Weather daily interest-then & now

[Owlie]

My DH is really obsessed with weather. When we lived in AZ (being hardly any "weather" to speak of) he once took a video of the rain! He could smell a dust storm coming an hour before it arrived.
Living in New England, you have to be interested, because the weather is so varied. That's why I love it.

DBF's from Mesa. I tease him about it: "Are you whining about the weather again? I guess you don't get a chance to do it at home, because you get either hot and sunny, or hotter and sunny. Is a cloud a major cause for concern there?"

Here, you get a random day in January where it'll hit 60, or a week of rain
(or two...). It's supposed to snow this weekend. You kind of have to keep an eye on the weather. I've just started carrying an umbrella in my backpack.

[Crankin]

The smell of a dust storm is kind of like the smell of an approaching thunderstorm, but I can't really explain the rest.
Owlie, it does get colder than 60 in the valley in the winter. Like down to about 40 or even 30's at night. It might be 65-75 during the day.
But, most of the year (April- September, or October) it is either hot or hotter.
Yea, stick your head in the oven at 350 and you'll feel it...

[GLC1968]

I really think it's regional (speaking from having lived in 4 distinct weather situations).

When I lived in New England - everyone talked about the weather all the time. I always checked multiple sources every day (this was predominantly before the internet, too). It was a constant topic of conversation for everyone, but in New England, the weather is constantly changing. Seasons, daily, even hourly.

Then I moved to FL. No one talked about the weather unless there was a hurricane approaching and then that's ALL anyone talked about. But, in FL, the weather barely changed for 9 months of the year (at least, where I lived)....it was 85F, humid and it rained/thunderstormed every single afternoon. In the 'winter' it was dry and sunny every day with an occasional chilly crisp day. Not much to talk about, I guess.

Then I moved to NC where the weather changed a lot again. It was a constant topic of conversation but not quite as much as it was in New England. Interestingly enough, where I was in NC, people rarely complained about the weather - usually they were happy about it no matter what it was doing outside. Not sure why.

Lastly, now in the PNW - I notice that people don't even mention the weather for most of the year. They pretty much just ignore it and go about their day. I think it only really gets noticed in the last spring when it starts to dry out a little and in the mid-fall when it starts to rain again. I will say that people were pretty weather excited last winter when we got all that snow, but apparently that was a total freaky experience as they haven't had that much snow here in decades. For me, I don't bother looking at the forecast unless I've got something planned. What it's doing outside doesn't really affect my day, so I don't care. Of course, that's partly related to my lifestyle now and has less to do with the actual weather patterns.

[shootingstar]

Lastly, now in the PNW - I notice that people don't even mention the weather for most of the year. They pretty much just ignore it and go about their day. I think it only really gets noticed in the last spring when it starts to dry out a little and in the mid-fall when it starts to rain again. I will say that people were pretty weather excited last winter when we got all that snow, but apparently that was a total freaky experience as they haven't had that much snow here in decades.

Maybe you hang out with happy people...when rainy season comes around, seems lI've heard enough weather conversations here. Even when it's fantastically sunny and balmy, like it was nearly all this summer here, most people that I knew seemed to remark on it happily.

[GLC1968]

Maybe you hang out with happy people...when rainy season comes around, seems lI've heard enough weather conversations here. Even when it's fantastically sunny and balmy, like it was nearly all this summer here, most people that I knew seemed to remark on it happily.

Oh, I will say that they were certainly moaning about the heat this summer when it hit 100+ for like 4 days in a row. I'd forgotten about that (or blocked it out!).