🇺🇸 Chicago vs 🇺🇸 Gilbert

Humid continental — cold harsh winters, hot humid summers, severe storms

Chicago lives up to its Windy City nickname. Lake Michigan creates its own microclimate — cooler summers and heavier lake-effect snow in winter. Summers are warm but brief; winters are among the harshest of any major American city.

Gilbert is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States and sits in the southeastern Phoenix valley. Once known as the 'Hay Capital of the World,' its transformation from agricultural to suburban has created a rapidly intensifying urban heat island. Summer temperatures are slightly moderated by remaining agricultural land in the area.