# Enough of this fraggin' New England weather! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 3, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009 "2017-06-03T15:41:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/1 "2017-06-03T15:41:27Z")
Fuck this goddamn endless gloom and rain and alternating just-a-tad-warm-and-humid with roaring thunderstorms, then gray-black clouds and rain again. I don’t think we’ve had three nice days since the start of the year, and counting nice half-days, there might have been ten. With total unpredictability, so unless you’re prepared to drop what indoor/raining/blustery weather task you were doing, you can’t do more than stand around in it for a bit. It was amusing for a few years to have radically uneven weather. Getting a little tired of it now, especially when the spring choice of the last few years has been this endless extension of winter, or a fast jump to 80-degrees at 75%+ humidity. Will NOT weep at my rearview mirror when I blow this fucking lobster pot, soon. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/2 "2017-06-03T15:54:05Z")
Same shit here in Ottawa. We get five nice Months a year, and one is already gone. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/3 "2017-06-03T16:39:33Z")
It’s good gardening weather, and our watering restrictions due to last year’s drought were just lifted. That’s what I told myself this morning after the initial temperature shock. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/4 "2017-06-03T18:19:56Z")
Just relax. Wait a day. It will change. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/5 "2017-06-03T19:11:40Z")
Yeah, I was just reading the other day something about predicted climate change. I think it’s supposed to get warmer, and we can thank Trump for that. Apparently Pittsburg is the new Paris or something. But I only skimmed the article, so I might not have gotten it all correct. Anyway, it was a fascinating read. Pittsburg. Who knew!? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/6 "2017-06-03T22:28:31Z")
I was driving down Rt 24, saw a zot of lightning. A minute later, could see the ionization trail from the strike. Got home later to a double rainbow. In between, the sun was out as it was pouring. Ah New England weather! ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/7 "2017-06-03T22:35:14Z")
I was there in February and it was gorgeous – sunny, blue skies, crisp snow, crisp air. February. My husband was there two weeks ago. It was hot. When it wasn’t raining, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/8 "2017-06-04T01:11:20Z")
Yes, hot and rainy was last month. We’re doing cold and rainy now. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/9 "2017-06-04T01:34:40Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Fuck this goddamn endless gloom and rain and alternating just-a-tad-warm-and-humid with roaring thunderstorms, then gray-black clouds and rain again. I don’t think we’ve had three nice days since the start of the year, and counting nice half-days, there might have been ten. With total unpredictability, so unless you’re prepared to drop what indoor/raining/blustery weather task you were doing, you can’t do more than stand around in it for a bit. Now I would like that. Today I had to be out in the hellishly hot sun ( 68 F ) for several hours and I still feel unwell. Rain and Thunderstorms never hurt anybody. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/10 "2017-06-04T02:47:29Z")
The spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America!!! Went to NE a few weeks ago and was surprised by the cold, rainy weather. Fear not – your best weather’s coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/11 "2017-06-04T05:16:21Z")
I fail to understand why the snowbirds go back north in the summer. I have been in Arizona in the summer and it was good. They call it the rainy season. True, it can get up to Furnace Creek temperatures at times, and the cockroaches make noise walking across the street, and sometimes you cannot tell smog from a haboob, but hey, life sucks without a fair dose of suck. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/12 "2017-06-05T15:15:40Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Went to NE a few weeks ago and was surprised by the cold, rainy weather. Fear not – your best weather’s coming soon. C’mere so I can hit you, if the hot, humid weather you’re admiring leaves me any strength to do so. Dropped in to say “fuck this goddamn gloomy weather” again. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/13 "2017-06-05T15:36:35Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Dropped in to say “fuck this goddamn gloomy weather” again. > > Carry on. Believe me, I am with you. Right now it is 55F with rain and fog south of Boston. Goddammit, it is fucking June and going to be my birthday soon. My coworkers and I are plotting some type of revolt over the weather. The Pilgrims were idiots. They should have made some more beer and then sailed south to someplace that is habitable. My proposal is to close Massachusetts, turn it into a National Park and let those that are brave enough take guided tours in July and August only. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/14 "2017-06-05T15:38:54Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I fail to understand why the snowbirds go back north in the summer. I have been in Arizona in the summer and it was good. They call it the rainy season. True, it can get up to Furnace Creek temperatures at times, and the cockroaches make noise walking across the street, and sometimes you cannot tell smog from a haboob, but hey, life sucks without a fair dose of suck. If, by snowbirds, you mean Canadians then there are limits for how long one can stay out of the country and still maintain health coverage. For most provinces that is 5 months. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/15 "2017-06-05T15:46:45Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Believe me, I am with you. Right now it is 55F with rain and fog south of Boston. Goddammit, it is fucking June and going to be my birthday soon. My coworkers and I are plotting some type of revolt over the weather. The Pilgrims were idiots. They should have made some more beer and then sailed south to someplace that is habitable. My proposal is to close Massachusetts, turn it into a National Park and let those that are brave enough take guided tours in July and August only. Eh, July and August are too hot for guided tours. You know we’re going to go from the 50s to the 90s with nary a pause in between. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/16 "2017-06-05T15:53:29Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > If, by snowbirds, you mean Canadians then there are limits for how long one can stay out of the country and still maintain health coverage. For most provinces that is 5 months. No, snowbirds are Americans from about north of 44 or so who have lost their tolerance for winter, so they go down to Arizona for 5 or 6 months, some in 2nd homes, some in motorhomes, and then return to their northerly digs for the warm half of the year. I have an aunt who spent winters in Yuma and summers outside Tacoma every year. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/17 "2017-06-05T16:11:07Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > No, snowbirds are Americans from about north of 44 or so who have lost their tolerance for winter, so they go down to Arizona for 5 or 6 months, some in 2nd homes, some in motorhomes, and then return to their northerly digs for the warm half of the year. I have an aunt who spent winters in Yuma and summers outside Tacoma every year. Ah, well carry on then. (We call them snowbirds here too.) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/18 "2017-06-05T16:24:24Z")
I try to do a fair bit of bicycling in the summers, but I’ve barely had my bike out this year at all, yet. Partly I’ve been lazy, but there haven’t been very many nice riding days, either. Fingers crossed that it improves by the middle of June. Tall ships are visiting for a week and I volunteered to work at the event. > [@Emiliana](#): > > Eh, July and August are too hot for guided tours. You know we’re going to go from the 50s to the 90s with nary a pause in between. July and August cannot be too hot. And there’s a legal limit to the snow here. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/19 "2017-06-05T16:39:31Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Will NOT weep at my rearview mirror when I blow this fucking lobster pot, soon. Yeah, we’re not going to shed any tears at your departure either. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009/20 "2017-06-05T16:59:29Z")
You think New England summers are bad, you should try Wisconsin. Not only is the air a liquid, but the second you step outside, you are covered head-to-toe in woodticks, with mosquitos fighting each other for any left-over real estate. Still, the perfume of the dairy farms is what makes it so delightful. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-of-this-fraggin-new-england-weather/788009.md?page=2)