05-21-2004, 11:24 AM
I live in Toronto, also near a Great Lake. The weather I see is much like what DeeBye reports.
I was raised in Northern Ontario. The one thing that took me quite a while to adjust to when I moved here was the humidity. A temperature of -20°C in a dry climate is just not as cold as a temperature of -10°C with humidity. It didn't snow as much there as it does here, but what falls stayed on the ground, giving a lot of cold clear winter days with an accumulation of snowbanks by the roads. And hot still August nights with a high humidity make it hard to sleep. That's part of why I love my cottage. :)
I was raised in Northern Ontario. The one thing that took me quite a while to adjust to when I moved here was the humidity. A temperature of -20°C in a dry climate is just not as cold as a temperature of -10°C with humidity. It didn't snow as much there as it does here, but what falls stayed on the ground, giving a lot of cold clear winter days with an accumulation of snowbanks by the roads. And hot still August nights with a high humidity make it hard to sleep. That's part of why I love my cottage. :)
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake