Personally, the weather variety is one of the things I _like_ about the Syracuse area. I get bored very quickly when I have to spend time in places like California (or the southwest in general).

Then it might actually work out. I bitterly hate the cold and my ideal of perfect weather is the stereotypical warm and dry with the odd shower.

It's worked out for the last ~20 years for me...

> The weather is awful for all but 1-2 weeks in the spring and 1-2 weeks in the fall (hot and humid in the summer, extremely cold and windy in the winter).

I did. It's less about how far north, and a lot to do with the lake effect snow the area gets.