Next time you find yourself grumbling about the cold through chattering teeth, just remember: Chicago has the best weather in North America.

Sure, 72 degrees and sunny may be the climatic equivalent of prime rib, but do you want to eat prime rib every day? Here in Chicago, we get to experience the entire meteorological buffet—sun, rain, wind, heat waves, polar vortices, wet falling leaves pasted to windshields, Snowmageddons, gloomy Aprils that refuse to turn into spring—without the aforementioned gristle of hurricanes and extreme flooding.