Oy! If there is anything I really like about this area of the country; no nasty weather!
Well...okay I shouldn't say that. Tornados do occur from time to time (say, once a year or so) just north of my hometown, mainly in rural areas, but no tornado has ever (on record at least) touched down within these city limits. We had a tornado warning last year but it didn't amount to anything more than a thunderstorm. I was at work at the time, outside, and got to watch the whole thing first-hand!
Aside from the somewhat cold temperatures (-25 C +a wind chill on an extremel cold winter day) in the winter, conditions are fairly mild here. Summers tend to be very sunny with the odd thunderstorm with temperatures in the 20-30C range. Winters tend to be an average of -5C to about -15C most days, with moderate amounts of snow. Thankfully, the city is very well-equipped to handle snowstorms and winter driving conditions, and roads are cleaned up very quickly. Of course, like anywhere else with ice and snow, people seem to forget how to drive in the winter, on ice!
: The local news is always packed full of fender-benders during the first couple of snowfalls of the year.
