@#$% do I hate the weather here. It goes from sub-zero to days like today. There's only 4 months of decent weather a year.

^ Move to the West Coast

With they way those people drive? No thank you; they're nuts over there.

I've just had the same revelation STR, for years and years I've been pretending I like this "four seasons" extremes on both ends bullshit, I pretended to be proud that I could handle ANY weather and that people who move to California just for the weather are idiots.

But fuck man, wasn't it winter until about May 15, and then all of a sudden, 105 with 90% humidity? Fuck.

@#$% do I hate the weather here. It goes from sub-zero to days like today. There's only 4 months of decent weather a year.

Ditto.... The sun is killing me, I need more rainy overcast days.

It is a bit hot and muggy. But then again we can't all have that perfect climate around México City. I guess if we can't have their 72 degree year-round weather at least we can have their smog. My asthma is killing me, I'll take a 20 degree day anyday.

If it is hot people want cooler. If it is sunny people want cloudy. If it is cold people want warmer. If it is this than people want that - welcome to life.

weather in chicago doesn't suck, summer weather in chicago sucks. the other 3 seasons are fanfuckingtastic, but the humidity of midwestwern summers makes me downright suicidal. i FUCKING HATE humidity!

If it is hot people want cooler. If it is sunny people want cloudy. If it is cold people want warmer. If it is this than people want that - welcome to life.

A good half of people's lifetime consist of nitpicking and complaining about unimportant subjects like this one, but we still do it... It's HOT!

I love Chicago but.....
does it real need a southside baseball team?

heh heh heh

just thought i'd get this thread back on track :)

I hate cold and snow weather. :(

weather in chicago doesn't suck, summer weather in chicago sucks. the other 3 seasons are fanfuckingtastic, but the humidity of midwestwern summers makes me downright suicidal. i FUCKING HATE humidity!

:laugh:

Ditto.... The sun is killing me, I need more rainy overcast days.

As lame as the saying is, we really could use the rain. 3/4" so far this month. The average to date for June is nearly 3.5". Yikes.

We were nearly 1.5" below normal in May as well.

I didn't move here for the weather, I live here inspite of the weather. The weather is parth of the cost of living here, and considering what a great place it is, It's not too high of a price for me. I put up with the weather.

Reality check time: the United States is located in a temperate climate zone. For a good percentage of the country, that means the extreme temperatures of summer and winter created by the solstaces, as well as the more moderate spring and fall weather inspired by the equinoxes.

This gets slightly skewed in much of the Sun Belt which offers a milder winter....which you often pay for in a summer where 90 degree + temperatures can go on for months.

Sorry, folks, Chicago is not Nome, nor is it the Amazon River Valley. It's just another American city with typical American weather. We have delightfully cool days in summer, mild ones in winter, and can have beautiful blue-skies and benign temperatures at any time of year. Frankly I don't see why we need to complain.

The weather is part of what makes this such a great area to live in. Personally, if it were 72 and sunny every day I would be board off my ass. At least here, you get variety.

Reality check time: the United States is located in a temperate climate zone. For a good percentage of the country, that means the extreme temperatures of summer and winter created by the solstaces, as well as the more moderate spring and fall weather inspired by the equinoxes.

This gets slightly skewed in much of the Sun Belt which offers a milder winter....which you often pay for in a summer where 90 degree + temperatures can go on for months.

Sorry, folks, Chicago is not Nome, nor is it the Amazon River Valley. It's just another American city with typical American weather. We have delightfully cool days in summer, mild ones in winter, and can have beautiful blue-skies and benign temperatures at any time of year. Frankly I don't see why we need to complain.

Very well said. Spend a summer in St. Louis and you'll see what hot and humid is. Or if you really want to puke in your mouth, head to Houston or Dallas for a few days during any summer month. Talk about smothering, miserable heat and humidity. Phoenix? Just got back from there, and don't think 108 degrees six days in a row doesn't get old...no matter how dry it is.

Most places in the United States have some kind of flaw with the weather. Its just how it is. Unless you live in San Diego you probably have at least one feature of your hometown's weather pattern that you dislike.

Plus, if you happen to live near the lake, you do have a good neutralizing factor with the hot weather. I can't remember which day it was this weekend, but I was watching the news and they we're reporting low 90's at O'Hare but when I walked outside it didn't feel any hotter than 83 or 84 and I was getting hit in the face with a nice cool breeze from the lake.

Plus, if you happen to live near the lake, you do have a good neutralizing factor with the hot weather. I can't remember which day it was this weekend, but I was watching the news and they we're reporting low 90's at O'Hare but when I walked outside it didn't feel any hotter than 83 or 84 and I was getting hit in the face with a nice cool breeze from the lake.

And if you are fortunate enough to have that lake to the east of you (as Chicago does with Lake Michigan), you get that wonderful moderation in summer (and even winter) without the expense of the lake effect snow and the lake generated grey skies.....as the people in Cleveland and Buffalo would sadly tell you.

I hate when people bitch about the weather here. Temperatures in continental climate zones (i.e. not coastal climate zones) vary wildly from day to day because there's no ocean to moderate the temperatures. That's why Chicago has the adage, "If you don't like the weather today, just wait until tomorrow."

That said, Chicago did teach me what cold is. In New York, when it's 20 degrees, we stay home. In Chicago, when it's 20 degrees we recognize it as a winter heat wave and unzip our coats. It definitely gets colder here than back east during the winter. Summer is just as hot/hazy/humid, though, and the spring and fall are similarly both crapshoots (long, short, hot, cold, who knows what's next).

But the people who always complain about winter--they always always always seem to be the same people who NEVER DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR WINTER. Well, um, duh?

So let's all agree to buy all of our winter-whining friends a wool cap and a pair of longjohns for their next birthdays and then tell them to wear them and shut up. Who's with me?

Well, speaking for the southeast... our winters are pretty normal and can get chilly sometimes... at least where I live. The summers are sweltering for a region located at our latitude because of the Gulf. It rains heavily 3-4 days a week between May and September, which I find nice... but once the rain is gone, the moisture left behind makes things unbearable. Summers in the South feel the nicest when there's a slight breeze and the air doesn't feel very thick. But that's when you know that rain or storms are on their way.

We get some extremes....but mostly averages. We tend to magnify the bad days and forget about how many pleasant Winter and Summer days there are. Bitching about the weather is a sport in Chicago. And there are so many other places people could move to....for their preference in weather.

I love the heat! I love being at the lake...in the lake! I love feeling my pores..opening up and breathing.

I love the cold! I love the crisp air....the bright sunlight and the fantastic snow.

Lived in Rain, Hot, Mild climates...and I love this one.

Plus to me...Chicago is like two different cities for the price on one.

Please don't take offense to people who bitch and moan about the weather. Don't tell them to move if they don't like it. You're missing the point if you do. Bitching and moaning about the weather is both a participatory and spectator sport in Chicago. Just because we may complain about the weather, doesn't mean we would trade it in for another city's. If we could trade it in for San Diego's weather, people in Chicago would just complain about that, "The weather sucks, it's TOO pleasant, I need some variety." This is the same phenomenon that keeps people going to pro baseball games, even though neither team has won a World Series in a combined 185 years. If they win, it's great, but if they lose at least they give us something to bitch about over a nice cold Old Style. :cheers:

Please don't take offense to people who bitch and moan about the weather. Don't tell them to move if they don't like it. You're missing the point if you do. Bitching and moaning about the weather is both a participatory and spectator sport in Chicago. Just because we may complain about the weather, doesn't mean we would trade it in for another city's. If we could trade it in for San Diego's weather, people in Chicago would just complain about that, "The weather sucks, it's TOO pleasant, I need some variety." This is the same phenomenon that keeps people going to pro baseball games, even though neither team has won a World Series in a combined 185 years. If they win, it's great, but if they lose at least they give us something to bitch about over a nice cold Old Style. :cheers:

I guess I really mean newcomers (like me) who bitch about the weather. Locals are warm (since they dress the right way for winter) but bitch for sport. Newbies bitch cause they're wearing windbreakers with no head protection and they really are cold. I just want people bitching for the right reasons.

I guess I really mean newcomers (like me) who bitch about the weather. Locals are warm (since they dress the right way for winter) but bitch for sport. Newbies bitch cause they're wearing windbreakers with no head protection and they really are cold. I just want people bitching for the right reasons.
:lol: Here's to bitching for sport! :cheers: Maybe we can hold a bitching Olympics every 4 years here in Chicago, not that we need another atrraction for tourism. hahaha

speaking of the weather... isnt it been over a week of 90 degrees plus?

anyways... summer makes me miss the snow....

I've taken bitching about the weather to an art-form, I should get some sort of medal or something for it ;)

I'm really digging this weather. I spent about 3 hours at the park today getting some sun, reading, and watching a 16 inch softball game. It's hot, but it really isn't all that humid.

I've taken bitching about the weather to an art-form, I should get some sort of medal or something for it ;)
I think we have our first participant for the Bitching Olympics. Will he be good enough for the gold. Only time will tell. :)

Sorry...another rant on my part:

I don't find the climate of the coastal northeast that different from the climate of the Great Lakes region. Some northeasterners see cities like Boston, NYC, Philly as being more temperate than Chicago, winter and summer. I don't see it. Chicago doesn't get the true extremes of a continental climate, such as the Great Plains region. The Great Lakes themselves moderate. I find it pure B.S. when people from the East Coast complain about how difficult Chgo's climate is when the comparisons between us and them are so obvious.

^No way man. New York and Philly much more humid in the summer than Chicago. The winters are more mild than Chicago.

^^There is a difference. But it is not as marked as the difference with the great plains. We're definitely no Fargo!

Played softball in Grant Park yesterday. It was like playing in a oven. The fields are very dusty due to the lack of rain..the umpires were calling time outs when the wind blew the infield dirt around.

^No way man. New York and Philly much more humid in the summer than Chicago. The winters are more mild than Chicago.


^Went to Boston 2 winters ago and froze my ass off.

No difference, dude. East Coasters just need to feel superior--it's all BS

^No way man. New York and Philly much more humid in the summer than Chicago. The winters are more mild than Chicago.

Jive, Jive, Jive, Jive, Jive. You know the rules, but you continue to break them. You are well aware that you are not allowed to post on this board from May to September, particularly on the subject of weather. That's the period when temperatures in St. Louis hit 99 degrees with 99.9% humidity on May Day and stick around (unabated, mind you) until late September (usually the Jewish holidays). This is the time frame where no rational thought can take place in the Gateway City and steam rises from the heads of those who choose to even try to get a brain cell going.

Sorry...another rant on my part:

I don't find the climate of the coastal northeast that different from the climate of the Great Lakes region. Some northeasterners see cities like Boston, NYC, Philly as being more temperate than Chicago, winter and summer. I don't see it. Chicago doesn't get the true extremes of a continental climate, such as the Great Plains region. The Great Lakes themselves moderate. I find it pure B.S. when people from the East Coast complain about how difficult Chgo's climate is when the comparisons between us and them are so obvious.

I only see New York as more temperate in the winter. NYC can be hell on hearth just as often as Chicago has been this year. 32 years in NYC, 2 in Chicago, I don't see any difference in summer heat, haze, or humidity.

But trust me, edsg. New York does not get as cold as Chicago in the winter. New York winters average in the teens and the 20s with less frequent cold waves. We get just as much snow (meaning really not much), but we rarely go below the upper teens. 10 degrees is considered a cold wave and isn't very common. Here in Chicago, single digit temperatures are common during the winter. What did we have last winter, a week in January of zero or single digits? That simply does not ever happen in New York. When NYC hits single digits, we consider it as much of an emergency as Chicago does when it hits 100.

For that matter, in New York we don't have they day-to-day temperature variability. At all. Ever. We don't have an adage about "wait til tomorrow" if you don't like the weather. Instead, you pretty much assume tomorrow will be like today, give or take some rain or snow and maybe 10 degrees. Lake Michigan may moderate to some degree the weather in Chicago, but the fact remains that the Atlantic Ocean is a much larger body of water and has a much bigger influence on New York's climate.

For me, it wasn't the colder winters that surprised me, but the daily variability. 60 today, 80 tomorrow, 50 the next day? When I moved here I felt like some meteorological Sybil was controlling the weather. OK, we're not Minneapolis and we don't get Albertan Chinooks either here in Chicago, but I assure you, this variability ain't in any way at all what we get in New York.

NYC can get nasty in the summer, I was there for about 2 weeks in August of 2001, there was a nasty heat wave goin and it reached 100+ 5 or 6 days straight, it was just awful.

Without the bad weather, Chicago wouldn't be the kind of place that we have to defend, and that would change the very nature of this thread, and the Chicago conversation in general. It seems that Chicago will always be something of a hidden gem. Always in a state of becoming, but not quite 'already arrived.' On the coast of California, the perfect weather and wondrous terrain makes the very idea of boosterism silly. When someone says "I just LOVE Santa Barbara"??! Well hello, who doesn't?

Take Chicago, on the other hand, with its midwestern location and bad winter weather coupled with a unique blend of wonders to behold. The mix attracts an unusual breed of boosterism that we see exemplified in people like edsg25. Chicago was founded on boosterism in the face of doubts (the origin behind the 'windy city' moniker) and it will continue to hold me in its grip as such.

I heard from my aunt that used to live in Boston, that when there is snow in Boston, there isnt any or little wind/ wind chill. Maybe the temperature was cold, but the wind chill in chicago makes the temperature go down more than Boston.

^Went to Boston 2 winters ago and froze my ass off.

No difference, dude. East Coasters just need to feel superior--it's all BS
Boston is one thing, but I didn't mention Boston. I was talking about Chicago compared to NYC and Philly. And the latter two have hotter summers and more mild winters.

Boston is one thing, but I didn't mention Boston. I was talking about Chicago compared to NYC and Philly. And the latter two have hotter summers and more mild winters.

:bash: No, no, no. Summers are not hotter in New York City, nor are they more humid. They're virtually the same. The same I tell you.

I shall now repeat. 32 years in NYC. No difference in the summers I live through here. Except for maybe all the tornadic thunderstorms (what's up with that?!) This heat wave we're having, with mid-90 highs and oppressive humidity, is indistinguishable from any heat wave I ever lived through during the summer in New York. Well, except that fewer people are bitching about it (since we bitch about summer's length here, not its heat--although that in itself is fodder for a whole 'nother thread).

Chicago would be better if Woodfield Mall (in Schamburg) move into the city of Chicago.

Chicago would be better if Woodfield Mall (in Schamburg) move into the city of Chicago.

Good lord, what are you ... insane?

I hate cold and snow weather. :(

I LOVE cold and snow weather. That's why im going back to Chicago as soon as possible.You people have it made right now in Chicago at this present time. Its humid but 101 here :sleepy:. It really never gets like this but damn its not even July or August yet.

Chicago would be better if Woodfield Mall (in Schamburg) move into the city of Chicago.

Right. And it would be better if we took the Hancock Center and moved it to Schaumburg.

aion26 - usually whatever you say expresses perfectly how I feel.

What an awesome day outside today. I'll be a the Cubs game enjoying it, and certainly not bitching about weather. This is the kind of weekend where you just can't beat this place...

Yea, but the chilly weather is perfect till after Jan. 1st. You cant have the holidays with 75 degree weather in my opinion. But thats the beauty of seasons, its never the same. I have always been told that Chicago summers are the best anywhere in the US. Sure we can suffer in late winters but once it gets warm out the city explodes.

right now is my absolute most favorite time of the year, because it's the longest amount of time until i have to put up with that sticky-ass summer humidity again.

fall, winter, & spring: i hug and i kiss you, you marvelous seasons, you.

summer humidity: go fuck yourself.

In jest, does anyone think there is anyway to genetically engineer trees that keep their colorful autumn leaves 6 months out of the year? Crazy stupid idea I know but that would be dope if you could.

^I am sure there is a way but who would want to go through the effort? Just buy a Japanese Maple. They have leaves that stay dark red all year long. :)

Amen Steely Dan!

Chicago would be better if Woodfield Mall (in Schamburg) move into the city of Chicago.


to each his own, but I find that to be one of the odder sentiments I have read on this board.

Enclosed malls are becoming a dinosaur in my opinion.

When did this thread come back from the dead?

I love summers in here. But I hate late autumns and winters. I hate cold and gloomy weather, makes me depressed.

@#$% do I hate the weather here. It goes from sub-zero to days like today. There's only 4 months of decent weather a year.

Just ask yourself, WHY ARE YOU IN CHIAGO?
LOL, That should pretty much answer all your wondering, doesn't it?
IMHO, the reason that you are still in Chicago is obviously that more beneficials then negativities. I can assure you that for now, in your subconsious, bad weather isn't your locus of focus! :) :runaway:

^Yes, but the weather still sucks.

Winters are kinda shitty, but still they can be rather picturesque at times. Spring Summer and early Fall (till about now), is great!

Early Fall and the entire Spring, with a few sprinkle of snow is my fav season. Summer and Winter is harsh in Chicago, but thankfully for the Lake Michigan, in the summer CHicago is cooler and Chicago is warmer in the winter than inland cities like Aurora or Rockford.