Definitely the heat and humidity is not for everybody. The wife is from Atlantic Canada while I grew up here in the Pineywoods of East Texas and down on the coast of the upper Texas Gulf region. She says a resounding "NO!" when I've asked her if she wanted to move closer to her childhood home, specifically to Maine. We lived in Bangor for a couple of years. She says the cold sucks, the snow sucks, and the length of the combination of both sucks !
When she got her offer of a job in Texas (1995) she had to drive from work to get home, first car through, in a blowing snowstorm with 18" of snow on the roadways (not plowed yet). Had to guess where the road was. And sure, weather is pleasant from mid May until early October . . . much more than the heat and humidity here (Think Fla without the sea breezes). We live in the pool and at the lake with occasional trips to the coast for a weekend where there is strong summertime breezes.
I can "handle" the cold but prefer dealing with the heat . Was in NB, Can. in early Jan. and it was -11°F several days with wind . . . just miserable with the lazy wind. Was back in Canada again for 10 days 2 weeks ago but not really pleasant but tolerable. Had snow flurries leaving the airport in Presque Isle, Me. when we arrived but other than a few mornings in the 20's after we arrived a jacket or sweatshirt/hoodie was fine.
It'll be 85°F today here in SE Tx and predicted 59°F tonight but we have WNW winds blowing towards the Gulf so lower humidities (it's 55% now) with the offshore breeze. If all this rain hadn't bred hordes of skeeters it would be nice outside with the breezes. Had 1.25" last evening making 4.75 inches since Sunday and 40"+ last 5 weeks. More rain predicted for Thursday.
