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You could drive with gloves on. We do that a lot:D

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Oh, I remember that from living in Kuwait. I would much rather get into a freezing cold car than a boiling hot one! An automatic starter would have been great! At least you can dress up warmer and wear gloves for getting into a cold car, but you can't really take anything else off to cool you down in the hot weather - not without getting arrested anyway - especially in Kuwait!!

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Ohhhh... I learned that the hard way. Even posted a thread about it somewhere in the Oz forum. Burnt my fingers pretty badly! Now I have a sun shade for my windscreen and always try to park undercover or in the shade.

Siren

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And don't forget the garage door opener - an absolute must when its snowing and you are on the way home.

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Hello everyone,

After having read the ENTIRE thread about wx - can I ask the following:

Is it outrageous to think that by moving to Canada we will experience better wx?

:confused:

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In other words:

Are the summers hotter and the winters colder (I think I know the answer to the winter bit)

???

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Yes

Iain

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Thank you for that informative, yet brief answer!

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Its only signed as it wouldnt accept less than 5 characters!

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So, in terms of geography, where do you all consider the best and worst places to live in Canada where weather is concerned? :rolleyes:

More than one syllable answers would be appreciated......! (I thought this forum was suppose to be helpful....Iain???)

Thank you in advance...

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I'm sure those in coastal BC think its there, and that those in Alberta think its there, and the same is true of Ontario and the East Coast too.

My one word answer was true, as far as the densely populated areas of canada go, the whole place is hotter than the UK in the summer, and colder in the winter.

Its not a question others can answer for you if we dont know what you are looking for. Do you want snow in the winter? Do you want weather that changes 30C in 4 hours? Do you want a steamy summer? Until you've experienced -25C for a week or more there is no way to tell whether you would mind that or not, so its impossible for someone else to answer.

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Oops no karma for you Iain, LOL!!!

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If I recall correctly Canada has the largest temperature range of any country in the world going from -40C to +40C or so. That of course doesn't count the wind chill ;)

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Thank you Iain.....

I am very concious that my question was quite vague - but at the moment my idea of moving to Canada is vague....

I have been spending some time reading some of the many threads and am learning a lot:

1. Emmigrating is not something to do without thorough research

2. The weather seems to be a factor in may peoples 'issues' with Canada

3. There are similar problems to life in Canada, as well as differences to the UK

To sum up, it sounds like its about more space!

I have no particular desire in terms of 'what I want' regarding weather, other than I would want a guaranteed hot summer. Not keen on the REALLY bad winter/snow thing...any suggestions (please try to keep it civil)...

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Can you define the 'really bad'? We are in Calgary. It was minus 42C last week and it was OK. Yesterday was +10C and we had water flowing down the road as the snow and ice melted rapidly (sadly it all froze again overnight but thats another story).

It is surprising how mild minus twenty feels in the sunshine. We walk to/from school until the temp hits the -25C and colder range nomally. Last week it was warming up to minus 30C by the afternoons so we were walking home from school then too - after the breakfast time weather it felt quite a lot better.

So we need that definition of 'really bad' to be able to help,

Mrs G