# What is your favorite season of the year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360 "2013-09-21T02:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/1 "2013-09-21T02:22:57Z")
What is your favorite season of the 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:** [September 21, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/2 "2013-09-21T02:39:10Z")
Perennially I have always answered “summer” to this question. I like summer. I really like summer, but unfortunately I now capitulate to fall. In the fall there is no yard work, no grass to cut and no pool to keep clean. There also is no snow to shovel. The temperatures in the fall are totally reasonable (5 - 15 Celcius) and the smell of wood burning is in the air. Fall in Canada welcomes thanksgiving and then Halloween. Winter doesn’t get underway until late November or early December. So, there’s 10 to 12 weeks of no outside work at all, and no snow. I’m really starting to prefer the fall. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/3 "2013-09-21T02:43:27Z")
There are only two seasons. Football, and Summer. I prefer Football. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/4 "2013-09-21T02:55:41Z")
Summer. I like it hot. Next best is autumn. I hate winter, and living in New England, I’ve only experienced a real spring a few times in my life - it snows through April, then it gets hot by mid-May. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/5 "2013-09-21T03:00:20Z")
I’ve always thought that fall was my favorite. Lately I’ve noticed that I’m more deliriously happy in the spring, though. Where I live winters are frigid and summers are broiling, so I don’t like either of those. The in-between seasons when it’s possible to be outdoors are the best. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/6 "2013-09-21T03:01:24Z")
October is my favorite month. So, fall. ---
**Author:** ![Hay\_Zoos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hay_zoos/32/7308_2.png) [@Hay\_Zoos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hay_Zoos)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/7 "2013-09-21T03:01:38Z")
winter hands down ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/8 "2013-09-21T03:17:52Z")
I live in Texas, so fall without doubt. The crushing heat slacks off and things get tolerable, then nice. Football. Thanksgiving coming up (my favorite holiday - food and no pressure to buy presents). Just seems like a chance to relax a bit and breathe after 3/4 of a year of other b.s. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/9 "2013-09-21T03:18:26Z")
> [@Hay\_Zoos](#): > > winter hands down Where’s winter for you? 'Cause winter sucks in Ottawa. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/10 "2013-09-21T03:27:12Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Where’s winter for you? 'Cause winter sucks in Ottawa. Winter’s 5-6 months long in Ottawa too, isn’t it? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/11 "2013-09-21T03:40:10Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Winter’s 5-6 months long in Ottawa too, isn’t it? Snow accumulation lasts for more like 4 to 5 months typically. Some winters the snow comes early November and leaves early April. Sometimes it’s a few weeks earlier on each side. Too long for me. Of course seeing snow in October and even May is common, but it doesn’t stick around. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/12 "2013-09-21T04:11:25Z")
Over here, I’d say the rainy season. Tempers the heat somewhat and makes everything green again. But back stateside, it was always spring. Summer was a close second, being out of school and running around being a kid and going off on our annual trip. But late summer was also the start of school. School ended in spring, spring was the harbinger of good things to come. By the time you made it into summer, it was time to start dreading going back to school again for too much of the season. That feeling stuck with me into adulthood. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/13 "2013-09-21T04:48:39Z")
Well since I teach I like summers best. But for the season as a season, I like fall best (apart from those damn leaves). I think my tastes are switching somewhat to spring no though as it’s great to anticipate summer before it gets hot. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/14 "2013-09-21T04:53:18Z")
Dry season. Mid December to mid April. The trade winds are blowing, which makes it cooler. The trees burst into flower. The depths of the rainy season in October and November can be kind of depressing. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/15 "2013-09-21T05:59:31Z")
I picked spring because it stops being gray all the time and baseball starts up. I love baseball season. It was actually pretty close between spring and fall. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/16 "2013-09-21T07:48:27Z")
Winter! Rain! Sweatshirts! Jackets! If it’s particularly cold, both sweatshirts \*and \*jackets! More rain! ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/17 "2013-09-21T08:00:04Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Winter! > > Rain! > > Sweatshirts! Jackets! If it’s particularly cold, both sweatshirts \*and \*jackets! > > More rain! That’s early fall, where I come from. I chose fall because I never _don’t_ like fall, but my favorite season is really “changeover.” I like the changes heralding winter, spring, summer, and fall almost equally. I get bored with seasons halfway through. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/18 "2013-09-21T08:05:26Z")
In Sydney, both autumn and winter pretty much suck, IMHO. Just miserable weather. Spring and summer both have pluses, but I personally prefer the heat of summer. December is just lovely. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/19 "2013-09-21T08:42:13Z")
I love spring and autumn both, but if I had to choose, it’d be autumn. I HATE summer in Korea. It is sticky and hot and generally disgusting. There is nothing worse than lying in bed at night with the fan blowing at full strength while you just stare at the ceiling and sweat like a farm animal. Autumn is much more of a relief to me than spring is. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360/20 "2013-09-21T09:55:45Z")
The one that has Christmas in it. That season’s so great other holidays seem to like it too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-season-of-the-year/669360.md?page=2)