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[ivyology]

You know, the last two summers, I've loathed Philadelphia and its gross, swamp-pit humidity from June through August. So this summer had been an unexpected delight, weather-wise - a few spurts of nasty humid weather, sure, but that's every northeast summer for you; for the most part, it's been wonderful. My A/C usage has been maybe a quarter of what it was last summer. Since I hate the A/C, this is a Very Nice Thing. Right now, for instance, it is 86 degrees out, but my windows are open and cool breezes are drifting through the apartment while I listen to the rattle of insect calls and the low hum of passing traffic. It's lovely.

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[whiteotter.livejournal.com]

Swamp-pit humidity? Ew.

I have to say, with only one or two weeks as exception, Boston has been very, very pleasant this past Spring and Summer. 75 degrees most of the time, occasionally in the 80s, with reasonable humidity levels. Of course, after living in Florida most of my life, anything other than "just short of actual mist" is downright lovely.

Still, I have a window A/C unit in my room at the moment, and I'm looking forward to taking it down as soon as fall arrives. Yay, my first New England Fall! I'm so excited. :)

[ivyenglish.livejournal.com]

Well, Florida's another beast entirely, definitely.

I don't know much about Boston, but I've lived in both New Hampshire and Western Mass (and central NY, of course) - Boston might be a little more temperate b/c of the ocean. August is usually miserable everywhere, though, even when the rest of the summer has been reasonable. Philadelphia - and probably NYC, it's close enough, and definitely places further south like DC - just make it worse by being disgusting for most of July and September, too. And June, the first summer I lived here. Since I grew up with winters that lasted seven months, minimum, and summers that were completely OVER no later than a week after Labor Day, it's been a bit of an adjustment, and not one I'm sure I want to make permanently!

[ivyenglish.livejournal.com]

OH - and as someone who's had 5 New England autumns and loved every single one of them, I have to recommend renting a car if you can, sometime around the second weekend of October (check online for when foliage is going to be peak this year in each region, it varies more than you'd expect just by going an hour north or south) and drive out to the Berkshires (& check out Northampton!), or up to the mountains and lakes in New Hampshire (I can personally recommend some excellent drives in New Hampshire, if you're interested, just let me know). You can easily do it as a day trip, and even have time to stop for a picnic & hike somewhere if you like.

[jennesaisquoi.livejournal.com]

It figures that one of those exception weeks for the weather in Boston would be the weekend I was trying to walk 60 miles. Oy.