# No, the weather is normal, you're the one who's weird. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 19, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700 "2000-09-19T06:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/1 "2000-09-19T06:52:39Z")
What the fuck is the matter with people who cannot understand that the weather is not the same everywhere? I swear, the next time someone tells me that the weather is “weird” is gonna get smacked upside the head! Okay, I realize that maybe where you’re from, this is the time it starts cooling down, and you get out the sweaters and close all the windows, but you voluntarily moved to California, where September is the hottest month of the year. No, it’s _not_ unusual or bizarre. The weather is like this here **every single year!** Get over your childhood memories of the leaves changing color and dropping from the trees, cause it ain’t gonna happen, okay? No one decreed that your autumn was the “proper” one, and all other perfectly natural weather patterns were somehow “abnormal.” 100+ in September is absolutely the proper weather for California. Everyone is allowed to bitch about the heat, but there is nothing strange about it at all. Thank you for allowing me to vent. My coworkers from Illinois and Colorado cannot get over the “weird” weather. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/2 "2000-09-19T07:01:21Z")
You are correct. It is not weird. But it does fucking **SUCK!** Don’t get me wrong. This is a wonderful place in the winter, but right now it’s fucking unbearable!!! ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/3 "2000-09-19T07:26:29Z")
I just wish the weather was the same every year where I live (Baltimore). It’s been fall here for over a month, before which it rained for an entire month. Seasonal weather is cool, as long as it’s the right season. (BTW, whaddya mean it’s not the same everywhere? You’re fucking with me, right?) ---
**Author:** ![VaHermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/4 "2000-09-19T07:37:44Z")
Ah yes, Autumn in the east. A slight chill in the air as we bid farewell to the hot, sweaty days of summer. Soon the leaves will change to their beautiful fall coats of red, yellow and orange, just as nature intended. All is right with the world. What, you mean it’s not that way in California. Sheesh…that _is_ wierd! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/5 "2000-09-19T17:46:10Z")
What? No snow? Man… you guys are weird!! (No, there’s no snow here either… not even in Winnipeg. I’m just kidding. But in Winnipeg there _is_ snow by Halloween. Every year. That’s mostly why we moved to Montreal, where Boreas usually procrastinates until around Christmas.) ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/6 "2000-09-19T17:59:05Z")
The really weird thing is that the stores in Southern California put out “Fall” clothes for back-to-school in September, even though everyone knows you won’t be able to wear them comfortably until November. It always amuses me to see people sitting around in their trendy new sweaters–sweating. Me, I like wearing shorts at Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/7 "2000-09-19T20:12:17Z")
Thank you Kyla who can’t handle the weather in September should shut up and leave. Look, I wore turtlenecks and hoodies in july and August, specificly so i could wear shorts and t-shirts in September. Of course I’ve known people who’ve lived here 5 years who still get surprised at the heat in September. go figure. ---
**Author:** ![WiredGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@WiredGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WiredGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/8 "2000-09-19T20:16:27Z")
You should try Pittsburgh weather. One day its 90 and humid the next 50 and dry. Drives my skin crazy. Oh and don’t forget EVERYDAY is partly cloudy. ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/9 "2000-09-19T21:05:40Z")
I moved to California a year ago and not only do my friends/family back in Ontario ask me what the weather’s like, but they also feel the need to tell me that their days are getting shorter now. Ummmm…our days get shorter too. This ain’t the friggin’ equator. My father-in-law did this to me just the other day, and didn’t believe me when I told him the nasty truth. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/10 "2000-09-20T07:24:36Z")
May I also add, that we here in Germany have a summer, too? It doesn’t snow here year round. OTOH, when you come visit me in May, and I tell you to bring a light jacket, I’m not just saying that because I want to see your taste in jackets. I say it because, although it is pretty dang hot in Memphis in May, here it can still be on the nippy side. Also, there is no need to ask me what time it is over here every damn time you call. If you must ask, please spare me the five minute talk on how “weird” it is. If you stop and think about how the Earth is round and rotates, it all makes perfect sense. ---
**Author:** ![Ankh\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Ankh\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ankh_Too)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-the-weather-is-normal-youre-the-one-whos-weird/33700/11 "2000-09-20T10:16:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WiredGuy \* > \*\*You should try Pittsburgh weather. One day its 90 and humid the next 50 and dry. Drives my skin crazy. Oh and don’t forget EVERYDAY is partly cloudy. \*\* Yeah, but Joe DeNardo can make “Partly Cloudy” unendingly interesting. If I have to listen to those anonymous schmucks in NYC one more time I’m going to climb a water tower.