4751]

It never gets that temperature in Mobile. Last time it even got close was 50 years ago and it's for 2 days

[@heythere6983]

Is that true about less insulation over there? Tbh Iv heard the over insulated houses nowadays are the reason there’s so much mold indoors, because the houses don’t breathe

[@jazzcatjohn]

The trick to Seattle is to get out in the winter rain or shine. Don't let it stop you. You're not going to die of heat stroke or freeze to death in a wet 50-degree climate. Get the endorphins flowing and enjoy the beautiful nature. Or just look out the window and sulk for half the year.

[@nicholasharvey1232]

^ This. I don't think Finland was voted happiest country on Earth because they stay inside and complain all winter. I personally go outside no matter how cold it is, life goes on regardless, as the saying goes there is no bad weather, only bad clothing.

[@BS-vx8dg]

What a great perspective, JazzCat.

[@christopherking9338]

Vitamin D3 supplements help too. Portland summers are amazing!!!

[@christopherking9338]

​@@nicholasharvey1232RIP Gert Boyle 😢😢

[@respectedgentleman4322]

I'm from the UK so it all felt pretty alien until when Kyle said about Seattle, it was the climate that felt like home. I agree, just get out and make the best of the winter!

[@fatharmonix]

I’ve lived in KCMO my entire life but i feel like we get the mean worst of everything here. Hot always fairly humid summers with crazy peaks for a week or two, decent winters with a rare bad winter storm( hence the 2025 winter ice-snow storm). It’s a gamble here.

[@TJR93]

@4:00 Minor critique, you should use dew points instead of relative humidity. Dew point is a much more consistent measurement and is arguably much easier to understand.

[@herrbrahms]

This. Dewpoint is a measure of the total amount of water vapor in any given volume of air. It's independent of temperature and therefore more descriptive when talking about how humid a place is.

[@jchen1436]

Great job with this study and presentation! As an Austin resident I'm so glad you listed our torturous (and getting worse) summers. It's truly uncomfortable here for 4-5 months out of the year with new heat records being set all the time. The moisture without the lack of much-needed rain makes it even worse.

[@CharlesEmersonWinchesterIV]

The Aleutian Islands seem similar to Scotland. Little vegetation, little sunlight, lots of rain. But beautiful as well.

[@BS-vx8dg]

I spent nearly four years in the Aleutians, many decades ago. I personally loved it, but I don't have enough fingers and toes to count all the people that I saw going mad with the weather. Rain close to 300 days a year. No more than 5-10 days a year with sunshine all day; it's cloudy almost always. Yet I loved it. The mountains are friendly hiking, with streams of pure clean water from snowmelt all year long. It was a wonderful experience to have.

[@schmonsequences]

Last couple of years Phoenix has seen stretches where the nighttime temperature doesn't drop much below 90. Like for weeks.

[@danielreigada1542]

But "in the desert it always cools down at night!" I live in Phoenix and last summer every time I heard that I felt like I was about to lose it.

[@jamesgibson1098]

I lived in the Phoenix area for several years and there were weeks in the summer when the lows were above 90. I would not consider that cooling down. The AC was the only break I'd get from the heat. And after having my AC go out 4 out of 5 years (3 separate apartments) including a LONG 4th of July weekend, I moved my family to Arkansas. The summers here are much better! I'll never complain about the heat ever again after living in AZ.

[@danielreigada1542]

@@jamesgibson1098 Arkansas is a hidden gem. I went to Bentonville a couple of years ago and was really impressed.

[@bghg2301]

Good job, very good🎉

[@Krazie-Ivan]

@@danielreigada1542 ...100%! i feel the same every time i hear "dry heat". monsoons start mid-June, and the humidity doesn't end till Oct. ffs, it was 100f on Nov 6th a few years back too.

[@BoiseTriathlete]

I live in Houghton and this is my 4th winter. The community makes a big difference. We celebrate the snow here and people are bummed when it is a light year. There are several downhill skiing runs, x-country trails everywhere, and endless snowshoe trails. Every Feb we have the Winter Carnival with snow sculptures that you showed. By the way, the microclimate here is crazy. Just 15 miles up the road is Calumet that often gets 300 inches a year.

[@James_25198]

My favourite is the cold dry winters of the Great Plains. As long as it’s sunny I don’t care how cold it gets. I like ice skating and curling so that cold dry weather is great for me.

[@phillipbell4394]

People wonder how I manage Tucson, and like for the most part, we get through it because it isn't Pheonix. It's also a lot greener with a higher altitude as well. I don't know how anyone lives in Pheonix tho. I love the stars here as well. There's virtually no light pollution at night so you can really see everything.

[@lovesosa4751]

Heat only killed me when it was humid, -40 also kills you no matter really

[@andrewbouck7471]

Fellow Tucsonan here. Yep, no matter how unbearable it may seem here, I just say, "At least it's not Phoenix!" Lol.

[@hiyou8973]

@@andrewbouck7471 I live in Phoenix, you're not wrong!!

[@jackblog-k7m]

Minnesotan here, it’s just so cold for so long. Oh and it’s dark. I’d take the more snow if it meant less single digit temps.

[@burnitdwn]

Hate hot weather. Hate humid weather. In Chicago area currently, if I ever move out of state, It'll be Green Bay WI area, or UP of Michigan, or Duluth area of MN... some place not too far from family members in IL and WI where I could visit with a weekend road trip. Milder summers, and nice winters for cross country skiing and snowmobiling. (Houghton is very high on the list of towns where I'd want to move.)

[@MbisonBalrog]

The Couver in BC has mild summers too. PNW in general like Seattle are not bad in Summer at all.

[@christopherking9338]

​@@MbisonBalrogThe Great Pacific Northwest Is Best!! \m/>

[@CindySanders-v9l]

@@MbisonBalrogPortland oregon has great weather. Less rain than Seattle.

[@ebrim5013]

Marquette and Duluth are both really cool towns. I thought Houghton was neat driving through but never spent any real time there.

[@aaronkaylor498]

I've lived in both Marquette and Duluth and both towns have their charm. Duluth has a lot of issues with drugs and homeless though and they permeate what would otherwise be a beautiful downtown.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

Good timing as a major ice storm heading your way, GK.

[@happycommuter3523]

Weather wise, I dread ice storms more than anything. The power outages can go on for weeks or even months.

[@Chris_0803]

There's nothing more miserable than oppressive humidity. Hot nights...waking up on balmy mornings with your windows covered by condensation. I live in texas and i pray for 2022 level freezes every year

[@texasrefugee7888]

I've tried to live in Texas heat and humidity three times I cannot do it. I think it's miserable. Also I tried to live in Olympia Washington and didn't even last a year because of the drearyness

[@Trahzy]

North central Florida here, and I work outdoors. Can't stand summer lol. 95 degrees with 99% humidity after a thunderstorm is miserable. Went to Vegas and it was 112 with around 15% humidity, hardly a drop of sweat the whole time.

[@Anomize23]

@@Trahzy precisely my thoughts as well. People who haven’t experienced the two really haven’t experienced humidity 😂

[@heythere6983]

Where you live there? Out of curiosity how cold do you run the internal air vs how how the day is? Tryna get a feel for the difference that causes the condensation. I assume if it’s kept within 75-80 degrees inside the house it won’t get condensation unless the outside temp is past 100

[@alexmonamochamuch2652]

Cool thing on top of the mention of Seattle winters The comparison between the eastern and western parts of the state of washington is very stark. The western part has tons of rain and not a lot of sun where if you go east of the mountain there is very little rain and tons of sun, and lots of snow as well. A cool chart to show this is a precipitation map. Very clear line between east and west of the mountains from where the rainshadow starts. Same situation in oregon as well.

[@christopherking9338]

Portlanders head East over to Bend or The Dallas for sunshine. 😎😎

[@leestamm3187]

I lived in the Puget Sound region (Everett WA) for 30 years, then retired to southeastern Washington (Tri-Cities) 16 years ago, so I know both sides of the Cascades. Winters here are somewhat colder than the west side, but not too bad. Summers are notably hotter, 95F to 105F is not unusual in July and August, but relative humidity is usually under 20%. Shoulder seasons are ideal. Average annual precipitation here is about 7 inches, obviously much dryer. On balance, I'll take the dry, sunny east side.

[@DillyDahlia]

@@alexmonamochamuch2652 I’m in eastern WA. Many don’t realize that there can be looong periods of gray and low clouds/fog in the winter, which can be very depressing. It’s happening right now, in fact. Yesterday we got a brief glimpse of sunshine, which helped.

[@lovesosa4751]

It's called mountain rain shadows

[@leestamm3187]

@@DillyDahlia Yup. The winter inversions can be dreary. It's the price for the great weather the rest of the time.

[@cguy2guy511]

What you miss using so many averages is the extreme North Dakota having a week or two stretches where the high is below zero F can be brutal add strong winds and -20 feels like -60. Every had a crunchy winter coat? Had plastic shattered in your hand when scraping your windows or trying to get the snow out of your cars oil heater plugin. Also the way the wind blows 3 inches of snow can drift several feet to shovel overnight. Good times 😂

[@aaronkidd9450]

Minot resident. Your correct.

[@scottazevedo7628]

Great video Kyle! I currently live in Grand Forks, ND and yeah, we'll have consecutive weeks in January and February where we stay below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Also have days where wind chill is around - 40 degrees. I used to live in Lemoore, CA and Seattle, WA and for me, I'd rather deal with the cold than the heat. You have a lot more options to warm up then to cool down, lol.

[@kevinkuntzaerialphotograph7552]

We could be neighbors

[@BS-vx8dg]

When I lived in Alaska (this is over 40 years ago) the weatherman for the ABC affiliate used to regularly show us the weather in Bismarck. You know, so we wouldn't think we had it so bad.

[@TJR93]

@@BS-vx8dg Southern Alaska is balmy and almost tropical due to the Pacific. When people talk Alaska winters, they should be referring to Northern Alaska.

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@TJR93 Totally agree. Especially in the Aleutians, where the Japanese Current has a similar effect as the Gulf Stream has in the North Atlantic. Three winters in the Aleutians and I never saw the temperature drop below zero. Hell, it rarely dropped below 20.

[@GeographyKing]

I grew up about a half an hour east of Lemoore and know those summers well. The dust and air pollution don't help.

[@jben2140]

I live in Yuma and in the summer it doesn’t ever get down to 50 at night! Typically it’s still over 100 at night. With the gulf of California just south we get humidity too!

[@03focussvt943]

Most people think its a "dry heat", but those asshats dont do research or tell the TRUTH that from July through September we get the brutal heat coupled with high humidity. They dont put that in the brochures! 😡😡😡

[@WW-hr1hd]

I visited a friend just over the border from you in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico a few years ago in August. I was there for a week and every day the high was at least 115F. It reached 118F a couple days. At night it "cooled down" to 105F!

[@ZionForman]

also, San Diego has the best all around climate the most days per year, if one was choosing where to live based on having good weather San Diego is the place.

[@bill.godwin-austen]

As a San Diego native, I can heartily vouch for this!

[@floycewhite6991]

This makes nine years in a row of unusually mild summers and spring-falls (we have no true winter). No 100° days in April or Halloween, no week of freezing mornings around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[@steveb7429]

Having spent many years living in San Diego, I would agree. However, due to climate change, I have noticed the San Diego’s weather is not nearly as perfect as it was back in the 90s. It gets both colder and hotter than it used to.

[@rachel_sj]

As someone who was born and raised in West Central Minnesota, twenty miles east of the Minnesota/North Dakota border, I’d much rather endure winters where there’s a ton of snow than windy, below freezing temperatures. It’s balmy outside while you’re getting free exercise in shoveling snow and the cold isn’t going to attack every fiber of your being just because you’re warm blooded and happen to be alive. Plus, it might not seem like the colder parts of the US (the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin) get a lot of snow, but each inch of snow is equivalent to 2-3 inches of rain, so that causes quite the flooding come spring if we get even a bit more snow than average during the winter.

[@kinohoward2598]

Being from Northern New England, I'd say most of the people that live in these more extreme regions probably live there because they like the weather, at least from my experience, many people around here love the cold and the snow, and actively look forward to it and the outdoor recreation opportunities it brings.

[@BS-vx8dg]

🎯💯

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@Trahzy _Huh?_

[@Trahzy]

@@BS-vx8dg Can't fucking read?

[@heythere6983]

I would like to know the least moldy states. Tough to say, snowy areas can get moldy , humid areas too, dry heat areas aswell since the AC COIL in the hvac develops a bunch of mold due to condensation

[@Matts-life-in-Phoenix]

Phoenix doesn’t cool off below 90 for like three months straight

[@warderjack]

If this video had come out in August, I bet the comments would be a little different 😛

[@amberwyman3176]

I lived in Rochester NY for 15 years and grew up in the Seattle area - currently live there. I’ll take Seattle ANY DAY. of course I despise being cold so there’s that

[@treyshaffer]

Oh no. My partner's work is taking us to Buffalo and reading this makes me worried, haha.

[@susansheehy6309]

Great concept for a video! The worst seasons here in Victoria, BC are early spring and late fall: always cloudy and often windy and rainy. Otherwise a mild, pleasant climate. Love the series! Thanks Kyle.

[@PastorTom2009]

We moved from South West Michigan 10 years ago and moved to North Myrtle Beach SC. So lots of sun now especially in winter. And mild temperatures. But extremely hot and humid in the summer

[@Sprout-gh3zv]

Huh… yea come to southwest florida if you want to say extremely hot and humid…. I get it, it’s all relative but I’ve been up to the Carolina’s in the summer and it’s a cake walk compared haha

[@David-bh7hs]

Long time Seattleite here about our winters: Some people can handle it, some people can’t. Most people from the sunbelt can’t. There have been multiple winters where I forgot the sky is normally blue. It’s not uncommon to see a rainy, overcast gray day and think “oh wow the weather is so nice today”. It’s grayer than any weather except probably the british isles. Oh and you will always be damp and you won’t realize it.

[@lovesosa4751]

Pretty but dark

[@ElizondoAbelardo]

I guess you only looked at major cities in the US, but I think you overlooked McAllen, TX. It's more southern than Austin and when you look at heat index during the summer, it's usually the hottest city in the country, consistently reaching the 110s. Also, I gotta agree that rainy winters in the Pacific Northwest are extreme in their own way. Vancouver Canada sounds pretty bad and stuff like Aberdeen sounds insane.

[@talesofcinderella]

Great video Kyle! I watched someone from England reacting to it.

[@Mr.Mouse1234]

That’s a shirt I’d wear back in late 2000’s in school

[@BS-vx8dg]

I'd happily wear that shirt today. But I'd need to lose 50 lbs. first to do so.

[@GeographyKing]

Be it 1990 or 2030, not many people are as qualified as I am to properly wear and adorn that shirt.

[@zants_]

They're quickly coming back in style. I've seen more and more horizontally-striped polo shirts worn unironically lately (the same kind you would've seen every middle and high schooler wear from like 2004-2010). It's pretty cool seeing trends repeat themselves before my eyes like this.

[@MrDEWaters]

My mom grew up in Phoenix during the 1930s before A/C. At her high school in 1940 (the largest in the nation at that time) custodians used to open the windows at 3 am to let in the cooler air, and then close them at the beginning of the hot school day. Supposedly the buildings' walls were 3 feet thick for insulation against the daily heat. It's a dry heat but that isn't much consolation when it's 110 degrees F. A few of my relatives ended up moving from Phoenix to E. Grand Forks, MN for some reason----that must have been a radical change. I agree that Seattle has horrible winters, at least as far as I am concerned.. I visit my sister there each June, and sometimes it is still mostly overcast.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

The worst winters have to be the high mountain valleys in CO, in places where the valleys are big enough for the wind to really get going. Fraser, Gunnison, Leadville, Fairplay...then up in WY towns like Evanston and Rock Springs are just brutal.

[@MikeP2055]

That stretch of I-80 between Evanston and Laramie, WY is absolutely insane during winter storms. It's got its own unique beauty during spring and summer, but holy hell, the wind can get whipping along that plain!

[@lovesosa4751]

You aren't even 50° north lat in Colorado

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

@@lovesosa4751 Being nine or then thousand feet into the sky makes up for it.

[@MikeP2055]

@lovesosa4751 True, but weatherwise, latitude is kind of relative to where on earth you happen to be. If I remember correctly, the entirety of the UK is farther north than the 49th parallel of the US/Canadian border. I think London is at 51.5°N. Crazy, right?! I just learned that maybe two weeks ago and it blew my mind!

[@iamnother5490]

I love your videos. This one reminded me of living in southwest Michigan. The lake effect is absolutely brutal in the winter. I remember some people that didn't believe lake effect is a real thing. They probably don't believe in global warming either.

[@michaeldufresne9428]

I currently live in San Antonio, but spent most of me life in the suburbs of New Orleans. I can well remember days in the 90s during summer with humidifier in the 90s as well. Talk about miserable. I will definitely take the 100 degree temperatures were I am now. I remember when I first moved here I was watching a weather report in the summer and they were complaining about the high humidity, it was in the 40s. I laughed so hard, to me that is a treat.

[@kurttaube5527]

I was in Salt Lake City in the summer of 1995 and I remember the TV weatherman commenting on the noticeably high evening humidity. It was 38%. All a matter of perspective.

[@heythere6983]

What’s to be expected in San Antonio in terms of weather? How’s the allergies too?

[@Nanohertz109]

Lived both in Houghton and the Mojave Desert. Same day to day life, different inconveniences. People can get used to anything.

[@Toastmaster_5000]

The best winters for me would maybe be eastern VT - you get a decent amount of snow, but nothing outrageous. It's cold enough to be reasonably dry but warm enough that a well-insulated house isn't going to cost a lot to keep warm.

[@racedrvier42]

Michigan, lol. Where you can literally have four seasons in one day. I have started mornings looking out my office window and have snow on the ground, and by the time I leave it is 65 degress and people are hitting the golf course.

[@meowenstein]

For the last January I spent in the Seattle area I remembered 29 straight days of overcast skies... the sun didn't come out once. Never again!

[@scholarlyanalyst7700]

Was Seattle mild, at least? Where were you visiting from?

[@1kidnamedfinger]

Summer in Georgia IS HELL! So HUMID!! It feels like your suffocating, and your sticky 24/7, your sweat never evaporates. Mosquitoes and gnats everywhere!! HATE IT!!

[@Anomize23]

People who complain of the desert heat have absolutely no idea what miserable conditions are. That humidity brings way more storms and then the bugs like you have mentioned.😂 3-4 months of desert heat with the low volume of storms and bugs is just more beneficial

[@johnnguyen6159]

So I live in the Great Lakes Region, but can totally understand why the Sun Belt is growing much faster than rest of the country. These are some pros/cons for summer and winter. Summer Pros/Winter Cons: No shoveling snow No slipping on black ice No worries about driving in the snow Less laundry since less layers of clothing Doesn't hurt to be outside (No super low temperatures with high wind chills) More sunshine More sunlight during the day (winters you go to work in the dark and get home in the dark) Don't have to worry about what type of car you want to drive (RWD for example) Don't have to worry about road salt getting on your car or shoes Can do more outdoor activities Don't have to worry about 20+ car pile up Don't have to worry about going up or down icy hills Can take boats or cruise ships Don't having to worry about plants dieing Can go swimming Don't have to wait for plane deicing Don't have to worry about plane skidding off runway Don't have to worry about car battery dying due to temperatures being too low Less seasonal depression due to cloudiness (Pretty Common in the Great Lakes Region as well) Winter Pros/Summer Cons: Less bugs Less homeless people Holiday decoractions You can change clothing layers depending on temperature

[@TJR93]

It can easily hurt to be outside in the sun belt. The concrete can burn you. There can be 20+ car pile ups in the Sun Belt pretty easily; is Atlanta considered part of the Sun Belt?

[@horseman942]

Another benefit of the sun belt is your 2 year car doesn't start to rust.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

@@TJR93 Definitely and unfortunately.

[@PastorTom2009]

Spot on.

[@laurachristianson1688]

@@horseman942uh cars haven’t rusted out in a few decades, they’re made from a lot of stuff but not steel which is what they USED to rust out.

[@aaronclift]

As an Austinite for many years, I can tell you that Houston summers are way worse than ours.

[@orangekilla3374]

Why are they way worse?

[@nakoma5]

SA and Dallas are even worse still.

[@nakoma5]

@@orangekilla3374 humidity and topography.

[@Lance.pigman]

That Houston summer humidity just hits different. Feels like you're swimming walking around

[@alexanderclaylavin]

Tree are illegal in Houston

[@jaytaylor629]

It was only -12⁰C here in southern Alberta today but the humidity was over 80% which made it feel so much unbelievably colder than it really was. Humidity sucks with both hot and cold!

[@warriorson7979]

True.... Wet air doesn't insulate as well.😒

[@BS-vx8dg]

_Humidity sucks with both hot and cold!_ 🎯💯. Move to the high desert, Jay, where summer days are in the 90s, summer nights are in the 60s, and winter brings two to four snowfalls almost every year, which melt away in only a day.

[@maikotter9945]

ein Beitr My greetings from "good [c]old Germany"! Luke LITTLER (England) has conquered the (darts) world yesterday! :) ° I was in his 2nd attempt! History can be so ironic! my preferences (astronomical seasons) 1st: summer (from ~ 21th of June to ~ 22th of September) 2nd: spring (from ~ 20th of March to ~ 20th of June) 3rd: autumn (from ~ 23th of September to ~ 20th of December) 4th: winter (from ~ 21st of December to ~ 19th of March) my place, in the State of Schleswig-Holstein 53° 36´ Northern Latitude snow fall on Friday, 3rd of January 2025 " frost on Satuday, 4th of January 2025 predicted snow fall on Thursday, 9th January Edmonton (Alberta) 53° 32´ Northern Latitude

[@christopherking9338]

That Pincher Creek wind is relentless!!

[@jaytaylor629]

@@christopherking9338 It sure is! Gotta wear lead boots out there!

[@Rocky-or4rz]

You actually went to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for this list. I was wondering if it was going to make the list. I grew up there and I can tell you we measured our snowfall in feet there, not inches. We would get enough snow in a weekend to reach the roofs of our houses. Many times I can remember climbing up to the roof and sledding down into the snowbank. I remember one year we had so much snow fall, we literally could not open our doors or windows. We were literally snowed into our house. That lake effect snow off Lake Superior is no joke. For anyone wondering about those beautiful ice sculptures. Those are at MI tech in Houghton. Every year the fraternities do a competition who can make the best sculptures. They are a yearly event everyone goes and tours because they are done very well. It might be for a specific class, I am not sure. Being a tech school I am sure there are physics classes that would find interest in something like that.

[@cameronsatterfield14]

I think you misread that climate table for Seattle. The city averages 5 to 6 inches of rain each month November-January, not 18. 18 is the number of *days* with rain each of those months. Seattle only gets 40 inches of precipitation a year.

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you for the correction

[@NightOfCrystals]

I went to Dallas in July ‘22 and it was absolutely brutal. Real feel of 111F, the wind was so hot it didn’t cool you down - it was just blowing hot wind. 🥵🥵🥵 Also, I moved to Minneapolis (yes, in January) from Portland, Maine, and WOW is winter colder here. There’s no ocean to moderate the cold so winter is very intense 🥶❄️

[@bjdon99]

Rochester NY is almost as cloudy as Seattle. It’s the 2nd most cloudy city in the U.S., as it sits just South of Lake Ontario. It’s also #2 to Seattle in coffee consumption and suicides per capita. I think they all tie to the clouds

[@christopherking9338]

Vitamin D3 supplements are great!!

[@BrianSmith-ew9fz]

Seattle's suicide rate is lower than such "sunny" cities as Colorado Springs, Tucson, Las Vegas, Denver, Phoenix, Albuquerque, and Portland Oregon. Of the fifty most populous cities in the United States, Seattle is about twenty-fifth in Suicide rate. The belief of Seattle's suicide rate being the highest in the known universe is not true and never has been. You'd think this false belief would have run its course, but it won't die. Note: Suicide rate statistics are fully documented by numerous organizations. Look it up and you might be surprised.

[@mikeorclem]

thanks kye...love you n your great lessons...happy new year.

[@pimacanyon6208]

I think you might have an error in your rainfall amounts by month for Seattle. Seattle's total annual rainfall is only 34.1 inches. Monthly rainfall amounts November thru April are roughly 5 inches, not 14 inches every month! You might have been looking at number of days per month when it's raining.

[@sparklietines9384]

so many wows throughout the video. great job thanks

[@37nezy]

I'll take a wisconsin winter over the southeast or southwest heat 100 times out of 100. I can dress for the cold and still do stuff outside after 10AM.

[@justhereforthefoliage]

Wisconsin is home to the highest dew point ever recorded in the contiguous USA. Don’t let those South Florida folks tell you otherwise! It gets plenty hot and humid in the north.

[@37nezy]

@justhereforthefoliage sure does, for a few days. Then the cold front comes through and the dew point is in the 50's with temps in the mid 70's for a few days.

[@justhereforthefoliage]

@@37nezy Yup, the duration is the big difference.

[@Gregory-x6m]

I really like your shirt. I also enjoyed the video.

[@gregbors8364]

As someone who works outside for a living, I always say you can dress for the cold, but when it’s over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and you have to be out in it, it’s not going be fun.

[@SenaBryer]

When you're waiting for the bus at 5:30AM in a Midwestern winter, it doesn't matter how much you're bundled up. The cold always finds a way in.

[@renelafleche1638]

The reason people suffer through cold weather is because they don't dress properly. With the winter apparel choices available today there is no reason one cannot be out all day even at 40 below. There are no such options for being able to be out comfortably in extreme heat, except maybe a NASA spacesuit.

[@BS-vx8dg]

_The reason people suffer through cold weather is because they don't dress properly. With the winter apparel choices available today there is no reason one cannot be out all day even at 40 below_ This is so, so true, and people who think otherwise are just not well informed (or maybe not very bright). Years ago I worked in a large warehouse freezer that was -20°, and would stay in for three hours at a time without a break, and was never in the least bit uncomfortable, because I was dressed properly. With the right boots and pants and coat, I can go for an hour long walk at 30° in a foot of snow and have a blast. But if it is over 95°, there is no amount of stripping down that will make me comfortable (and trying could get me arrested).

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@SenaBryer _When you're waiting for the bus at 5:30AM in a Midwestern winter, it doesn't matter how much you're bundled up_ You're just flat out mistaken. Perhaps you think having "a lot" of clothes will keep you warm, but in reality, you need the _right_ clothes, and if you feel this way, you've never found the right clothes.

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@amberwyman3176 _10 years in upstate NY taught me that it is actually possible to not wear enough clothes to stay warm_ Nonsense. It's not about having "enough clothes", it's about having the _right_ clothes.

[@RobOlgatree]

🌋 Happy New Year Kyle 🌋 can't wait to see where Geography takes up next

[@devinmathews7809]

I lived in Austin. If you're in the weather for an hour or so your clothes get so wet from sweat it's as if you just jumped out of the pool

[@jeremiahallyn4603]

Yep. But in the winter people complain so much there that you'd think they had the worst winter weather in the country. Even though winter is pretty much nonexistent 😂😂

[@treyshaffer]

@@jeremiahallyn4603 nobody has the proper clothes lol

[@wannabetowasabe]

At 8,000 feet in the eastern Sierra Nevada we have low humidity. This in spite of an average yearly snowfall of 204." In 2022-2023 we received 319% of average or over 600" in town. We consider anything above 30% humidity during daylight hours in the summer to be a muggy day. We use up tubes of ChapStick before we lose them. However, we have a lot of lakes, streams and meadows thanks to the amount of snowfall. Funny thing, the indoor/outdoor thermometer we have also shows indoor and outdoor humidity. There is a symbol in the middle of the display that shows a frowning face if the indoor humidity is below 50%. This in spite of us thinking it is muggy at 30%. I would say that the frowning face should begin at 30% humidity and above. This device must have been designed and built by some company in the eastern U.S. as they certainly have a high humidity bias built into the product. We have a fairly lengthy summer, but our heating season can last 7-8 months of the year (late September through mid May and sometimes into June). Leadville, Colorado is at 10,154 feet and they have a shorter summer. I once asked someone from there how the summer was and his reply was "I don't know, I missed it, I was in the shower at the time!"

[@amochswohntet99]

For me, I think winters are easier to manage and energy costs to manage are lower than in the heat. Put on a coat, buy a snowblower, use a heating blanket, get an SUV. You can’t exactly walk in public in your birthday suit in Arizona, and there’s no way out of running a cooler all night long to get some quality sleep. Don’t believe the toxic optimism that nights are cold and pleasant in the Southwest. They’re not. It’s still hot at night in the Southwest.

[@areagh13]

Really enjoyed this video would love a sequel!

[@terrypanama8004]

This az summer was BRUTAL. Enough for me to move after 30 years.

[@03focussvt943]

Its been like that for 20 years here. Nothing new. And yes, it blows goats.

[@ecurewitz]

I’ve been there in the summer. It wasn’t bad

[@timewave02012]

as a northern midwesterner, I think I'd get along fine in Flagstaff

[@laptv2144]

The whole dry heat thing in the southwest is massively overstated by people imo. 85 and dry at night in Arizona is still worse than 70 and humid at night in Georgia.

[@lovesosa4751]

Until the sun comes up and it gets more humid along the coast

Correction: I grew up in AZ, during the summer when it's over 100 for 5-6 months it's still mid-high 90's at night. You do not turn off your AC for 6 months. mid April till Halloween. 2yrs ago it was over 100 for 113 consecutive days. It was so hot for so long Saguaro cactus were dying. I lost part of a large Ash tree that was over my shed. During the day it feels like the sun is sitting on your shoulder. I was also stationed at Ft Polk, LA the difference was like a broiler vs a furnace

[@JC-ji1hp]

Austin being on this list is wild to me! I lived there for my first test of college starting August of 2018. I came from San Angelo, Texas which has a record high of 114 with one particular summer having 100 straight days of 100+ degree temps. Austin felt like an oasis.

[@milessampson3942]

Best: Greater Palm Springs, CA from October to May Worst: Greater Palm Springs, CA from June to September

[@christopherking9338]

Cathedral City Cauldron!! 😲😲

[@mudhole1912]

As someone from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I had a pretty good guess that one of our towns would make the list. I found it interesting that you brought up overcast days for Seattle, but did not mention it for Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Not only does the lake effect bring snow, it also bring months of overcast skies. Those same lakes also keep the spring temperatures on the cool side all the way through June. One other factor to include, although not climate specific, but influenced by the weather conditions nonetheless, is the mosquito and black fly populations that thrive in early summer conditions.

[@williamowsley9771]

I have spent a couple of weeks in Phoenix in August. Not awesome weather. Imagine being pork roast in the oven without any marinade. That's Phoenix in August.

[@raywolf3rd]

I appreciate these videos relating to climate and weather hazards. I would suggest however, as a meteorologist, that dew point is a better measure of humidity or the lack thereof in the summer.

[@BS-vx8dg]

Minor point: At 12:39, when you're mentioning Cold Bay, the airport you show is actually Dutch Harbor, not Cold Bay. The two are only about a 45 minute plane ride apart, so they have pretty much identical weather, but, quite frankly, Cold Bay doesn't look even 10% as nice as that picture of Dutch.

[@KarlBonner1982]

The worst thing about Portland/Seattle is not a typical winter, it's a cold and wet La Niña spring. Having days on end in late March or early April with temps in the 40s and snow trying to mix in with the rain, is soul crushing. Also the flowers and trees budding out 2-3 weeks later than normal. This most recently happened in 2022 & 2023, though 2011 is generally seen as the worst spring in modern years.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

I don't know what it is about Central Florida but the humid heat between late June to early September is just unreal. One of my coworkers is from the Dominican Republic and he swears Florida summers are worse. The only place outside of the US I've been to that compares is Jakarta Indonesia. I even remember some people of the Florida death metal scene were asked why a Death Metal scene in Florida, and their answer was because the heat was from being so close to hell! 😂. If I had to guess I'd say Bangladesh because I remember hearing that it can be 110°F and raining. I would also like to mention that the New Englanders hate spring because it's essentially "mud season" from all the melting snow from winter.