Snowstorms, downpours and heatwaves:
What do they all have in common? People have to move during them.
Moving in bad weather makes what was already a difficult task wet, cold and all-around worse. However, it can be done. There are tricks to moving in all sorts of bad weather, ways to make the move less frustrating, ways to ensure you don’t break your stuff or yourself.
How to Move in Bad Weather
There are a number of different types of weather that can hamper your move, including:
- Heat
- High humidity
- Rain
- Fog
- Snow
- Ice
- Severe cold
- Night
- Wind
These different weather patterns affect different parts of the country differently and at different times, so you should understand the weather where you live and where you’re moving.
If it looks like you’ll have to move in one of the above-listed weathers, you should take on some added planning or contemplate changing your moving date.
When to Hire a Moving Company
Moving companies handle bad weather much like anyone else, except they’re better at it. They’ve trudged through rain with moving boxes hundreds of times before. They’ve walked couches over sheets of winter ice with Michelle-Kwan-esque agility. And they’ve felt sleet falling harder than Niagara Falls.
With their experience, movers can almost certainly move better than you in bad weather. They have the resources to do it, too, like gloves, shoes, harnesses, and entrenching tires on their moving trucks.
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