# Complaining about the weather **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609 "2013-01-09T10:44:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/1 "2013-01-09T10:44:48Z")
Re: complaining about the weather: ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/2 "2013-01-09T13:28:58Z")
Depends on how you define “severe.” In the winter it _can_ get to -20F, although that’s uncommon. Not as severe as, say, Barrow, but far less mild than, say, Orlando. Similarly, it can get above 100F here in the summer, with 90% humidity. Again, that’s uncommon, and it doesn’t stay that hot for very long. So, not as severe as, say, Sao Paolo. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/3 "2013-01-09T13:42:50Z")
I don’t complain about the weather, per se, but I do complain when the idiot weatherman gets it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/4 "2013-01-09T13:49:31Z")
I said “mild”, but the right answer to the first question is probably “hot!” I never complain when it rains – we need the rain, damnit – what complaining I do is when it get **too** hot in the summer (and I complain about it about as much as anyone else.) It never snows here, I (and all others) would be overjoyed if it did, logistical nightmares aside. What people here **do** complain about is the nightmarish traffic jams whenever it rains too much too fast and the main freeway (which goes through a dry riverbed) floods (e.g., yesterday, for the first time in 20 years). It’s just not built to deal with 8" of rain in its catchment basin over less than 2 days! I’m lucky to live in the city and work in the suburbs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/5 "2013-01-09T13:51:01Z")
I complain about the weather a lot. I also complain about traffic a lot. I complain about the performance of the local sports teams a lot, too. I spend a lot of time on elevators, with people I don’t really know nor care to, but also don’t want to alienate. I don’t really care much about any of this stuff. Except traffic. Traffic sucks. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/6 "2013-01-09T13:53:14Z")
I complain some about the heat and the drought but never the cold or the rain. I’m a very asymmetric complainer. In fact it’s raining like hell across most all of Texas today… yea! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/7 "2013-01-09T13:53:49Z")
I don’t complain about the weather. I do something about it. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/8 "2013-01-09T13:55:40Z")
I lived in the Los Angeles area for over 30 years where the weather was almost unnoticed. Mild days, mild nights, even humidity was, well, even. Then DH moved us to Austin. I try really hard not to bitch about the weather all the time but I HATE THE WEATHER HERE. If it’s not 100 it’s 38 and raining (today). I wonder why restaurants have outdoor tables. I wonder why we bought lawn furniture. I wonder why I didn’t stay in LA. Oh, yeah: love. Ugh. Thanks for giving me an opportunity to bitch about the weather. I’ll try to be quiet now. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/9 "2013-01-09T14:06:31Z")
I just complain about the snow. Other than that, I generally like the extremes of weather here. I think it makes you tough. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/10 "2013-01-09T14:30:16Z")
Living at altitude, and a ski resort community, the weather is talked about a lot. The complaining though is usually when we don’t get enough snow. ---
**Author:** ![HairyCactus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2bfe46/32.png) [@HairyCactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HairyCactus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/11 "2013-01-10T20:59:27Z")
I’m a Brit. It is my duty, nay, Og given right to complain about the weather!! ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/12 "2013-01-10T21:23:03Z")
I used to complain about the weather very rarely. Lately, I’ve been complaining because the weather is too nice. Seriously, it’s 68 fucking degrees, in January. Where is my winter? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/13 "2013-01-10T21:30:57Z")
I don’t really complain about the weather when the weather is what it’s supposed to be. That is, I don’t complain about how hot it is when it’s 100 degrees when it’s the middle of the summer. I did complain about the 100 degree days we had in October this year. That being said, a lot of people mistake _commenting_ on the weather as _complaining_ about the weather. “Holy Smokes! It’s hot outside!” isn’t really complaining, just commenting. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/14 "2013-01-10T21:59:24Z")
I guess I’m in a mild climate (SF Bay Area), and I don’t complain about the weather. My usual (kind of jerkish?) responses when people complain: “People are always complaining about the weather, but nobody ever DOES anything about it!” and “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/15 "2013-01-10T22:04:04Z")
I would like to know who voted for XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and why… ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/16 "2013-01-10T22:07:29Z")
Between Michigan and Colorado for the last 28 years, I’ve definitely lived in four-season states and I complain (or just comment on) weather and driving conditions about as much as anyone. Just normal social lubricant small talk with random people I encounter. I’m a fairly chatty person IRL. I shall now complain that it’s Michigan, it’s January and they’re predicting it might hit 60 this coming weekend. Not a happy thing. All the snow that’s accumulated is melting fast and my property is turning into a giant sucking muddy bog. And the dog poop that’s been frozen under layers of snow and ice is starting to liquify. YUCK. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/17 "2013-01-10T22:30:22Z")
Years ago I had a pretty good friend. We did lots of camping and outdoor stuff. But jeezus could he complain when the weather was less than pleasant. And the worst was he complained like it was YOUR fault or something. Nice guy, but damn its a wonder somebody didn’t bitch slap him at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/18 "2013-01-11T01:37:29Z")
The most variable part of our weather forecast in the direction of the wind. Otherwise it is mostly sunny with a high somewhere between 78 and 88 all year round. Chance of rain 20%. Showers may be heavy in localized areas. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/19 "2013-01-11T01:51:56Z")
The only thing around here to complain about is rain, and the inability of people to handle the few days of snow and ice we might get. I don’t complain about rain unless it doesn’t stop in May like it’s supposed to and goes through July. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609/20 "2013-01-11T03:10:12Z")
I’m a seasonal complainer–I often complain about the cold and snow but not the heat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-about-the-weather/646609.md?page=2)