<p>i'm from california and have no idea how cold these places are in the winter. can someone rank them by how cold they are and for reference, provide a description of the coldest and warmest places (during the winter) in the list below? thanks! :)</p>
<p>boston
new york city
ithaca, NY
philadelphia
charlottesville, VA
durham, NC
washington dc
chicago
ann arbor, MI</p>
<p>general rule of thumb: the further north it is on the east coast the colder and snowier the winters will be.</p>
<p>but i live 20 mins. away from DC and if you ask me the winters aren't too bad here yes it gets very cold... it is below freezing most of the time during winter and we get occasional snow... some years we get LOTS of snow like last year we had 2 pretty nice snow storms and each time those hit we had about 7-10 inches of snow... this year the snow was pretty tame, so you never know...</p>
<p>so that's how it is in DC and it gets colder and snowier as you go north and warmer and less snowy as you go south generally.</p>
<p>MOST TO LEAST Ithaca : windy, cold, NY snow belt, lake effect snow from Seneca lake, possibility of alot of snow. Accumulates all winter on the ground. We are talking many feet of snow.Awesome if you like skiing, snowboarding, ice boating. Not going to be many sunny days.</p>
<p>Ann Arbor has to be a close second although Ive only been as close as South Bend, Indiana</p>
<p>Boston Definite snow accumulation, some winters worse than others
Chicago about same as Boston</p>
<p>NYC less snow, more ice, rain less to do outside in these climates in the winter Maybe one or two storms of a foot or two.
Phila. same as NYC</p>
<p>Washington DC cold winters, rain, little snow most winters
Charlottesville Warm
Durham Warmest</p>
<p>Hey, if you have never done snow......do it big. Winter is awesome. The whole Hallmark moment thing......You gotta experience it.</p>
<p>I used to live in New York in the city and out. Snow's not too bad a problem in the city becuase its always cleared but it can be a problem in other places in the state. </p>
<p>I live in Maryland, now, half a mile from DC and it's not terribly cold in the winter, but it may be for you... It snows enough but not too much.</p>
<p>living in the northeast all my live i would say:</p>
<p>ann arbor, MI
ithaca, NY
chicago
boston
new york city
philadelphia
washington dc
charlottesville, VA
durham, NC</p>
<p>the last 3 are kinda a toss up</p>
<p>I'm in the same situation as the OP (Cali looking East). I love cold weather, but east coast humidity/heat is another thing (I hated D.C. in the summer). Which of those places have the least humidity/excruciating heat?</p>
<p>I think you're out of luck on the humidity, but the heat is probably less excruciating in Ithaca or Boston</p>
<p>Our winters the past few years have been great. Theyre getting close to what D.C. has, but not quite. Sure we have snow, but we havent gotten true blizzards in years. Winters are typically mild now.</p>
<p>It doesnt really snow that much in Ann Arbor.</p>
<p>Yeah, Boston's suprisingly not that bad when compared to greater Portland, ME. Compare the average annual snowfall of ~42" in Boston with the 70" of snowfall we're normally burdened with. Snow's not much of a problem when you live right in the city.</p>
<p>Boston (at 42 degrees north latitude) is actually more tolerable on average in the winter than Columbus, Ohio, where I grew up (40 degrees north latitude) -- the ocean does a lot to moderate temperatures. The average highs are lower in Boston, but the average lows are higher... and it's the ridiculous lows that'll get you down in mid-January.</p>
<p>Not that it's not bitterly cold in Boston in the winters, of course. :) Just slightly better than Columbus.</p>
<p>Chicago
Ithaca
AnnArbor
Boston
NY
Philly
Charlottesville/DC
Durham</p>
<p>another one about dc. The temp seems to teeter on the freezing point line. Most of the time the kids are hoping it is going to snow and not rain and then a really cold rain comes down. This leads to more freezing rain but less snow.</p>
<p>Ithaca
Boston
NY/CHI/AA
Philly
DC
Charlottesville/Durham</p>
<p>And a word of advice for any Pacific Islanders, and generally any Asian country looking to apply to the East Coast, their humidity is a joke for us. =P It's actually too dry, even in summer, and you'll feel your throat drain of moisture every five minutes. </p>
<p>The west coast however, would be even worse. It's almost a desert in terms of humidity there. ><"</p>
<p>However, like the subject of this thread says, people from south Asia will find winters from NY on up to be quite unbearable, depending on your cold tolerance. People in north Asia, particularly Japan and northern China, will find winters from NY on up to be.. bearable. Maybe even a bit warm.</p>
<p>In Cville we are good for about one solid snowfall per winter and maybe a few dustings on the side, with generally above freezing temps.</p>
<p>None actually have a winter* to speak of. But if you want temperature statistics for comparison purposes, I suggest <a href="http://www.worldclimate.com%5B/url%5D">www.worldclimate.com</a>.</p>
<p>*my definition of "having a winter": any geographical area where the empirical probability of a white Xmas is 1.</p>
<p>I live near Cleveland, which is on a lake; Chicago's on a lake, too, so I'm assuming it'll be the same kind of deal.</p>
<p>We get very little snow and ice, or general precipitation in the winters. The temperature gets cold, but not TOO insanely cold--I don't think we get past the low 20s/high teens on a really, really bad day. The summers are generally cooler near the lake, too, but cooler is a relative term depending on what you're used to.</p>
<p>Overall I'd say lake winters are fairly mild, and very tolerable, as opposed to some places that'll get a few feet of snow every time there's a storm.</p>
<p>how windy are these cold places? i've heard it's not really the snow or cold that kills you, but it's when the wind blows through the city that does. </p>
<p>i've felt the wind in boston and that was like WOW. i'm assuming chicago's worse, and from a previous post, ithaca too. how about ann arbor and NYC?</p>
<p>Wow, Chicago sounds nice. =)</p>