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WinsingtonIII t1_iwm8bzo wrote

Reply to comment by EconomySeaweed7693 in Is Boston weather really noticeably different than NYC weather? by EconomySeaweed7693

Anecdotally, yes. Boston is right on that temperature line in the winter where it's regularly mild enough to have regular thaw cycles as I mentioned. It's more depressing when it goes 3 or 4 weeks without really breaking the freezing point, which can happen in Chicago.

Chicago is also far more prone to extreme cold than either Boston or NYC. It gets cold fronts down out of the Canadian prairies where the air temperature can drop to -15 or -20, and hit -40 or so with wind chill. That's essentially unheard of in either Boston or NYC. It's also not uncommon to get single digit temperatures in Chicago in the winter, whereas in either Boston or NYC those single digit days are rare and only happen a couple times a year.

Personally, Boston winters are much closer to NYC winters than they are to Chicago ones, though they are slightly colder than NYC.

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ReporterOther2179 t1_iwn4z18 wrote

Freeze then thaw gives us our lovely potholes. I don’t know but logically those should be fewer in both NYC and Chicago.

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WinsingtonIII t1_iwn8swg wrote

Oh there are still potholes in Chicago. They just get the freeze thaw cycles in November and March more so than in January and February.

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