# States that don't get four seasons. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 23, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961 "2019-04-23T23:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/1 "2019-04-23T23:32:30Z")
Besides the south, what are the states that don’t have four distinct seasons? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/2 "2019-04-23T23:35:53Z")
Depending on how you define “seasons”, you could assign any number of them to any given location. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/3 "2019-04-23T23:38:49Z")
West coast states: California, Oregon, Washington. Low deserts in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, etc. Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/4 "2019-04-23T23:40:51Z")
southern ca deserts we get either burning hot or freezing cold …add “rainy” every half-decade or so to the hot and cold … One year our fall/winter was so warm the leaves didnt fall off half of the trees in town and were being picked/cut by hand so new ones could grow … ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/5 "2019-04-24T00:09:41Z")
Colorado, and other mountain states have four seasons, but the mountains in those states are very different season wise. Where I live (very high in the Colorado mountains) ‘Summer’ is very, very short. We can and do get snow in any month. I joke that summer is August 3rd through August 4th. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/6 "2019-04-24T00:27:10Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > West coast states: California, Oregon, Washington. > Low deserts in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, etc. > > Hawaii. Western Washington definitely has four seasons: Wet Really wet Grey and wet Two weeks of hot ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/7 "2019-04-24T00:32:19Z")
The South ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/8 "2019-04-24T01:08:50Z")
Pennsylvania has two: winter and road construction. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/9 "2019-04-24T01:39:10Z")
We have 4 seasons in Arkansas. Spring,Summer,Fall,Winter. Fall brings a lot of tourists that love our foilage. [https://images.app.goo.gl/f4LBCVbeHJLmTthE8](https://images.app.goo.gl/f4LBCVbeHJLmTthE8) Winter is a bit unpredictable. Some years we get snow and temps in the teens. We got through 2019 without snow or extreme low temps. It did get into the twenties for awhile. 2018 had one snow that I definitely remember. Maybe two? ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/10 "2019-04-24T01:56:57Z")
There are five seasons in southern Arizona. Winter, Spring, Dry Summer, Monsoon, and Fall. Often the differences are subtle, but if you look at the vegetation, the seasonal differences are obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/11 "2019-04-24T02:14:14Z")
There are 13 seasons in the Midwest: winter, January thaw, midwinter, fake spring, winter’s return, real spring, early summer, drought season, rain but still summer, autumn, autumn warm-up, first frost, and last chance to harvest. Of course there are about 300 seasons in San Francisco, many of which last less than a day. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/12 "2019-04-24T02:23:05Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > West coast states: California, Oregon, Washington. > Low deserts in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, etc. > > Hawaii. West Coast - it depends on where you are. Half of Oregon definitely has 4 seasons. The other side of the Cascades does too, but they are different. It’s the dry side. California is too large and geologically diverse to categorize. Some areas have 4 seasons and some have 1, with variations in between. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/13 "2019-04-24T02:30:47Z")
Yeah, anyone who thinks the wet side of Oregon doesn’t have four seasons has never been here. Even the dry side does although it’s not quite as noticeable due to a lack of deciduous trees to show the fall colors. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/14 "2019-04-24T02:34:26Z")
I take OP to mean the entirety of the state, in which case Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, might apply (and South Carolina?). North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas don’t apply. Hawaii certainly works, it’s the only state with no record of negative temperatures (in F), the minimum is 15 F. > [@Ulfreida](#): > > Low deserts in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, etc. I know what your meaning is, but NM and UT don’t really have low deserts except relatively. And the low part of NV is pretty small, it’s 2000 feet by the time you get to Vegas, which doesn’t have strong seasons every year, but it did this last one. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/15 "2019-04-24T02:36:20Z")
I take OP to mean the entirety of the state, in which case Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, might apply. North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas don’t work (and South Carolina?). Hawaii certainly works, it’s the only state with no record of negative temperatures (in F), the minimum is 15 F. Parts of Alaska can get hot. > [@Ulfreida](#): > > Low deserts in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, etc. I know what your meaning is, but NM and UT don’t really have low deserts except relatively. And the low part of NV is pretty small, it’s 2000 feet by the time you get to Vegas, which doesn’t have strong seasons every year, but it did this last one. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/16 "2019-04-24T02:43:08Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Pennsylvania has two: winter and road construction. We also have Still Winter and Almost Winter. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/17 "2019-04-24T03:05:34Z")
I don’t live there, but I’ve heard that Minnesota also has only two seasons: Snow Removal and Road Repair, although sometimes it’s the other way around. As far as western Oregon, I do live there and I’d say it has three seasons: Spring, Summer and Monsoon. There’s really no Fall here and some people would combine Spring and Monsoon. But there are days in March and April where, if you don’t like the weather right now, wait five minutes and it’ll be totally different. Those I would call Spring. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/18 "2019-04-24T03:59:57Z")
I’ve been giving quite a bit of thought to moving to the dry side–I’d miss the incredible ease of gardening and the profligate trees but there are days (like today, f’rinstance) when more sunshine would be very much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/19 "2019-04-24T06:09:57Z")
Miami does get four seasons, but they last 6 months each. Cold winter, hot and dry summer, cool winter, lots of hurricanes summer. ---
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961/20 "2019-04-24T10:40:09Z")
Everybody gets all four seasons really. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-dont-get-four-seasons/832961.md?page=2)