Which cities have the worst weather during the summer in your opinion? (better, compared)

[Seahawksfan33]

If I was to make a list:

1. St. Louis, Missouri (I live here)
2. Phoenix, Arizona (the weather is the main detractor here)
3. Death Valley
4. Las Vegas, Nevada (it isn't as bad as Phoenix at least, and it's actually liveable as I've been there during the summer and survived. I can survive 105-110 as it's rarely humid here, but it's still uncomfortable)
5. Dallas, Texas
6. New Orleans, Louisiana (it might only hit 90-91 there on average, but the humidity makes it feel as if it's 114).
7. Anywhere in South Carolina.
8. Denver, Colorado
9. Los Angeles, California
10. Birmingham, Alabama (I can survive it)
11. Atlanta, Georgia (it's miserable)
12. Miami, Florida
13. San Antonio, Texas
14. Houston, Texas
15. El Paso, Texas (at least the humidity isn't that bad)
16. Albuquerque, New Mexico (I love the weather in Santa Fe however)
17. Tucson, Arizona
18. Kansas City, Kansas or Missouri
19. Salt Lake City, Utah
20. Redding, California (I had to visit it one time on a long road trip, and it felt miserable).

Which cities have the worst weather during the summer in your opinion?

[r small]

You didn't mention DC. Steaming tropical swamp in the summer.

[Hawaii4evr]

Originally Posted by Seahawksfan33

If I was to make a list:

1. St. Louis, Missouri (I live here)
2. Phoenix, Arizona (the weather is the main detractor here)
3. Death Valley
4. Las Vegas, Nevada (it isn't as bad as Phoenix at least, and it's actually liveable as I've been there during the summer and survived. I can survive 105-110 as it's rarely humid here, but it's still uncomfortable)
5. Dallas, Texas
6. New Orleans, Louisiana (it might only hit 90-91 there on average, but the humidity makes it feel as if it's 114).
7. Anywhere in South Carolina.
8. Denver, Colorado
9. Los Angeles, California
10. Birmingham, Alabama (I can survive it)
11. Atlanta, Georgia (it's miserable)
12. Miami, Florida
13. San Antonio, Texas
14. Houston, Texas
15. El Paso, Texas (at least the humidity isn't that bad)
16. Albuquerque, New Mexico (I love the weather in Santa Fe however)
17. Tucson, Arizona
18. Kansas City, Kansas or Missouri
19. Salt Lake City, Utah
20. Redding, California (I had to visit it one time on a long road trip, and it felt miserable).

Which cities have the worst weather during the summer in your opinion?

Wow...you think LA has worse summer weather than Texas, Tucson, Miami, Atlanta, and Birmingham? Weird because your list makes it seem like you despise heat and humidity...LA summer weather is not humid and tops out at 85F most of the time...

I think the worst summer weather is San Francisco...overcast and cold. Summer is supoosed to be warm.

[Bluefox]

For me, ideal summer temps are 70-85 if there is high humidity, and 80-95 if there is low humidity. With that in mind, some cities I'd rather not be in during the summer include:

1. San Francisco. I know some neighborhoods are better than others but for the most part it's too chilly for me. Luckily there are enough microclimates in the Bay Area that you can be somewhere warmer in a short distance.
2. Houston. I'm not sure there are many places in the world that get quite as hot AND humid as Houston does in the summer.
3. Dallas for largely the same reasons as Houston and ditto for
4. New Orleans.
5. Phoenix due to the dangerously high temps in the summer.
6. Ditto for Vegas.
7-10: Pick a city in the southeast.

Most everywhere else has pretty nice summer weather. The lower Midwest areas can get pretty swampy like the south but the upper Midwest normally has fantastic summer weather with less frequent swampiness. Most of the Western cities outside of Phoenix, Las Vegas, desert SoCal, etc. aren't too bad in the summer due to the dryness, and because they don't experience the aforementioned temperature extremes. New England cities mostly have phenomenal summer weather as do the two big Pac NW cities, Seattle and Portland, as they are far enough inland to escape the coastal chill. Southern California is hit or miss. Inland San Diego and Los Angles see some nice warmth in the summer but coastal areas can be a little too mild in the summer while other areas, like the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys, can get HOT. In San Diego it seems like the warmer time of year is more late August through mid October rather than your traditional summer months, which has its pluses and minuses.

[cheese plate]

Originally Posted by Hawaii4evr

I think the worst summer weather is San Francisco...overcast and cold. Summer is supoosed to be warm.

So, by that token, you also believe that Winter is "supposed to be cold?"

[theraven24]

OP, have you ever spent multiple summers in Los Angeles? I don't understand why it's so high on your list, compared to other cities.

[Seahawksfan33]

Originally Posted by theraven24

OP, have you ever spent multiple summers in Los Angeles? I don't understand why it's so high on your list, compared to other cities.

My list isn't in order at all.

[ATUMRE75]

The Desert SW by far.

Phoenix, Palm Springs, and Tucson are the worst I've ever experienced.

[Cleverfield]

Any city in the middle of the country from Texas to Minnesota is miserable. In that central corridor, you get oppressive heat, humidity, thunderstorms and hailstorms, tornadoes, and in the North terrible mosquitoes.

[Hawaii4evr]

For me, I prefer humid heat. I understand it is oppressive at times, but the reason it is for me is because of all the bugs like mosquitoes. Dry intense heat like in Phoenix or Vegas just feels like going into an oven. I would rather have a 90F with humidity than 110F and very dry.