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re: Is the Cold Really Worse Than the Heat?

Posted on 9/16/24 at 5:49 pm to
Posted by Clark14
Earth
Member since Dec 2014
26079 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 5:49 pm to
I like having the 4 seasons where I can be miserable for fairly short periods and enjoy the in betweens.
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36534 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 5:49 pm to
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Yes. The cold is worse. This man has never been to North Dakota in - 60.




I've been in -30. The difference is, it isn't -30 every day for 4+ months like it is 95+ here
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
33970 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 5:58 pm to
quote:

Is the Cold Really Worse Than the Heat?


Yes, lived in both climates and the weeks without sunshine and dry air are infinitely worse but some people actually enjoy it.
Posted by saintsfan1977
Arkansas, from Cajun country
Member since Jun 2010
9869 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:05 pm to
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I've been in -30. The difference is, it isn't -30 every day for 4+ months like it is 95+ here


95 is easy. I'm not a fatass. Yes it's hot but I fricking hate being cold. Louisiana doesn't have a happy medium. I'll sweat before I put extra clothes on. frick ice, frick snow, frick wind, frick cold. I'm climatized to Louisiana.
Posted by WinnPtiger
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2011
24944 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:11 pm to
quote:

The extremes of both suck. I prefer cold.



I share your personal preference. for recreational reasons, and…others
Posted by hobotiger
Asbury Park, NJ
Member since Nov 2007
5354 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:12 pm to
I've lost my tolerance for the heat. But if I moved back I'm sure it would come back

All I know is after Katrina it was so hot and humid with no power.
After Sandy we had a snow storm and no power, you can always add layers when it's cold, but when it's hot you reach a point where you can't take anymore clothes off.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
71935 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:16 pm to
When it’s cold, I can put on more clothes. When it’s hot, nobody wants to see a pasty white guy in his mid-50s running around in tighty-whites.
Posted by Septiger
Member since Nov 2020
2878 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:20 pm to
I’ll take the heat over the cold everyday
Posted by Ostrich
Alexandria, VA
Member since Nov 2011
10123 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:21 pm to
Don't have to have extremes of either. Mid-atlantic has the best weather outside of California.
Posted by cheobode
Member since Dec 2017
1486 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:26 pm to
It can be 40 degrees year round and I won't complain one bit. I can't stand the heat.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80374 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:27 pm to
I mean they both can kill you.
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
50978 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:28 pm to
lived in both... give me Montana over Alabama any day of the week. The dry weather is fantastic.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56518 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:29 pm to
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Those of you who do live where it truly gets cold, what do you say? Is a cold and snowy climate truly worse than the hot climate?


It kicks the absolute shite out of the Deep South, that's for sure. It would probably suck if you didn't like winter activities, though.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
18700 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:31 pm to
We get all four seasons in Kentucky. Summer temps average 80s-90s, Winter temps average 30s-20s. It gets pretty damn humid in the summer here too. Not to the extent it does in Louisiana or Florida, but we get 80-90% humidity. Winter is pretty mild as far as snowfall is concerned. Usually 1-2" here in Lexington when it does happen, which isn't all that frequent. All in all, I feel like we have a pretty well rounded climate and I definitely prefer the summer. Being cold is absolutely miserable.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56518 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:33 pm to
10 in Montana feels better than 40 in Alabama. That gray, humid windy overcast shite that the South gets feels terrible compared to a bluebird day.
Posted by wackatimesthree
Member since Oct 2019
10312 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:43 pm to
quote:

Is the Cold Really Worse Than the Heat?


No.
Posted by Prometheus
Member since May 2012
6388 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:52 pm to
I've always said Winter over Summer, but over time I'm Summer over Winter now.

Winter is cold, wet, gloomy in the south vs mugy, scorching Summer.

Summer you got sunny pretty days and can still enjoy the early mornings and nights.
Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
8498 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:57 pm to
Most people can survive the heat without AC, it would suck but survivable. The same can’t be said for the cold. The heat in Louisiana want kill me but being stuck in the middle of nowhere in North Dakota during the winter with no way of getting heat and I’m not surviving very long. I’ll take the SE Louisiana climate over brutal winters everyday.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 6:59 pm to
I love the cold

It never gets cold enough for me in New Orleans. Ever.

There is nothing worse than heat and humidity that starts in May and lasts until AT LEAST October EVERY year.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
104231 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 7:00 pm to
A lot of Louisiana baws work in the North Dakota oil fields. Damn few of them settle there permanently. Just sayin
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