Seasons

I guess it depends a lot on where you live. In Texas the summers are so brutal and the springs so humid that I had to give them the lowest rankings.

Fall rules! Especially in New England. This question reminds me of that Princess on Howdy Doody.

This is really tough. I love all of the seasons. I went fall-spring-winter-summer because I love both mt biking and skiing, and camping and many other outdoor activities. I hate it when it's *so* hot you can't be outside, so that puts summer last. Fall and spring give the most opportunity for crossover sports so those are the best.

Bill/jjg: then how come those get the worst scores? Or is a lower number better?

I know, this is a hard one. :)
I really love Summer, so that just has to come first for me. After that it's almost a toss-up. I put Fall second, thinking of the warm days, cool nights, crunchy New England leaves and apple cider. Winter was just about tied with Fall, because I am SO into snow skiing, but being cold every time you go outside put it third. I love Spring too, but lately it just hasn't quite had the excitement that the others do... mud season and all... :)

lisashea: Yes, a lower number is better (1.0 is best, I think) Fall is kicking butt.

I hate heat; you can always put more clothes on, but when you're naked, you're naked. *** (I went spring-fall-summer-winter, because I like all that rain.)

They all have good and bad points. I love summer and fall but that is also when my allergies are the worst. Summer and winter rate about the same.

Here in California, we have different seasons: Earthquake, Fire, Flood, and Panic... I enjoy them all, actually. Very hard to rate. Also, it depends on what climatic context the seasons are set in: summer in the midwest is not the same as summer on the west coast, or on the gulf coast...

Autumn and spring, then winter and summer.

I'm afraid I'm one of those wishy-washy spring/fall people....not crazy about extremes. Summer without the humidity is ok and I can't imagine no snow (or at least the chance of it) for Christmas. I have a hard time dealing with shoveling and sliding all over the road and taking an hour and a half to make a 20 minute trip kinda sucks, but taking a walk at night when it's snowing and hearing the crunch beneath your feet and the flakes sparkling...hmmmm...i guess if the weather's poetic I like it.

winter, fall, spring, summer. Except it's gotta be a good winter, with lots of snow that doesn't automatically get rained on within 24 hours. Boston winters (with the exception of Winter '95, which rocked) don't cut it.

Winter doesn't suck quite as much now that I ski, but it's still my least favorite season. Fall rules - gorgeous colors, that wonderful feeling in the air, the smell of illegally burning leaves, and my birthday. What else could you want?

Hard to answer this one. I really enjoy them all pretty much equally, for the most part.

qBaz - New Hampshire winters, on the other hand, rule in that regard. Once there's a decent snowfall it's there till March or even April - unless it's one of those years when it's 80 degrees in early March, like it was this year.

I live in Florida, so I may not get the full point of this survey. However, Fall is my favorite season. Not too cold, but not hot either. I really dislike spring. I don't like bugs and spring brings bugs!! Summer's good, but not the best; too hot. And, of course, that leaves winter...too cold for my standards, even in Florida. But not as bad as spring. At least the whipporwills are gone.

they all suck. i want to live in a climate controlled dome.

I like the extremes

Summer, spring, winter, fall. I should probably like fall before winter but I don't. Snow is fun. Saskatchewan winters; yuk.

I prefer Fall the best. It is getting cooler outside, the bugs are going away for the winter, and the leaves in New England are downright dynamite to gaze at. Spring is my second favorite, followed by winter, then summer. Summer is just too hot and buggy for me to like it. Driving in snow does suck, though.

I don't care for the extremes.

I really like the fall. Mild weather, and all those leaves turning colors!

of course in the New England area of the US, seasons are pretty uniformly awful. Spring is wet and cold, winter is unbearably cold and summer is so blisteringly hot and humid it scarcely bears imagining. Fall is my only respite.
AIEEE! I can't believe winter got the highest rating! are you MAD! did our ancestors discover fire and how to use furs for warmth so you chill-blain-on-the-brain ski-freaks can dis them like this! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!

JZP: I'm with ya, babe.
reality: noted. but I'll leave my rant there for posterity.

Fall, spring, winter, summer. ***Daver: your ancestors wore lether undies?

jjg, no I think daver's ancestors wore hagus.

I prefer the cold. Winter seems so much cleaner somehow.
*um... Atzilut: you may want to rethink your statements, unless I am confused.. these were ranked 1-4, with 4 being the worst. the number being closer to 4 is the worst. I think it is only freaks like me and skiers that like winter.
*daver I thought you just used weasels? or does that only apply to certain areas?

I like winter best, but not all the time. I like fall less, but more evenly. My feelings towards spring are fairly neutral and I hate summer.
**Atzilut: I take a certain perverse pleasure in being outside in weather that would leave me frozen solid in five minutes were I unclothed. I think of it as a tribute to those ancestors that discovered the concept of wrapping themselves in dead animal pieces.
**bill: Haggis, please...and do you know how many of the little beasties you have to skin to make some decent clothes?
**reality: No, it's a muskrat...haggis don't roam freely here, so I must substitute.

I love spring for the promise of summer coming, but I put fall in front of it because it just feels so damned good!

fall rules! followed by winter, spring, then summer

*RatQueen - what do you have against whipporwills? any bird goofy enough to sing at night is cool in my book...

This was very hard for me, I live in Florida we don't have seasons it's always hot.

I like colder months they are better for cuddling