City guides

Hartford has cold, snowy winters and humid summers. Much of the surrounding housing is older.

Portland is a coastal New England city with cold, snowy winters, nor'easters, and an older housing stock.

Boston winters are cold and often snowy. Triple-deckers and other older buildings are a large part of the housing stock.

Manchester has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with a mix of mill-era buildings and later housing.

Providence is coastal New England: cold winters, nor'easters, humid summers, and older buildings.

Burlington has long, snowy winters off Lake Champlain and a short construction season.

Wilmington is on the fall line near the Delaware River, with humid summers and winters that freeze.

The District mixes rowhouses and newer buildings. Summers are hot and humid, and winters are cold.

Baltimore has humid summers, cold winters, and a dense stock of rowhouses.

Newark is dense and near the coast. Summers are humid, winters are cold, and a lot of the housing is older.

New York City housing is mostly multifamily and older masonry, with cold winters and humid summers. Upstate weather is a different pattern.

Buffalo winters are long, cold, and famously snowy off Lake Erie. Heating and roof snow load are ordinary topics.

Philadelphia has cold winters, humid summers, and a large stock of rowhouses.

Pittsburgh is hilly, with cold winters, humid summers, and many older houses on slopes where drainage matters.

Richmond has humid summers and cool winters, between the coastal plain and the foothills.

Charleston sits in the Kanawha Valley. Winters are cold, summers are humid, and the housing stock includes many older homes.

Birmingham sits in a humid subtropical climate. Summers are hot, and thunderstorms are a regular part of the warm season.

Little Rock has hot, humid summers and winters that still freeze. Severe storms are part of the regional weather.

Miami's humid coast brings heavy rain, salt air, and hurricane-season planning into roofing, window, and insurance conversations.

Tampa is hot and humid, with a summer thunderstorm pattern and Gulf hurricane exposure.

Orlando is inland from the Atlantic and still firmly subtropical: heat, humidity, and heavy rain.

Jacksonville has humid summers, a real winter by Florida standards, and Atlantic storm exposure.

Atlanta summers are hot and humid. Ice storms are occasional, and tree cover makes storm cleanup a familiar topic.

Louisville has humid summers and cool winters along the Ohio River, with a mix of older urban houses and newer suburbs.

New Orleans is hot, humid, and low. Drainage, wind-driven rain, and hurricane planning sit behind a lot of exterior work.

Jackson summers are hot and humid, with heavy rain and a storm season that affects roofs and trees.

Charlotte has hot, humid summers and mild winters, with thunderstorms and the occasional ice event.

Raleigh shares the Piedmont pattern: humid summers, mild winters, and storm season that includes heavy rain.

Charleston is hot, humid, and hurricane-exposed. Salt air and heavy rain show up in exterior and insurance questions.

Nashville summers are hot and humid. Winters are usually mild, with occasional ice, and severe storms are part of the year.

Memphis is hotter and more humid than the eastern part of the state, with a serious thunderstorm season.

Chicago winters are cold and windy off the lake, and summers are warm and humid. The city has a large stock of older masonry buildings.

Indianapolis has four seasons, humid summers, and winters cold enough to freeze unprotected pipes.

Des Moines has cold winters, humid summers, and a severe-storm season that includes hail.

Wichita is on the plains: hot summers, cold winters, wind, and hail are all ordinary weather, not rare events.

Detroit has cold winters and warm summers. Freeze-thaw cycles and older housing are common project context.

Minneapolis winters are long and very cold. Heating reliability and frozen plumbing are practical concerns, not edge cases.

The Kansas City metro crosses into Kansas. Summers are hot and humid, winters are cold, and hail is a recurring roof topic.

St. Louis has humid summers, cold winters, and a severe-storm pattern along the Mississippi and Missouri confluence.

Omaha has cold winters, hot summers, and enough hail and wind that roof condition is a standing homeowner topic.

Fargo winters are very cold and windy. The heating season dominates the home-services calendar.

Columbus has cold winters, warm humid summers, and a wide mix of older houses and newer suburbs.

Cleveland winters are cold and snowy off Lake Erie. Older housing and freeze-thaw cycles are common project context.

Sioux Falls has cold, windy winters, hot summers, and plains hail.

Milwaukee winters are long and cold off Lake Michigan. Heating season dominates, and older housing is common.

Phoenix summers are extreme dry heat. Cooling equipment and the building envelope do most of the comfort work for much of the year.

Tucson shares the Sonoran Desert pattern: intense sun, a summer monsoon, and cool nights in winter.

Albuquerque's high desert means strong sun, dry air, cold nights, and a summer monsoon.

Oklahoma City deals with wind, hail, a serious tornado climatology, and large temperature swings.

Dallas-Fort Worth summers are long and hot, and winters can include short hard freezes. Hail is a recurring roof and window topic.

Houston is hot, humid, and flood-prone in heavy rain. Hurricane wind and moisture drive a lot of roof and insurance questions.

Austin summers are very hot. Winters are generally mild, with occasional hard freezes that catch unprepared plumbing.

San Antonio is hot for a long season, with humid spells and a storm pattern that includes heavy rain and hail.

Denver's high elevation brings intense sun, hail, and wide swings between a warm afternoon and a freezing night.

Colorado Springs shares the Front Range pattern of sun, hail, wind, and freeze-thaw cycles.

Boise has hot, dry summers and cold winters. The heating season is long compared with the Pacific coast.

Billings is on the high plains: cold, windy winters, a short warm season, and strong sun.

Las Vegas is a hot desert. Cooling season is long, and sun exposure is hard on roofs and exterior materials.

Salt Lake City has cold, snowy winters along the Wasatch Front and hot, dry summers.

Cheyenne is high, windy, and cold in winter, with strong sun and hail in the warm season.

Anchorage has long, cold winters and a short building season. Heating equipment and frozen-pipe risk are ordinary homeowner topics.

Los Angeles is generally mild and dry, with hot stretches inland of the coast and a housing stock that runs from older bungalows to dense newer buildings.

San Diego's marine climate is mild for most of the year. Coastal air and sun exposure still matter for roofs, windows, and exterior paint.

San Francisco is cool and often foggy, with an older, dense housing stock and less reliance on central air than inland California.

San Jose is warmer and drier than San Francisco. Summer heat and older clay or composition roofs both show up in home projects.

Sacramento summers are hot and dry, and winters are mild but wet enough to matter for drainage and roof leaks.

Honolulu homes deal with salt air, strong sun, and a tropical rain pattern. Shipping and permitting can shape project schedules.

Portland's west-of-the-Cascades climate is mild and wet for much of the year. Roofs, siding, and drainage stay damp for long stretches.

Seattle's mild, wet marine climate puts steady moisture on roofs, siding, and drainage for much of the year.