🇺🇸 Chicago vs 🇺🇸 Trenton

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.

Trenton, New Jersey's capital, on the Delaware River has a humid subtropical climate at the transition with humid continental. The Delaware River provides humidity and flooding risk while the city's industrial legacy has created heat island effects that exceed neighboring communities. Washington crossed the Delaware near here — winter weather at the river can be dramatic.