Minnesota still king of COLD, frigid!!! not the northeast!
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Minnesota still king of COLD, frigid!!! not the northeast!
everybody who lives in the northeast hasnt seen a real winter until they experience a winter in minnesota. and the frozen lakes.the northeast just gets little shots of colding air coming from minnesota and fargo, nd. ive lived in the northeast.. pittsburgh pa. for a winter. Nyc D.c, Philly doesnt even come close to minnesota, but every snow storm the northeast gets is national news in nyc and philly and D.C where when the uppermidwest and northern plains gets a snowstorm its barely even talked about why is that? theres no minnesotans on this site. ive experienced 3 minnesota winters and i cant wait to go back next yr!!!!!!
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slim shady wrote:everybody who lives in the northeast hasnt seen a real winter until they experience a winter in minnesota. and the frozen lakes.the northeast just gets little shots of colding air coming from minnesota and fargo, nd. ive lived in the northeast.. pittsburgh pa. for a winter. Nyc D.c, Philly doesnt even come close to minnesota, but every snow storm the northeast gets is national news in nyc and philly and D.C where when the uppermidwest and northern plains gets a snowstorm its barely even talked about why is that? theres no minnesotans on this site. ive experienced 3 minnesota winters and i cant wait to go back next yr!!!!!!
Heh...what do you all average, 40-60 inches of snow a year? Try living in a place that averages over 300 inches a year. That's what winter is like on the Tug Hill. Don't feel bad, we're never on the news either.
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I am from Minnesota. Born and raised... left after college.
Winters there are just miserably cold. Not particularly snowy. In fact... in the Twin Cities most of the winter is spent with brown grass and dirty snowbanks. And below zero windchills!! Not real pleasant. Its kind of ugly from November through April.
Summer looks prettier but its too hot and humid. Again... not real pleasant.
May and September. Those are the best months in Minnesota.
The news coverage of the East Coast relates to the amount of people that live there. Pure and simple.
Winters there are just miserably cold. Not particularly snowy. In fact... in the Twin Cities most of the winter is spent with brown grass and dirty snowbanks. And below zero windchills!! Not real pleasant. Its kind of ugly from November through April.
Summer looks prettier but its too hot and humid. Again... not real pleasant.
May and September. Those are the best months in Minnesota.
The news coverage of the East Coast relates to the amount of people that live there. Pure and simple.
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Minnesota did make the news for a little bit when Embarrass hit -54F. NBC even did a small segment on Tower and Embarrass competing to break the state's record low temperature. But like TT said it all has to do with population, not to mention Boston has had an incredibly snowy year compared to what I believe to be a below normal snowfall in Minnesota.
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Absolutley no question...if you want cold either North Dakota or Minnesota are your best bets. It would be unfair to forget in our friends in Alaska, though. They really get screwed when it comes to news coverage of the weather. They get more snow, deeper cold, higher winds, etc. than anywhere in the lower 48, and never get mentioned. Caribou Maine is also a very wicked place...it is actually bordering on an official subArctic climate, and is not anything like the rest of the NE.
Snow on the other hand...Minnesota is beaten by many states. Even the greatest monthly snowfall total for Seattle WA is higher than any month ever recorded in either Duluth or Minneapolis.
I am sure TT will have something to say about that, but I just checked the book to make certain of that fact! One of the great shocking facts about Seattle...
Snow on the other hand...Minnesota is beaten by many states. Even the greatest monthly snowfall total for Seattle WA is higher than any month ever recorded in either Duluth or Minneapolis.
I am sure TT will have something to say about that, but I just checked the book to make certain of that fact! One of the great shocking facts about Seattle...
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Snow_Wizzard... I agree!!
Duluth and places north of there have a respectable average annual snowfall... but outside of the Arrowhead its a joke. Draw a line from Duluth to International Falls. North and east of that line there is reliable snowcover in the winter. South and west of there (80% of the state) its just too dry in the winter. Boring really.
Its cold though.
In my opinion that makes for a miserable winter. Constantly cold and barren.
And in the northeastern part of MN where there is reliable snow in the winter... its WAY too remote and summer is WAY too short.
Duluth and places north of there have a respectable average annual snowfall... but outside of the Arrowhead its a joke. Draw a line from Duluth to International Falls. North and east of that line there is reliable snowcover in the winter. South and west of there (80% of the state) its just too dry in the winter. Boring really.
Its cold though.
In my opinion that makes for a miserable winter. Constantly cold and barren.
And in the northeastern part of MN where there is reliable snow in the winter... its WAY too remote and summer is WAY too short.
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TT-SEA wrote:I am from Minnesota. Born and raised... left after college.
Winters there are just miserably cold. Not particularly snowy. In fact... in the Twin Cities most of the winter is spent with brown grass and dirty snowbanks. And below zero windchills!! Not real pleasant. Its kind of ugly from November through April.
Summer looks prettier but its too hot and humid. Again... not real pleasant.
May and September. Those are the best months in Minnesota.
The news coverage of the East Coast relates to the amount of people that live there. Pure and simple.
Ditto That..
Shoveled many a snow drifts myself.. I hated the cold dirty brown winters and were talkin cold.. Still a Minnesota sports fan as painfull as that can be.. Hopefully I get to see KG and co. play a good game against Shaq and crew thursday night..
All it took was black ice on I-35 and my wife playing bumpers cars heading into downtown Mpls.. I do enjoy not having to bundle up with layers of clothing..
Paul
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really?
it doesnt snow much in seattle does it . seattle sees about as much snow as dallas and atlanta a couple inches a yr. dallas averges 3 and atlanta 2. it just rains a lot huh? ive never been to seattle. has it snowed in seattle this winter?snow_wizzard wrote:Absolutley no question...if you want cold either North Dakota or Minnesota are your best bets. It would be unfair to forget in our friends in Alaska, though. They really get screwed when it comes to news coverage of the weather. They get more snow, deeper cold, higher winds, etc. than anywhere in the lower 48, and never get mentioned. Caribou Maine is also a very wicked place...it is actually bordering on an official subArctic climate, and is not anything like the rest of the NE.
Snow on the other hand...Minnesota is beaten by many states. Even the greatest monthly snowfall total for Seattle WA is higher than any month ever recorded in either Duluth or Minneapolis.
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No... it does not snow much in Seattle.
Many years we have almost nothing and then every once in a long while we have a snowy winter.
The mountains and higher foothill locations near Seattle rountinely get dumped on... just not this year. We have had an extraordinary number of sunny days this winter.
We did have a couple inches of slush one day back in January. The Seattle metro area is usually missed though.
Snow_Wizzard will have you believe that this is supposed to be a very snowy location and we have just been unlucky lately. But we have WAY too much marine influence for reliable snow. He loves to torture himself by living in this maritime climate!!
Many years we have almost nothing and then every once in a long while we have a snowy winter.
The mountains and higher foothill locations near Seattle rountinely get dumped on... just not this year. We have had an extraordinary number of sunny days this winter.
We did have a couple inches of slush one day back in January. The Seattle metro area is usually missed though.
Snow_Wizzard will have you believe that this is supposed to be a very snowy location and we have just been unlucky lately. But we have WAY too much marine influence for reliable snow. He loves to torture himself by living in this maritime climate!!
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TT-SEA
Keep in mind... the snowfall averages around Seattle are very misleading.
Most winter months we have very little snow.
The averages are seriously skewed around here because of few wild years.
Good example would be January with a few occurrences of 40+ inches for the month and many years with nothing at all. Averages out to 5 or 6 inches but you should not expect to get much of anything most years.
Most winter months we have very little snow.
The averages are seriously skewed around here because of few wild years.
Good example would be January with a few occurrences of 40+ inches for the month and many years with nothing at all. Averages out to 5 or 6 inches but you should not expect to get much of anything most years.
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