Quote Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto View Post
Not just Upstate New York. We lived at the the eastern shore of Lake Ontario which is prone to lake-effect snow. It's not unusual to have a few hours of snow reach my waist. If there is snow, it's not too cold (30-20 deg F). It's the clear skies following the storm that are the coldest, usually below 0 deg F.

It's funny because when the temperature goes below -40 deg F, I can't start the car. But, once the sun comes up and warms the hood a bit, the car will start.

I lived at Rantoul, IL and Oklahoma City for a while. The snow isn't too bad. But, both areas are prone to freezing rain. If there's anything on the road I'm most scared of, it's freezing rain.

Chicago also gets lake-effect snow because of Lake Michigan. But, the wind direction would have to come from due north.
Yep, during winter in Upstate NY, the coming of snow means warmer days. It's when the snow stops and all that's left is the blistering cold breeze that really sucks! I never encountered -40F weather out there but I am not going to speculate as -30F is just not something most humans can bear.

I lived in Downers Grove, west of Chicago. The snow is not that bad. True, it's the black ice and the dry snow that wrecks havoc to commuters. There were a few times I ran into some crazy slides and it's not a joke with a big truck like the Expedition.