Wait! Did you people in the Midwest not get the groundhog's memo?
I ask this in all seriousness....why would you people put yourselves through the horror that MWP just described year after year after year?
I suppose each July when the national news reports that Las Vegas had it's third consecutive 115 degree day, with a low overnight temperature of 91, people in other parts of the country ask the same thing. But I do plan a couple trips just to escape for a week or two each summer. Why can't you do that MWP? Hit up Vegas, or Arizona, or Florida, or San Diego for January and February.
You have earned it.
In the meantime MWP, I will seriously be sending a little extra hope your way that Winter is almost over for you and you survive what's left.