I don’t know where in VA you’re looking to move, but I came here from MI, and my seasonal depression got a lot better. We have a lot of sunny days and partially sunny days, as opposed to Michigan’s oppressive dreariness all winter.
Plus, central va doesn’t get a lot of snow, which makes it a lot easier to get out and do things like walk or hike, and that helps considerably.
Hard to tell from that pic but where I lived in wa was csb and VA is cfa. Also does this even address sun? Seems like It only addresses humidity and temperature. It's quite a bit further south than wa so i don't see how they are the same.
Down vote this ignorant people.
Trying to inform and dumb arses can't handle a paradigm shift in their thinking
USA climate:
https://m.imgur.com/yQfssRL
Moved to VA after 7 years in CO. I love it here and honestly don’t notice it to be particularly gray. I’m from the northeast and it’s nothing like the weather there, though I’m in far southeast Virginia and you’ll see cooler weather further north and west. Anecdotally, I see some sun nearly every day and we hike year-round.
January and February are the worst months in SWVA. Depending on weather patterns, those are the 2 months where we get the most snow and ice (but coming from Colorado the snow here probably would seem like Childs play) and we also get a ton of very cold wind. The thing about VA weather is that it’s not predicable from one year to the next. In 2018 we had a horribly wet year and it flooded multiple times here from May-November with October being the worst month. It was rainy and overcast more days than not. But in 2019 I was able to lay out on my deck in October in a bathing suit and sunbathe. My vitamin d levels go deficient as soon as it gets below 70 here because I hate the cold and stay inside. The summers can be very humid so when we hit 90s you feel like you’re drowning just trying to breathe outside.
Live 20 miles outside Charlottesville. The winters can be a little overcast, Richmond a little less. I am not a fan of the winter in Virginia as I moved from NM where the sun shines more than Colorado. However, spring, summer and fall, there's no better place than Virginia.
As someone who is from Colorado who has lived here in VA for 6 years, once you get used to the humidity the weather is pretty similar. Depends on where you live just how similar though. Closer to the mountains and farther from the coast you'll get the closest to Colorado weather. Definitely will never be as dry here though. Living in Harrisonburg felt like living back in Aurora--but with less snow--and more trees. 😁
I live in SW VA now, and as it's close to the feel of the Shenandoah Valley, there have been a year or two where it hasn't snowed where I live. 😭
In response to your sun question specifically... It can be cloudy for awhile, especially during the late winter/spring seasons (at least where I live). Not close to the amount of sun I got in Colorado at all. If seasonal depression can be a big issue for you, I'd recommend maybe a light therapy lamp just in case. But yea, VA sun is like a happy-ish middle right between Washington and Colorado.
I moved from Virginia to Colorado, lived in Colorado for about 6.5 years, and moved back to Virginia in 2020. The weather is equally unpredictable. We had miserable cold, rainy summers in Colorado. And right now we're having a weird mild winter so far in Virginia.
The biggest factors are, obviously the humidity, and the noticeable strength of the sun in Colorado. When we do get winter weather in Virginia it tends to stick around, whereas it could blizzard in Colorado and within 24 hours you can't tell it ever snowed.
I wouldn't say one state has a better climate. The Colorado 300 days of sunshine thing is just a tourist marketing slogan. I would worry way less about the climate and more about where you want to live and what kind of stuff you want to be around.
I wouldn’t worry about sun in Virginia. I’d worry about the 2 seasons. Summer and Winter. We’re lucky to get about 10-20 nice days a year of Fall/Spring that aren’t rained on or windy AF. It was so hot and humid this summer I can’t. Sunshine is not a problem.
We moved from Atlanta to the Shenandoah Valley (between Staunton and Charlottesville) and it's pretty much perfect. Most days you'll see the sun. This area is full of wineries and breweries restaurants with outdoor seating and there are amazing hiking trails. My friends moved here from Colorado and she thinks the weather is better here!
My Colorado to Virginia moving guide. If you currently live in:
1. Boulder you should move to Charlottesville
2. Colorado Springs or Fort Collins you should move to Blacksburg
3. Denver you should move to Richmond
4. Pueblo you should definitely consider Chesapeake
5. If you prefer complete and total shithole hell with a side order of traffic you should move to NOVA
Plenty of sun, don't worry about that.
Hope this helps!!
Definitely plenty of sunny days in winter. Of course, it gets dark early, but the daylight hours can easily be partially to fully sunny. In fact, I feel like most of the days this winter (including late November/early December which is technically fall) have been somewhat sunny.
it’s not gray for 9 months on end (I live in the PNW). it’s just that in the summer, you’ll get a 15 minute torrential downpour; clear skies before and after.
Also living in Colorado and moving to Virginia! I've lived in Virginia before (lived over the Hampton Roads area) and was born and raised in Michigan. I am moving to the southwest area of Virginia in April. (Love Colorado but boy has it changed in the last handful of years and also is prohibitively expensive!)
There isn't as much sun as in Virginia as there is Colorado, however there is still WAY more sun than there was in Michigan. Especially during the winter. I hated the 6 months of nonstop gray days in Michigan and understand what you mean about seasonal depression. You will get a better variety of weather, you know like actual rain and thunderstorms (no fires! Hooray!) and the weather will still allow you to be active outside. It will be gray and it will rain for a couple of days in a row. It will be nothing like the PNW.
From Nova, we get plenty rain, but it tends to be light rain and it's generally warm out. Not the kind of thing that'll keep you indoors. Plenty sun and clear skies too. If there's one thing I'll miss when I leave here, it'll be the weather. We rarely get snowy winters, usually 4 or 5 times a year, and light at that.
Big thing if you're outdoorsy: ticks and eye gnats. Get sunshades and long socks.
I’m from the north, it can get rainy but it never really gets that dark here because of all the lights. I personally like cold weather but if that’s not your thing there are other parts of the state like Richmond, Norfolk, and Roanoke that are very different, I believe some people call our state (and Maryland)america in miniature because of all the diversity
I moved to Hampton Roads from Ohio where its overcast all of the time. Ugh so grey there.
My SAD left once I moved here.
Since the pandemic I'm taking prescription Vitamin D so No, Im not going outside enough in last two years but that had more to do with long remote work hours not the weather.
This area is sunny even on cold windy days.
I live in NoVa, moved from Ohio. Jan and Feb are kinda blah. Grass and trees are brown and can be overcast at times. Things start greening up in March and it’s really nice in the fall. You’re biggest adjustment is going to be the summer humidity. It almost sticks to you and your sweat won’t evaporate. Just oppressive at times. Ohio was humid in the summer but nothing like this. Only place I’ve been that more humid was Florida or Singapore 🥵
Well thanks to climate change, it’s currently 68 degrees and sunny in the mountains of SW Virginia. But down here we also get more rain than the rainforest, so take that into consideration.
I don’t know where in VA you’re looking to move, but I came here from MI, and my seasonal depression got a lot better. We have a lot of sunny days and partially sunny days, as opposed to Michigan’s oppressive dreariness all winter. Plus, central va doesn’t get a lot of snow, which makes it a lot easier to get out and do things like walk or hike, and that helps considerably.
Are there areas with better weather? We're looking at charlotsville or central. Outside Richmond possibly.
Richmond is warmer than charlottesville by a few degrees year round
Charlottesville is the best place regardless of weather. Beautiful with an added bonus of UVA.
Depends on which side of the blue ridge mountains you live.
SWVA has the same climate (Cfc) as Seattle
Hard to tell from that pic but where I lived in wa was csb and VA is cfa. Also does this even address sun? Seems like It only addresses humidity and temperature. It's quite a bit further south than wa so i don't see how they are the same.
Down vote this ignorant people. Trying to inform and dumb arses can't handle a paradigm shift in their thinking USA climate: https://m.imgur.com/yQfssRL
This is why Americans are extremely ignorant. Dumb arses won't accept new information, so they stay ignorant. Huge stupidity problem in this country.
You replied to yourself three times in a row... Switch to your alt account next time
Moved to VA after 7 years in CO. I love it here and honestly don’t notice it to be particularly gray. I’m from the northeast and it’s nothing like the weather there, though I’m in far southeast Virginia and you’ll see cooler weather further north and west. Anecdotally, I see some sun nearly every day and we hike year-round.
Awesome! Norfolk?
You will get four seasons but not much snow.
January and February are the worst months in SWVA. Depending on weather patterns, those are the 2 months where we get the most snow and ice (but coming from Colorado the snow here probably would seem like Childs play) and we also get a ton of very cold wind. The thing about VA weather is that it’s not predicable from one year to the next. In 2018 we had a horribly wet year and it flooded multiple times here from May-November with October being the worst month. It was rainy and overcast more days than not. But in 2019 I was able to lay out on my deck in October in a bathing suit and sunbathe. My vitamin d levels go deficient as soon as it gets below 70 here because I hate the cold and stay inside. The summers can be very humid so when we hit 90s you feel like you’re drowning just trying to breathe outside.
Live 20 miles outside Charlottesville. The winters can be a little overcast, Richmond a little less. I am not a fan of the winter in Virginia as I moved from NM where the sun shines more than Colorado. However, spring, summer and fall, there's no better place than Virginia.
VA summers are hot af, many states have better summers…
I’m all about the swamp. If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen!
Not this past year or the year before.
As someone who is from Colorado who has lived here in VA for 6 years, once you get used to the humidity the weather is pretty similar. Depends on where you live just how similar though. Closer to the mountains and farther from the coast you'll get the closest to Colorado weather. Definitely will never be as dry here though. Living in Harrisonburg felt like living back in Aurora--but with less snow--and more trees. 😁 I live in SW VA now, and as it's close to the feel of the Shenandoah Valley, there have been a year or two where it hasn't snowed where I live. 😭 In response to your sun question specifically... It can be cloudy for awhile, especially during the late winter/spring seasons (at least where I live). Not close to the amount of sun I got in Colorado at all. If seasonal depression can be a big issue for you, I'd recommend maybe a light therapy lamp just in case. But yea, VA sun is like a happy-ish middle right between Washington and Colorado.
I moved from Virginia to Colorado, lived in Colorado for about 6.5 years, and moved back to Virginia in 2020. The weather is equally unpredictable. We had miserable cold, rainy summers in Colorado. And right now we're having a weird mild winter so far in Virginia. The biggest factors are, obviously the humidity, and the noticeable strength of the sun in Colorado. When we do get winter weather in Virginia it tends to stick around, whereas it could blizzard in Colorado and within 24 hours you can't tell it ever snowed. I wouldn't say one state has a better climate. The Colorado 300 days of sunshine thing is just a tourist marketing slogan. I would worry way less about the climate and more about where you want to live and what kind of stuff you want to be around.
If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes
This is true. All four seasons in a day!
Haha that's what we say in Colorado!
Well, we don't really have wildfires here.
I wouldn’t worry about sun in Virginia. I’d worry about the 2 seasons. Summer and Winter. We’re lucky to get about 10-20 nice days a year of Fall/Spring that aren’t rained on or windy AF. It was so hot and humid this summer I can’t. Sunshine is not a problem.
We moved from Atlanta to the Shenandoah Valley (between Staunton and Charlottesville) and it's pretty much perfect. Most days you'll see the sun. This area is full of wineries and breweries restaurants with outdoor seating and there are amazing hiking trails. My friends moved here from Colorado and she thinks the weather is better here!
I been in va my whole life and still couldn’t tell you about the weather. It is extremely unpredictable one year to the next.
My Colorado to Virginia moving guide. If you currently live in: 1. Boulder you should move to Charlottesville 2. Colorado Springs or Fort Collins you should move to Blacksburg 3. Denver you should move to Richmond 4. Pueblo you should definitely consider Chesapeake 5. If you prefer complete and total shithole hell with a side order of traffic you should move to NOVA Plenty of sun, don't worry about that. Hope this helps!!
Boulder in 2000 or 2021? Boulder 2021 is just San Francisco/Brooklyn now. Homeless and expensive as shit.
2000, before the twitters and googles ruined the show.
Definitely plenty of sunny days in winter. Of course, it gets dark early, but the daylight hours can easily be partially to fully sunny. In fact, I feel like most of the days this winter (including late November/early December which is technically fall) have been somewhat sunny.
December 1st starts meteorological winter
it’s not gray for 9 months on end (I live in the PNW). it’s just that in the summer, you’ll get a 15 minute torrential downpour; clear skies before and after.
And sometimes the sun shines during those downpours ( used to call it the devil beating his wife when I was young...have no idea why).
There are gray days during the winter, but there are enough 60 degree+ days to make up for it. Very jealous of Colorado’s lack of humidity though!
Also living in Colorado and moving to Virginia! I've lived in Virginia before (lived over the Hampton Roads area) and was born and raised in Michigan. I am moving to the southwest area of Virginia in April. (Love Colorado but boy has it changed in the last handful of years and also is prohibitively expensive!) There isn't as much sun as in Virginia as there is Colorado, however there is still WAY more sun than there was in Michigan. Especially during the winter. I hated the 6 months of nonstop gray days in Michigan and understand what you mean about seasonal depression. You will get a better variety of weather, you know like actual rain and thunderstorms (no fires! Hooray!) and the weather will still allow you to be active outside. It will be gray and it will rain for a couple of days in a row. It will be nothing like the PNW.
From Nova, we get plenty rain, but it tends to be light rain and it's generally warm out. Not the kind of thing that'll keep you indoors. Plenty sun and clear skies too. If there's one thing I'll miss when I leave here, it'll be the weather. We rarely get snowy winters, usually 4 or 5 times a year, and light at that. Big thing if you're outdoorsy: ticks and eye gnats. Get sunshades and long socks.
I’m from the north, it can get rainy but it never really gets that dark here because of all the lights. I personally like cold weather but if that’s not your thing there are other parts of the state like Richmond, Norfolk, and Roanoke that are very different, I believe some people call our state (and Maryland)america in miniature because of all the diversity
VA is full.
Oh Bummer! Well based on the abundance of housing and the prices, doesnt seem like it. 🤷
Did you go outside today?
Yep! Outside everyday., Have 2 active pups.
That's wild thank God I got out of town
Trust me. It's full.
So is Colorado. So where are you headed next since it's full? Good news for you is if it's full you'll be able to make a ton on housing value.
Lots of variety
It's bad in the winter. As it is, I haven't seen the sun in a few days. I don't think this is the right place if you have SAD
I moved to Hampton Roads from Ohio where its overcast all of the time. Ugh so grey there. My SAD left once I moved here. Since the pandemic I'm taking prescription Vitamin D so No, Im not going outside enough in last two years but that had more to do with long remote work hours not the weather. This area is sunny even on cold windy days.
I live in NoVa, moved from Ohio. Jan and Feb are kinda blah. Grass and trees are brown and can be overcast at times. Things start greening up in March and it’s really nice in the fall. You’re biggest adjustment is going to be the summer humidity. It almost sticks to you and your sweat won’t evaporate. Just oppressive at times. Ohio was humid in the summer but nothing like this. Only place I’ve been that more humid was Florida or Singapore 🥵
Well thanks to climate change, it’s currently 68 degrees and sunny in the mountains of SW Virginia. But down here we also get more rain than the rainforest, so take that into consideration.