WinterSnow

Ewwwww!! That would have freaked me out so much!! I don't like bugs! Why are there so many?!! Maybe I'll rethink my next visit to the beach if something like this can happen!

I did consider it. Stereotypical Seattle would be nice for me. However, I was concerned by the effects of climate change. I saw Seattle dealing with record heat waves and wildfires and decided that the stereotypical Seattle just isn't what Seattle is anymore, unfortunately. Oh... Yeah, I keep an eye on Duluth's weather and think it looks quite pleasant. I also considered upstate NY like Buffalo or Rochester areas, but ultimately I decided on Connecticut because my parents would hate all of those climates (they have SAD and don't like overcast days - the polar opposite of me) and I wanted to move somewhere where they would be fine with moving to. I want them to be nearby so I can take care of them later in their lives. Yes, well, November is typically when it had cooled down and become nice. However, I will never forget November of 2016. It didn't cool down properly at all. There were still green leaves on trees into November, and I remember the middle of the month walking outside and it was in the mid 80s and a wasp flew right by me. I was peeved beyond belief. That wasn't the beginning of my depression related to the weakening fall and winter, but it was certainly a tipping point. I used to think that mid-October was the cooling point down there, but that didn't always pan out. I remember many October days in the 90s, unfortunately. I think at some point, no month will be safe from the 90s down there. Right now no month is safe from the 80s, I can tell you that much. In 2001, I wrote in my diary being surprised that it got up to 70 in December one day (yes, I kept track of the weather in my diaries LOL). While I'm sure it had before, it was unprecedented to me. But then not even a decade later it was in the mid 80s on the day after Christmas (I think this was 2008, but I could be wrong). Ugh. Miserable. I'm so glad to not have to live down there anymore. Those bad autumns and winters were effecting my mental health. And I went through so many of them. Never again.

Sunny and in the lower 80s. I don't like the sun being out, but I like the decreased humidity, I guess. Today reminds me of a late September/October day in Oklahoma. The gusts and low humidity. I can't wait for fall here (and hope it will be significantly cooler than this, unlike Oklahoma and it's miserable hot-into-November falls). It is funny how such conditions as today can send my brain false signals that it's a time of the year that it's not. I'm probably completely alone on that here, though, given it's based off of where I came from.

It says it's only 76F but it feels worse than the last few days have where I am at for some reason. I'm just glad I haven't had to deal with the sun for days. That has made the weather so much more pleasant than it would have been.

Wow, 72F, cool and overcast at 12PM. This weather is downright gorgeous! I'm in love!

Well, I felt that way in the south, so I can imagine I'll carry over that same energy up here. In fact, I might turn out to be the very worst if the winter is weak. Sure I love winter in of itself, but the increasing weakness of winter where I come from was driving me more insane every year and if I come up here only to be hit with winter with nothing more than dustings of snow and days in the 70s I will completely lose it. I guess at least here, I have a place to vent about weak winters where other people will agree. No one where I come from seemed to understand how depressing it is to have pathetic, weakening winters. They just hate winter no matter what. If we get a dusting of snow (the only kind of snow that happens down there most winters anymore), they post memes on social media about "when will it ever stop snowing?!". Pathetic. Throughout all of the days of 60s for highs, they'll still be whining about "Oh, when will winter end? I'm so ready for Spring and for it to warm up". I...don't understand these people.

Yeah, the climates of the big California cities are very undesirable to me. I would hate the lack of seasons. I need seasons.

Yup, I come from the South where snow is rarely on the ground in the winter. I'm used to no snow on the ground in winter, but I still love it. Winter is by far my favorite season. The cold is more tolerable than heat for me. I'd rather put on cold weather wear than be hot and sweating in the smallest amount of clothes I will wear (I don't show much skin generally. I'm not conservative or anything, just don't like the way I look, so I rarely wear shorts or skirts/dresses shorter than below the knee). Overcast days in the 40s are actually perfect walking weather. That's the perfect balance for me between warmth and cold for me when walking. Plus... During the winter you don't have annoying gross insects all over the place. Peace. That's how I see winter. Peace and nice weather. Perfect for the outdoors. I consider myself a weirdo, though. Most people are made happy by sunshine and everything green. I am the opposite. I find the overcast skies and everything brown to be calming, whereas I find the sun to be irritating. Thus I can't understand everyone's hate for winter, and I don't need snow to appreciate it (but I do want snow! It's depressing to not get snow)

Down in CT we didn't get the nice, cool morning in the 50s that you all did up there.

Went down to the beach today (Hammonasset) and it was actually quite pleasant, especially when the sun went beyond the clouds. I was also on the coast yesterday, and yesterday was muggy and yucky in comparison. The breeze at the beach today was nice!

I hate this weather. Reminds me of the South. We don't even have the cool mornings anymore, it's already hot and muggy when you wake up (although let me tell you it's still better than 90s+ at night, which sometimes happens where I came from). And more severe storms??? UGH. Ready for fall and nice weather!

It's farrr too early to project anything, but gosh I hope that New England (very much including where I am in CT!) get an actual winter. Coming up from the south, it would be my first actual winter in forever and it's very important to me! Hit me with your hardest, NE. Make me regret ever wishing for this. lol. My mental health is so tied to having actual four seasons, which is one reason I left the south because winters down there are so pathetic and were just getting more and more pathetic. I want a winter that actually makes me appreciate Spring for the first time in decades. I need it.

Soaked here in central Connecticut. Supposed to clear up soon, though. And then it's back to 90 degrees weather for several days.

Yikes. Looks like low impact for us in Southern New England, though, hopefully?

Thank you! I was discharged today. Walking outside it was very unpleasant, even though I'm happy to see outside of the inside of a hospital for the first time in several days. This is the kind of summer weather I'm used to, the kind of weather that makes me wish I could hibernate. lol

Nah, I mean I am a bit of a recluse in general, but this is because I've been in the hospital...

Haven't been outside in days but I hear it's nasty out there. D:

Actually, my favorite type of weather is in the 40s and 50s with overcast skies and mist/drizzle. I know I'm an oddball, but that is delightful weather for me. It couldn't get any better. So you're telling me that's how Spring is around here? Now, that's paradise. I hope autumn is similar. There's one reason I moved out of Oklahoma. Note that in the post you quoted, I said "I can't complain too much about that", that should be read more literally than one might normally. I'd rather it be much cooler, but I acknowledge that it's summer and summer is awful, thus 79 degrees is relatively not horrible. Although I still don't like it, TBH. Admittedly, the little bit of heat acclimation I go through in Summer makes it better than it would be in March or something. (my heat acclimation is a joke, though. Like seriously, I only acclimate to the 70s and lower 80s at best, and not with any sunshine. No sunshine at all. I hate sun.) Oklahoma's "Spring" can go shove it. 80 degrees in March is god awful. That is misery to me. Nothing makes me more grouchy than hot weather in Winter or early Spring/late Autumn. The whole atmosphere changes from happiness to misery. I don't know how to describe it. But it's a reason I moved away from Oklahoma. The seasons down there are messed up, disorderly. It's hot so long in the year, and even gets far too warm in the middle of winter. I couldn't take it anymore.

79 degrees at noon on July 3rd, can't complain too much about that!

Yeah, I'm kinda noticing that. I'm afraid I will definitely be caught up in the hype in the winter, as I love winter storms and always am watching every detail, every forecast. My obsession with winter storms is probably why my parents thought I was going to grow up to be a meteorologist. Perhaps. Initially I wanted to move to MA over CT, and climate-wise wanted more VT/NH/ME (but wanted to live close to civilization, too and those states are pretty rural. I'm a suburb girl, definitely not one for the country.). But CT was a compromise with my parents who like the weather warmer. I wanted them to move up here to New England, too, so that's how I ended up CT as opposed to MA or further north. Well, I'm still new here. I have to learn things by observing myself, I suppose. But the trees being weak is certainly of concern. It's always been trees that have caused damage for my home/property as I posted last time. So if a 40 MPH windstorm knocks a large branch on my car, it's all the same in the end. D: Yikes. Will take trees into account when finding a permanent home. No shtick here, just me posting my honest thoughts. I had to leave OK and choose a new state by other rubrics as well, but a large reason I particularly chose the New England region is climate. So it's something I'm going to talk about. It's very important to me. I don't know what it is, but a fair portion of my mental health is related to climate and seasons.

I'm like right in between two different Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. Lol. Hope it stays that way and stays away from me!

Ugh. Again?

Well, I already laughed at the horror and fear of my neighbors as pea sized hail fell. lol

I assume this is some kinda inside joke question based off of how off-topic this is and how I've seen it mentioned elsewhere. But... I can only be truthful - I don't drink alcohol. Not at all. I tried it when I turned 21 and I quickly decided it wasn't a taste worth acquiring. A tornado is a tornado. They are all dangerous, and potentially costly. We had what was potentially nothing more than a spin-up at my house in the summer of 2016. It knocked a tree over on our car. Last summer we had what I think was called a "derecho" which isn't a tornado, obviously, but was equivalent in damage to a small tornado in a wide area across Tulsa county. It knocked a huge branch on my roof. At first it didn't look like a lot of damage, but it hit a vent over my bathroom and somehow damaged it so badly that we had to pay for a costly repair which included tearing into the wall in my bathroom. D: That stupid storm delayed my move, which was initially supposed to happen last fall or early winter. Otherwise, I know that bad tornadoes the likes of Oklahoma's bad ones can happen in New England. They may historically be rare, but look at the Springfield, MA tornado that happened just 13 years ago. Any storm, any tornado could potentially evolve into that. The climate is very bizarre as of late with climate change. I see longtime Connecticut residents complaining about how weak and mild the winters have been as of late. It reminds me of how I felt back in Oklahoma. The changes there happened pretty quickly. One summer I saw a high of 70F in December and was like "WHAT?!!!!" and less than 10 years later, 70F days were happening like every other week in winter. A 70F day in the winter is now standard Oklahoma winter weather. (which I hated so much. I need winter to be winter.) The weather is crazy. We never know what's going to happen. I take every threat seriously, just like I did back in OK. Also, I may have to correct myself: Were there three reported tornadoes? I was thinking of one near Dublin,NH and then the tornado that started in RI and went up to MA several nights ago. However, I was forgetting the spin-up that happened in Harwinton, CT that happened not long after I got up here. So... THREE? in just TWO WEEKS after moving here? You all can't comfort me much after that, sorry.

You tell me that, but I've only lived here for two weeks and there have already been two reported tornadoes in the region.