• Knightfall@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Considering here in Winnipeg, Canada, where it reaches -35C or even colder, it was pretty wild having weeks on end of +30C to even +39C temperatures, and so soon into our summer.

    I never want to complain about the heat when we have snow for 7 months, but that was ridiculous.

    • MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Here in Montreal we have the hottest muggiest summers and the brutalest freezing cold winters. It makes me want to move to the maritimes.

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      1 year ago

      The upper Midwest really has some of the worst weather in North America. Get schlonged by freezing temps and snow for 6 months followed by heat for another 6 months.

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      1 year ago

      I genuinely don’t understand, no disrespect intended but why do you remain there? Could you not just move south to a warmer climate? -39c just sounds uninhabitable.

      • bloopinator@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Moving south to a warmer climate usually means either significantly warmer summers or a significantly higher cost of living. Or both.

        Yeah it sucks dealing with extreme cold occasionally and long winters, but it’s a lot better than living in the south where it’s unbearably hot and humid for 8 months of the year. And any place with a temperate climate such as the Pacific coast is prohibitively expensive.

      • ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        I will gladly, cheerfully, trade any 39c day for a -39c day. Cold is easily manageable with more / better clothes. Even when dressed for the heat, it still saps your energy like crazy and makes you feel like shit in the process.