What's your favorite season?

meagloth

I don't imagine this will lend itself to much discussion, but I'm interested in the results. Since we live all over the world, I made the options for cold and hot available also, so if you like summer in Alaska it's different than liking summer in Ecuador. Just think of cold and hot as a shorthand for up by the poles and hot as down by the equator. Here, I'll make this more exact:

If your daily high temp is routinely above the number for the season then you're hot. If you're routinely below, then your cold.

Summer: 90F/35C

Autumn: 55F/12C

Winter: 20F/-6C

Spring: 65F/18C

Nonnahswriter

Ahhh, autumn. The time of year when all the trees light up in a blaze and the rain is crisp and sweet. The time of pumpkins and turkeys and mashed potatoes. The time when it's so cold, you finally have an excuse to cocoon yourself in a bundle of warm, soft blankets.

Of course, living in the western half of Washington State, it's that cold 90% of the year anyway...

But what I really love most about autumn is the NaNoWriMo event that happens every November. ^_^

deltago

-6 winters?! I wish.

I wouldn't say hot autumns but warm ones, just above freezing. Jacket weather.

meagloth

You live in Washington, @Nonnahswriter‌?! Lucky. We moved from Seattle when I was 4, to this hot, flat, Midwestern, Dystopia *wonderful city*. I would love to live back there, I like the rain, and mountains. We are big hikers(which probably sound funny to you. Everybody up there is. Down here it's... Not *that* unusual to like camping:P)

Silverstar

Winter. All the insects are dead. And if it's nice and cloudy or raining/snowing, noone can harass you with "Oh it's so nice outside, you should be out there!" and instead you can sit inside and play Baldur's Gate II.

Nonnahswriter

meagloth said:

You live in Washington, @Nonnahswriter‌?! Lucky. We moved from Seattle when I was 4, to this hot, flat, Midwestern, Dystopia *wonderful city*. I would love to live back there, I like the rain, and mountains. We are big hikers(which probably sound funny to you. Everybody up there is. Down here it's... Not *that* unusual to like camping:P)

Yup. I live about an hour outside of Seattle. (An hour on a good day, when the traffic isn't horrid...) I love it here--got the mountains, the ocean, and the forest, all in the same spot! But I've got family who live in Texas and Arizona, and it's a serious climate shock whenever we visit them. I don't know how people can live in the south/midwest. Sooooo hoooooot and dryyyyy... ;_; It only hit mid-80s here yesterday, and we were dying.

The only downside is the humidity. It's usually pretty tame up here as far as summers go, but if it rains while it's hot (like it did just a few days ago), oh gods, is it miserable. Places like Arizona and Texas at least have a dry heat, so it's not as muggy when it hits eighties. Course, they also get over the hundreds more often than we do, so I wouldn't think of trading climates any time soon. XD

Oh. And the rain. I forget, some people don't like the rain. :P

meagloth

I always think it's funny when people complain about 110F in Arizona or Texas. The humidity is like 5%, so it's really not that bad. Here the humidity is usually height than the temp, and the temp is usually 90(e.i. Yesterday. Today it's weirdly nice) it's terrible.
And the bugs.. Do you have many Mosquitos, @Nonnahswriter‌? They're terrible here. Colorado is awesome cause the little buggers are all but nonexistent, it's so dry. It's amazing to us because we can't even sit outside in the evening. You get 1-3 bites every two minutes or so after 5:00. No exaggeration.

meagloth

I also agree with all of @Silverstar‌ reasons for liking winter, along with being able to wear wither coats. I hate having to wear shorts and t-shirts. So... Few... Pockets. In the winter I get to dress like this:

Kamigoroshi

I once had the pleasure of visiting the northern parts of Greenland in early Winter. T'was such a lovely blizzard weather with temperatures below -25° Celsius... A dream come true for Winter lovers like me who have a healthy obsession with Auril. Truly, I wouldn't mind to have such low temperatures all year around. :-D

ronaldo

The smell of wood smoke in the air and those perfect sunny days with a nice cool breeze :-) I agree with @Nonnahswriter about the excuse to cocoon yourself in blankets.

I lived in Seattle for 5 years and I really miss it. The perfect weather for me all year round.

Oops how did I forget football. That also makes Autumn great.

jacobtan

Polar bears are better suited for the cold ^_^

Nonnahswriter

meagloth said:

I always think it's funny when people complain about 110F in Arizona or Texas. The humidity is like 5%, so it's really not that bad. Here the humidity is usually height than the temp, and the temp is usually 90(e.i. Yesterday. Today it's weirdly nice) it's terrible.
And the bugs.. Do you have many Mosquitos, @Nonnahswriter‌? They're terrible here. Colorado is awesome cause the little buggers are all but nonexistent, it's so dry. It's amazing to us because we can't even sit outside in the evening. You get 1-3 bites every two minutes or so after 5:00. No exaggeration.

Oh yes. DX I hate mosquitoes. They're really not that bad in the summer time, especially down here in town, but when I lived up in the mountains on national forest land, they were horrendous! Every time we wanted to have a barbeque outside, they'd chase us back in the house!

The worst experience I've had with mosquitoes though was in Montana during the summer. We stayed in a campground nestled on a lake, and while there weren't any bugs on the lake shore, they swarmed us at camp. Aggressive buggers too. We're normally a really environment-friendly family, but we had no shame spraying ourselves with deet-based insect spray, because nothing else even came close to working. I was covered in bites by the time we left.

Remember: the best way to ruin a mosquito's love-life is to disturb still-water! >:D

CaloNord

I'm from New Zealand so I'm used to endless rain, sleet and sub zero tempreture wind. I live in Australia now where everyone throws themselves into the ocean because if you don't you walk around in 46 degree heat crackling like bacon. When you do throw yourself into the ocean you get attacked by sharks and jellyfish because the ocean is full of things that hate you.

Silverstar

CaloNord said:

When you do throw yourself into the ocean you get attacked by sharks and jellyfish because the ocean is full of things that hate you.

It seems like a wonderful place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdihHnaOQsk

jackjack

Forever Fall for me
As @deltago‌ says, jacket weather. Not too hot, but not too cold either.
I find it the most beautiful time of the year.

elminster

Nothing like a cold crisp autumn day. Leaves crackling as you walk along the sidewalk, trees showing off a wide array of different colours on their leaves, a cold breeze in your face, and upcoming holidays/festivals like Halloween, Oktoberfest (hey, for some of us its more of a spiritual holiday ) and Thanksgiving (all of which in my case are in October).

CaloNord

Oh it's a wonderful place, if you own air conditioning or a pool. I won't go in the ocean. I don't mess with sharks, they don't mess with me.

Elrandir

I live in the broiling heat of Georgia. I despise it. Born and raised here, yet I can't wait to get away. I love the cold, but I love autumn even more than winter. I think due in part to the fact I was born in the fall. It also has the most beautiful colors, many of which are among my favorite colors. Spring is alright. Screw summer.

JuliusBorisov

You know, we have nearly 9 months of "winterospring" in my city. Dark sky, cold weather, grey buildings, nearly no sun during 3/4 of the year.

So I would gladly take the hot summer. Beach, sea, breeze, holiday...

meagloth

Elrandir said:

I think due in part to the fact I was born in the fall. It also has the most beautiful colors, many of which are among my favorite colors. Spring is alright. Screw summer.

Hey, same here! As a little kid I really liked that my birthday was on the equinox, or "first day of fall", as I put it, my favorite season. As a little kid I don't know which came first. Now as a big kid I really love that I share a birthday with Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. I don't know how it could be better than that. I'm just about done with summer by now.

Awong124

Damn, I voted without thinking. I actually don't like summer because it gets light out too early. I like temperatures of anywhere between 10-20 degrees C though.

demented

Cold Autumn and cold Winter, it seems this forum is populated by frost giants.

Difficult for me to decide between the two. I love a crisp cool autumn. You can sit inside while the rain batters against the windows, or journey out into the elements where it feels like you're attacked by nature from all sides.

I also love when the weather gets so cold you can barely breath. It's invigorating.

Demonoid_Limewire

Hot summer. I am deeply in love with the sea, its life and its denizens (in water). Also, i love it how girls are "forced" to wear almost nothing at all, wander in nosebleeding, intended or not, poses/lucky moments, etc. I am very fond of seasonal fruit, such as peach, melon and watermelon, and i enjoy them cold and finely chopped, in a fruit-salad. I love tourists, especially girls, that visit. They are a spicy new out of the ordinary life here, and always nice to get yourself something lucky and hot out of it all. Last but not least, i love hedgehogs. Yes, *that* poor little beast that wanders at night in your garden, and are active only at hot months. I clean them, pet them, feed them, cuddle them and play at my heart's content!

meagloth

Hmm. No love for arctic spring, huh?

Elrandir

@meagloth‌ It's like the worst parts of winter, without any of the good parts of fall.

meagloth

Elrandir said:

@meagloth‌ It's like the worst parts of winter, without any of the good parts of fall.

No, I think spring in the tundra is pretty awesome. its when all the baby lemming come out and get eaten by baby snow owl chicks.

Nonnahswriter

That... That picture...

;_;

CaloNord

Has traumatized the forum. Haha

Blackraven

@meagloth, we have the same birthday
As a Dutchman who has lived near the equator in recent years, I've come to appreciate all seasons really. I used to hate winter back in NL: the short days (sun up at 9 AM, sun down at 4.30 PM) used to be pretty depressing for me, especially in later years when I worked and had little to no time to enjoy the light of day. However, two years ago I really digged the snow, well not literally, and the cold during a brief visit to NL in December-January.
Here in Colombia, there aren't any seasons. Climate depends mostly on the altitude of a place, varying from tropical (lowlands such as the coasts, amazon, plains) to subtropical (800-1200m, places like Cali), to moderate (Bogota, the paramos) or even colder. It's a beautiful country really, incredibly diverse.

In Holland I loved warm springs. Days becoming longer, new life everywhere you look, no longer dependent on gloves and 3+ layers of clothes, and happy people...

meagloth

I think it's a beautiful bird.

meagloth

@Blackraven‌ it seems to be a pretty common birthday. I share it with my aunt, and my grandma is the 23rd. I think one other relative is 22 as well. Great minds....um, are born alike?