🇺🇸 Chicago vs 🇺🇸 Paterson

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.

Paterson on the Passaic River at the Great Falls was America's first planned industrial city. The Passaic River valley creates some humidity and the urban density creates heat island effects. The Great Falls create a unique local microclimate with spray cooling near the falls.