Just when you think you’ve heard it all, Buffalo continues to surprise. This time, Buffalo has ended up at the top of a surprising list – a weather ranking actually.
Instead of closing your eyes and plugging your ears, you might want to hear what Weather Underground has to say.
Buffalo was recently ranked #1 when it comes to US cities with the best weather. After reading this, there’s probably not one person out there that didn’t raise an eyebrow or cough. And if you think that this is a big joke… think again. The rating results are being broadcasted everywhere, from local TV stations to online gaming sites. Readers on this particular site had a good chuckle in the comment section.
The following is from commentor/member OnPoint, who sourced info from Trending Buffalo:
“‘Great weather’ is a term typically applied subjectively,” explains Jeffrey Bartoo, who helped compile the list. “But when you start to look at time spent outdoors, you learn what conditions truly have mass appeal. An average temperature of 78 degrees might sound ideal but when you see activity drop significantly during the middle of the day because it’s 100 degrees outside, you get a truer sense of how the weather is being used.”
Is Bartoo surprised to see Buffalo surpass a big-name weather city like San Diego? “Not really,” he says. “Each benefits from having a big body of water just to the west, which really moderates temperature and gives a broad inventory of usable outdoor time. San Diego is starting to face some population issues that impact the weather — like air quality — and that’s a problem a smaller city like Buffalo doesn’t have.”
OnPoint goes on to say that the results were compiled over the last decade, not just this past year. Obviously it snows in Buffalo, and some winters are worse than others. If you don’t like snow, then Buffalo’s not for you. Spring, summer and fall are incredible… and if you like winter as well, then Buffalo is the place to be. There’s something to be said about living in a four season city.