13 depictions of cities and towns gripped by miserable winters

Screenwriter Steve Conrad attended Northwestern University, located 30 minutes from downtown Chicago, so it’s safe to presume the Florida native’s time enduring bitter Midwestern winters informed . Gore Verbinski’s film about a TV weather man perfectly captures the Windy City’s winter gloom: the relentlessly gray sky, the ubiquitous slush that lingers after snowfall and makes everything dirty, and the general hassle and psychological weariness caused by oppressively cold weather. A gray numbness hangs heavily over The Weather Man, making it the anti-.