Glad to hear you're back home.
Now you need to venture up here in the upper midwest and experience temperatures in the teens.. and worse. That'll put it all in perspective for you.
Where I live, we hit 95 degrees last summer. This winter (so far) it has been 16 degrees below zero. That's a swing of over 110 degrees.
I'd love to know why my ancestors settled here. And why have I decided to stay here???