For some areas of the country, Spring and Fall is where the real treasure of climate rests.
The translation of the Greek term for summer is “good weather.”
Go back to whatever frigid Baltic rock you came from, OP. Talk shit about me with the puffins, it’s fine.
That translation makes sense - Mediterranean climates (like Greece has) don’t have to deal with humid summers. It’s easier to like hot weather when your sweat evaporates.
In places with hot, humid summers, sweat just piles up until you’re a shiny, dripping, salty mess. And you still feel hot.
It also makes sense if “sunshine” is considered “good weather.” Mediterranean climates have their wet season in winter, so summers are the dry season, with clear skies and little rain. It makes sense in Greece, but other places get regular thunderstorms in summer, occasional tropical storms/hurricanes, or season-long monsoons that bring torrential rain inland.
Baltic
puffins
Sounds like you’re as knowledgeable about pelagic seabird distribution as you’re tolerant towards differing weather preferences 😄
Yes, that’s correct. See, look, you can get that right. Why not go personally inspect puffin habitats and let me know where they are?
Why not go personally inspect puffin habitats and let me know where they are?
Because it’s easier to read Wikipedia than going to the nearest puffin place (the North Atlantic Ocean) from the non-baltic peninsula with hardly any rock on which I live 😄
This is the most unique insult I have read in a while.
Summer holiday: its probably to hot for school. Winter holiday: its probably too snowy to get to school safely. Easter holiday: go pretend to care about religion instead of school. Autumn holiday: go help your family get ready for winter instead of school.
So time off was never part of the equation.
In my country at least, summer holidays were used to help bringing in the harvest.
You saw snow? I’m in my 40s in Southern California, and I can confidently say that I’ve only witnessed snowfall a handful of times before it completely melted away. Throw a snowball for me?
I’ll still take it over winter any day.
Hard disagree. In summer plants are doing a lot of cool things as are the insects and all that activity invites many interactions with larger animals also. Whereas in the winter almost everything closes shop and goes dormant which makes invasive ne’er-do-wells like Youngia japonica and Lamium amplexicaule more prominent.
In summer most plants I have are struggling due to lack of water. Far more interesting things going on in spring and autumn.
I live in a rather xeric sandhills environment with blazing sun and this year has had more drought than typical, so indeed a good number of my less well adapted or more poorly positioned plants have been crisping up. Even so, summer is a season of fruiting and growth for many. Ex. partridge pea barely germinates at the end of spring. It was July-early August for it to blossom gloriously, mid-August for the cloudless sulphur caterpillars to appear en masses to devour those blooms and leaves, and at present the caterpillars are undergoing metamorphosis while the partridge pea bereft of blooms now pushes out the eponymous pea pods. Beautyberries have only just now turned their delightful purple color, the black-eyed susans grew in the spring but did not flower until the summer. I can’t take a step anywhere without the grasshoppers fleeing and despite the dry conditions there are tree frogs taking shelter in the shadows of my house’s siding and toads singing, anoles basking in the force of the sun.
Interestingly one of the plants that looks happier is rhubarb. At least the one I planted a few months ago is. I think its size and deep roots help it store more water and get it from deeper soil. So it manages pretty well with watering once a week.
Tree kale also seems to be OK with the lack of water. But it has been eaten by wildlife instead. I had given up on it but after seeing some of them still alive despite not being watered in over a month and the leaves all being eaten way constantly, I decided to try and see if it can be helped. Got netting for it recently and it does look like it is starting to recover and grow some leaves. Probably give it a bit longer and if it does well I might make a more sturdy frame for the netting with a few canes.
Egyptian walking onions might be able to manage but I only got them recently so they haven’t really been tested in my area. Pretty sure they would be fine for a week though. Prefer to have things I don’t need to water in the week as well as on the weekend.
no, even the hottest summers are many times better than winters where I live; weather below 10°C is just not suited for sustaining human life and makes me want to go indoors immediately, no comparison to hot weather
I’ve been to places where it hits 13⁰ C early morning in the summer, not even high latitudes by any means.
Regardless, I’d always rather be too cold than too hot. Cooling down is a lot harder and usually more expensive.
See I like winter, and where I live we have extended (days if not weeks) of -50°C and below.
The darkness on the other hand, is a bit much.
That being said, I love every season where I live. Summers are nice, fall is the best, winters are great but a bit long, and spring is the end of that long winter.
“not suited for human life”? Really? 10°C is… incredibly mild. Most humans are comfortable at that temperature with just a jacket and maybe a hat.
Cold weather is all about actually dressing appropriately. Every person I’ve ever heard bitch and moan about it are never dressed appropriately. With the right clothing, you can be comfortable at most any low temperature (obviously, extremely low temperatures require specialized clothing/equipment).
The same cannot be said for hot weather, where extreme heat is both dangerous and unavoidable.
Tbf dressing for the heat is absolutely a thing (and it doesn’t mean get naked), but yeah if it’s humid out there isn’t much you can do.
Cold weather is all about actually dressing appropriately. Every person I’ve ever heard bitch and moan about it are never dressed appropriately. With the right clothing, you can be comfortable at most any low temperature (obviously, extremely low temperatures require specialized clothing/equipment).
This. I visited Helsinki for the first time last winter, and we arrived just after the peak of a cold wave (between -11 and -21°C day and night). We went with proper layers so we were all right, but the next day on the small free walking tour there was an Indian guy who was only wearing a thin jacket like I would wear around +5°C. The poor dude was shivering and visibly miserable the whole time, so the tour guide made sure to add a few more indoor stops than usual where he could thaw a bit.
Central coast of CA, it’s an amazing time. Warm during day but well under 90, cools down at night perfect blend
In the South, summer is like living inside of a wet sock.
I’ve always preferred autumn. The perfect weather is cloudy with wind and maybe slight drizzle.
I hate the cold. Winter needs regular sauna at or over 100° to be tolerable. Summer at 25-35° is totally acceptable, as long as overnight it does drop off. Some of these heat waves, ouf.
It’s a cool 64° where I’m at, I love the summer.
Where I live, winter means:
- Freezing cold weather.
- Snow/slush/ice/sleet/freezing rain.
- Bad road conditions.
- Cloudy skies.
- No sunshine for days or weeks at a time.
- Cold/flu season.
- Gets dark outside at/before 5pm.
I hate all those things. I love summer because it’s the opposite.
Also, you basically can’t go outside. Sure, you can go from a heated building to a heated vehicle then into a different heated building. Or, when it isn’t too cold you can do certain sports outside. But, even going for a walk means putting on a huge number of layers, and then trudging through snow which slows you down, trips you up, and gives you very little traction.
Not to mention that never being able to open a window means no nature sounds for months on end. The cold and snow means no sight of living nature (other than pine trees) for months.
It’s also extremely difficult and dangerous to bike (at least here) so you either need to own a car, spend a lot on taxis / lyft, or spend nearly as long as it would take to walk and take public transit.
If I lived somewhere where winter lasted 1-2 months I might enjoy it. But, where I live it’s 5+ months, and I fucking hate it.
Also archaeologival evidence confirmed that humans did ‘some’ hibernation during the winter months…
It was too dangerous and uncomfortable to just go out and about during the winter cause you could freeze to death, slip on ice and get injured, since visibility is decreased you are more vulnerable to other humans wjo wanted to steal from you or do you in AND animals too, you could starve to death since there was fewer plants to pick from and fewer animals to hunt. People in neolithic eras didnt really hibernate completrly like bears but rsther entered a state of ‘tupor’ where they did FAAAR less during the winter months until it cleared up in late spring. ‘Why put yourself at risk and be uncomfortable too?’ is probably what theyre thinking.
We cant do a siimilar thing today? Im not saying nobody goes to work during those months but it I feel we would be happier overall if it is accepted that people go to work and go to outings faaar less during the winter months. Im pretty sure in some superarctic parts of Alaska and Siberia that this is already done. I havent read of it being done there but Id find it hard to believe they dont already…
Fairbanks, Alaska?
Nope, Canada.
A good winter night walk can’t be beat. Layer up just right. Enjoy a silence unrivaled. Enjoy a sky so clear the starlight makes the snow glow.
…uhhh…what type of boots do you own that allow you to go on frequent winter night walks please?
A pair of socks, with a second good pair of wollen socks help. But you just gotta make yourself ok with being cold. It’s really not so bad if you keep moving.
Yep, key is to stay moving.
Just any kind of lace up boot works?
THANK YOU.
I grew up in the north, I live in the South now, and I relish every hot, sweaty, extra long summer. The severe depression that winter would cause becomes a motivator to bake like an oven later in life.
I grew up in the north, and never adapted after moving to the south. I would bicycle every day and still look like someone poured a bucket of water on me just being outside for 20 minutes walking. It has taught me to value the feeling of being a little too cold.
This winter I was in the north again, and was reasonably comfortable in -20C, but not nearly as comfortable as the indigenous people who can walk around without gloves and still use a phone without any issue.
You adapt to some extent, but I think everyone is built different at a metabolic level, something to do with the way blood circulates in your capillaries or something.
Personally, I love summer for cycling but hate it otherwise, detest winter, dislike autumn, and adore spring 😁
I like summers as in - long warm sunny days where I can hangout in a t shirt and shorts and do fun outdoor activities for a few months.
I don’t like summers as in - If I step outside I’m soaked in sweat immediately and run the air conditioning nonstop to still be kind of warm inside. Where the only enjoyable time was 2 weeks of spring like weather and 2 weeks of fall like weather between brutal winters and summers (I’m exaggerating a little).
No. Autumn winds suck, they crack my lips. Winter is miserable. Spring is sneezy. Summer is hot, so what? Best season for surfing. And I’m Australian, our summer is dangerous, but still my favourite season.
Summer used to be nice and not too warm, but we’re way past that at this point unfortunately
Depends on your location. It’s always been fucking awful here
That’s probably true, yeah.
It does suck, though, because for the past 15ish years we’ve had relatively mild summers (meaning no solid weeks of over 100F), so people brush off climate change because, “it was hotter when I was younger.”
Picks up snow
“If global warming is real, then explain this! Snow. In my hand. …Hmmmph!”
Facts. Fall clearly is the ultimate season. And I personally love Winter and think it’s the most beautiful.
