Summer Heat? (Phoenix, Scottsdale, Prescott: work, house, service)

[nikorock28]

Originally Posted by L_A_Woman

Well, 110 is about average in the summertime here in Casa Grande, give or take a couple. Heck, to see a 90 degree day in the summer is a gift!
Though its been said, and Ive actually seen it, supposedly Casa Grande is usually about 3-5 degrees hotter than Phoenix, so whatever the temps are out there, you can count on it being a little more here.
When I was back in WI a few years ago, lol, I remember there were some people at the park where we were having lunch, and one lady was talking how 'we're in the middle of a heat wave here, its 81 degrees today!' She was all sweating and very uncomfortable.
I had to turn around and tell her that out in Az, we'd be thankful for an 80 degree day in the summer time, lol.

Actually, the average is only 103-105 for the hottest 3 months during the summertime according to weather.com =) Phoenix is 102-104. Get your facts straight
And, it may be a bit warmer for the high, but the overnight lows are 5-7 degrees cooler!

[nikorock28]

Originally Posted by Gretchen B

I do think the heat is relative to where you grew up and what you're used to. We moved from the midwest and I always hated those bitterly cold winters with the blustery winds. Yet we'd still have at least a week or two of 100+ in the summers - just alot of extreme temps in the midwest. So winters in Prescott are what I consider very mild. Usually 20's at night and 50's during the day - I can't complain. A light jacket or sweatshirt seems wonderful compared to heavy parkas and mittens and snow boots, and still freezing in the midwest.

We tried a summer in the Valley before moving to Prescott. It is much like winter in the midwest from the standpoint of just staying indoors for about 5 months. But the winters are great in Phoenix. Summers in Prescott are typically about 15 degrees cooler than Phoenix. So when Phoenix is at 110, we're usually mid-90's, which for me is much more tolerable. Plus we always cool down into the 60's at night up here, so we get to open our windows let in that nice pine-scented air.

Yep, 20's at night and 50's during the day is correct. I might be exaggerating a bit for the sweatshirts for 6 months... but, it is cold in the morning. I grew up in southern CA, so I never really experienced anything resembling cold weather. Hence, it did feel pretty cold to me. I did get used to it though.

[ejk]

115 is hot, but personally I am more comfortable in that than in 30 degrees (and I am from the midwest). But it varies so much from person to person.

Really even at 100 I usually feel OK sitting in the shade.

I find it easier to deal with at the beginning of the summer than at the end, by which point I am just plain tired of it. Same as my winters used to be. Snow is so much more fun in Nov-Dec than in March!

[Leana76]

Originally Posted by sablebaby

What are your highs in the summer? From what I know, the highs in Prescott are a bit lower than Phx. The OP was asking about the high temps of Phx, which is different than Prescott. I love the weather of Prescott.

It gets in the high 90's, but sometimes it hits a little over 100 around August time.

[Livewire]

I can only use the info that the bank gives, they have one of those thermometer things on their sign out front. I dont carry a thermometer in my back pocket or in my tool bag.

[sablebaby]

But right now the weatherman says that it's in the 70's as a high in Prescott and in the high 90's in Phx. So, it seems that Prescott has a much shorter summer (more like a normal summer anywhere else) then Phx where we hit 100 in April. Either way, I'd like to live part-time up there (the summer) and the rest of the year in phx. I just wish I could do that with what I do for a living.

[nikorock28]

Originally Posted by L_A_Woman

I can only use the info that the bank gives, they have one of those thermometer things on their sign out front. I dont carry a thermometer in my back pocket or in my tool bag.

Yeah, I have noticed the one on Florence Blvd. driving into Casa Grande at the hotel on the left side is always WAY too high... like 12 degrees over what it should be.

[Livewire]

Lol, agree with your comment on that bank on Florence, but I was talking about the one on Pinal. I doubt anyone in town can believe that sign on the BOA on Florence Blvd, yikes.

[Leana76]

Originally Posted by sablebaby

But right now the weatherman says that it's in the 70's as a high in Prescott and in the high 90's in Phx. So, it seems that Prescott has a much shorter summer (more like a normal summer anywhere else) then Phx where we hit 100 in April. Either way, I'd like to live part-time up there (the summer) and the rest of the year in phx. I just wish I could do that with what I do for a living.

It got up to the mid 90's today, here. I went sunbathing in my backyard and I was drenched with sweat. And I had watched the weather, on the news, this morning and it got up to the mid 90's.

[sheena]

Originally Posted by zdub09

I visited Phoenix for my first time about a month ago and loved it. I was wondering what the locals felt about the summer heat. I lived in Minnesota when I was a little kid and felt that I could handle the freezing temperatures way better than I could after I left. Does the same concept apply to the desert heat? Do the 100 degree days in spring condition you for the 115 degree days in summer? It seems that after spending every day in such hot weather you would eventually become used to it.

If you really like Phoenix you will learn to deal with the heat. It will be second nature after awhile. If you come and start hating it for different reasons the heat will be another excuse for you to hate it. The heat never bothered me at all. I loved Arizona from the minute I stepped foot there, so the heat was not an issue. When I was getting ready to move and I just wanted to get out the heat started to bother me. It's really a mental thing.