Local folks are evenly divided in their answers!
(Editor’s note: Here are more responses to the survey!)
As the community suffered through a brutal two day heatwave this past weekend, the question of the day became: Would you rather it be super hot out (like this weekend), or super cold out (think back to January)? Why?
It turns out, our community is one divided when it comes to the preferred weather! Here are some of the answers given by fellow Town of Highlands residents:
Maggie Frost: Hot.
Chris Provan: Cold. I can put on layers to stay warm outside, but can’t cool off outside in this weather.
Ann Maset: I like it cold! This is too hot. Stay cool!
Colleen Solan: Cold. You can layer, heat, wood stove, and people who don’t have air conditioner or central air can layer so they and their children can be warm
Jan Newell: Cold. You can always jump around constantly to get warmer . Having lived in Florida for way too many years….I only like it here in the winter!
Debbie Haley: Cold! The heat gives me migraines.
Benjamin Daniels: I will take the cold any day! You can always dress warm but you can’t dress cool!
Robert Quintavalla: Neither!
Kim Lewis: Hot – although this week has been a bit excessive. The options for beating the heat – the pool, the beach, the movies, the mall – usually make for a good time (plus then I don’t have to cook)!
Steve & Debbie Snavely: Super hot. When it’s super cold there’s usually snow and ice. When it’s hot you don’t have to use the shovel or snowblower.
Christine Armstrong: Definitely the heat! This year we finally put in air conditioning and boy has it been going non-stop. Too much work in the winter when it’s cold (for Tom anyway!).
Clarissa Farrier: I prefer the cold, I can’t stand to sweat for no reason. I like a nice summer day but the humidity I could do without.
Nicole Corbin: Cold as long as there is snow on the ground, then it is worth all the cold temperatures. I hate feeling like I need to take another shower when I already took one because it is so hot outside.
Maria Campbell: Hot. Butttttt … if I didn’t have a pool and air conditioning I might say cold. Lol. I love all these answers and the reasons!! I wonder if some of these answers would be different if it were late winter in the middle of another polar vortex.
Claudia Bennett: Cold winter. Brisk air. When it snows it is so breath-taking. Celebrating Christmas and decorating lights. Nothing better than cold winter months. But I prefer the Fall. Temp is just right.
Kathy Jones: Super hot! There are so many more things you can outdoors to do and enjoy!
Annie Scott: Neither … really both extremes are horrible!!
Ulla Londot: Cold and lots of snow
Michelle Green: Not super hot but hot. Why? Tans are great!
Frank Wisniewski: Definitely heat. No shoveling of snow. Used to love cold when younger. Went to Vietnam and when I came back was not to fond of the cold.
Andrew Saylor: Cold easier to warm up then cool off
Jamie O’Connell: Hot!
Mary Russell: Heat. Love this time of year. Last days of summer
Jean Talman: Hot!!
Victoria Bennet: Heat. Definitely the heat!
Elizabeth Proctor: Cold. Single digits. I can always get warm, but I can never get cooled off enough! We moved here from Florida approximately 18 years ago and I still believe it’s hotter there than it’s ever been cold here!
Bethany Hennen: Cold!! I love a good snow!
Sara Jackson: Definitely the heat because there’s more ways to cool off – pool, ice-skating at Palisades, water park at Splashdown, sprinklers at playground in Peekskill, beach at Coney Island/Brighton Beach, ice cream in town, and of course air conditioning everywhere.
Lisa Toman: Super HOT!
Lisa Larkin: Cold!
Brenda Gallardo: I cannot deal with snow, so I think I prefer this heat.
Angie Suarez: Cold
Dorothy Koziak: Hot … I hate being cold. Never knowing if the car will start, no flowers blooming… Winter is bad!
Jeff Gathers: #NEITHER
Chicky DeTemple: Hot – As long as there is a pool or beach involved!
Joan Guinan: I love the summer! I love the trees the flowers and coffee on my deck. I feel better in the summer! The winter makes me sad everything is dead and cold and ice and snow. Give me the hot weather anytime!!!
Agnes Saffoury: Cold, but without snow and ice. Why? It makes it too challenging to move around when you reach a certain age!
Jim Modlin: Definitely cold. (But check back again in January!!)
Susan Doonan: Def cold! Blizzard party days, were the best back in day, but everything was the best back in the day!
Susan Schwartz Cold…I agree 100% with Joe Klimoski.
Annie Scott: The hotter weather produces very beautiful skies!!
Olga Anderson: Cold for me – you can always put more sweaters on. With this heat we burn a ton of energy to stay cool.
Deb Carter: Cold. I love sweaters, long pants, boots, fires in the fireplace, soup cooking all day, flannel sheets, snow, snow days and so much more.
Jaime Cote’: Super cold. I can breathe when it is cold and I can fix cold. Put on a sweater!
Michelle Moynihan: Hot… love the sun, beautiful clear skies, butterflies, being outdoors, long days, flowers.
Sandy Flanagan: I love the heat … but I do have a pool… I offered anyone who needed heat relief to come over… I had a few friends who took me up on it and we had a great time. The pool was 90 degrees but it was refreshing
Donna Salva: Hot summer all day long! Although, like Sara Kelley, my favorite season is fall!
Debbie Jersey: Super cold. Its much easier warm up than cool down. I prefer fall and spring. They are the best of both worlds.
Pharoby Ripa Super cold.
Sharon Roser: The only thing I like about summer is the stormy weather ..I love a good storm!. I prefer the cold. You can always layer clothes to get warm, but there is a legal limit as to how much you can take off to get cool.
Theresa Guerra: Cold.
Karen Willis: Hot!!!
Terri Long: Hot! Because so many more activities you can do around water, gardening, scenery looks better even just going for a drive with AC going.
Alesia Meyer: Hot.
Stella Root: Stella Cavaliere Root For me to have my a/c still on at 11 p.m. after I turned it on at 7 a.m., it’s way too hot for me. And it’s even too hot for me to sit out on my porch with a book, blah …. I really do love to shovel the snow so I choose the cold …
Desiree Talley: Hot – I just enjoy the outdoors and it is better in the heat than in the cold for me.
