Denver Humidity (Longmont, Louisville: scorpions, school, gardening)

[justsomeguy]

Originally Posted by BSL63087

When we went in late April it was beautiful. There was one day where it stormed but it cleared up and was nice again the next day. 70s and windy though, I heard Dallas is actually more windy than Chicago. I have never been to Dallas in the summer but I believe you-- The Rangers don't play day games after about May because of the heat. It may not be quite as bad at 7 or 8 pm but still on a day-to-day basis you are going to have to spend at least some time outside and as I said in my last post I think it is starting to drag out a little considering it's been pretty hot for the past 3 months and since the start of August it's been in the upper 90s and 100s and that's here... Dallas is much worse than here so I don't know. I know any place even Southern CA (gets a little cold at night sometimes) is going to have some weather that you won't like but I guess I'm just trying to find the climate that suits me best.

BLS, if you were in Dallas in April your representation of its weather is a little skewed. April is one of the best months for weather in that area, along with probably October. From May to mid-September the heat is sweltering, and I assure you, you are still going to be hot at 7 or 8pm in Dallas for a lot of the summer.

Another thing that I suspect about Rockies baseball games - if most of their games are at night, expect it to be a little chilly, as Colorado can get pretty cold at night, even during the Summers.

Basically the weather choice boils down to two choices for you - if you like sweltering summer heat, a nice, short spring/fall, and a mild winter, take Dallas. Denver also has heat, but it is easier to find relief in it, it gets chilly at night during all times of year (I think), and the winters will be a lot worse than Dallas, with more extreme cold days and occasional bad snowstorms.

I don't live in Denver, but that's how I remember Colorado and what I've gleaned from my own information quests.

[BSL63087]

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

BLS, if you were in Dallas in April your representation of its weather is a little skewed. April is one of the best months for weather in that area, along with probably October. From May to mid-September the heat is sweltering, and I assure you, you are still going to be hot at 7 or 8pm in Dallas for a lot of the summer.

Another thing that I suspect about Rockies baseball games - if most of their games are at night, expect it to be a little chilly, as Colorado can get pretty cold at night, even during the Summers.

Basically the weather choice boils down to two choices for you - if you like sweltering summer heat, a nice, short spring/fall, and a mild winter, take Dallas. Denver also has heat, but it is easier to find relief in it, it gets chilly at night during all times of year (I think), and the winters will be a lot worse than Dallas, with more extreme cold days and occasional bad snowstorms.

I don't live in Denver, but that's how I remember Colorado and what I've gleaned from my own information quests.

Thanks, I'm still a little confused on Denver's climate which I guess everyone including the NWS forcasters there but I guess I'd have to spend some time there to see how I liked it personally.

[justsomeguy]

Originally Posted by BSL63087

Thanks, I'm still a little confused on Denver's climate which I guess everyone including the NWS forcasters there but I guess I'd have to spend some time there to see how I liked it personally.

check this link out, it's helped me a lot when comparing which cities I want to move to.

Climatology Comparison for Denver, CO - weather.com

It's from weather.com, it compares the lows/highs/precipitation for 2 areas from Jan.-Dec. That link I set up is for Denver and Arlington. You'll notice there is a greater difference in the average low's than there is for average high's. That's because Denver gets colder at night and also has a little bit harsher winter. Click the different radio buttons in the graphs to check out the comparison between highs and lows. While you're at it, compare Dallas or Denver with San Diego. ; ) You can also compare them with your hometown in Indiana to see how those places all compare.

[BSL63087]

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

check this link out, it's helped me a lot when comparing which cities I want to move to.

Climatology Comparison for Denver, CO - weather.com

It's from weather.com, it compares the lows/highs/precipitation for 2 areas from Jan.-Dec. That link I set up is for Denver and Arlington. You'll notice there is a greater difference in the average low's than there is for average high's. That's because Denver gets colder at night and also has a little bit harsher winter. Click the different radio buttons in the graphs to check out the comparison between highs and lows. While you're at it, compare Dallas or Denver with San Diego. ; ) You can also compare them with your hometown in Indiana to see how those places all compare.

Wow thanks that is very helpful. Thanks for sharing that link.

[Winter01]

I will give you my take on the weather here...I have lived here for a total of 10 years off an on....I grew up in Southern CA. When I first moved here to CO to attend college I was in awe over the beauty of the snow, the four seasons, the thunderstorms (beautiful coming over the mountains), etc. The weather is VERY dramatic here and I like that. The awe of snow has most definitely worn off for me. Although the winters are not that hard to get used to because it is dry here (very dry here--buy the COSTCO packs of chapstick and Lubriderm--no joke), I find the winters to be cold and uncomfortable... a lot of that is perspective because I did not grow up in cold & snow. Just the other day I heard some lady talking on the airport shuttle at DIA about how it can be 20 degrees one day and 70 degrees the next day....I hear people say things like that all the time but from my experience it is pretty much cold from about the end of October through the end of April with a few nicer days here and there in maybe the 60s....possibly the 70s in late March or April. My definition of cold is anything below 50.
Also---yes it is dry, but when it is 20 degrees...or even 10 degrees...and sometimes, yes even below 0....I don't think it matters...you are going to feel really, really cold and I avoid going outside.
Honestly, even after 10 years here I think of the weather as an ADVENTURE. One year it snowed on my son's birthday (we had planned a BBQ) in late May and one year we went up to Breckenridge, CO in early June and it snowed the entire time.

[Katiana]

Here are the highs for January 2007 from the Broomfield, CO weather station: 35, 50, 46, 63, 32, 5, 8 (degrees Fahrenheit). From

Welcome to The Weather Underground : Weather Underground

The winter weather here is highly variable.

The highs for the first week of July 2007: 98, 98, 95, 86, 87, 95, 95. July is probably the most stable month of the year.

There is a wealth of weather data on the web.

[BSL63087]

Originally Posted by Winter01

I will give you my take on the weather here...I have lived here for a total of 10 years off an on....I grew up in Southern CA. When I first moved here to CO to attend college I was in awe over the beauty of the snow, the four seasons, the thunderstorms (beautiful coming over the mountains), etc. The weather is VERY dramatic here and I like that. The awe of snow has most definitely worn off for me. Although the winters are not that hard to get used to because it is dry here (very dry here--buy the COSTCO packs of chapstick and Lubriderm--no joke), I find the winters to be cold and uncomfortable... a lot of that is perspective because I did not grow up in cold & snow. Just the other day I heard some lady talking on the airport shuttle at DIA about how it can be 20 degrees one day and 70 degrees the next day....I hear people say things like that all the time but from my experience it is pretty much cold from about the end of October through the end of April with a few nicer days here and there in maybe the 60s....possibly the 70s in late March or April. My definition of cold is anything below 50.
Also---yes it is dry, but when it is 20 degrees...or even 10 degrees...and sometimes, yes even below 0....I don't think it matters...you are going to feel really, really cold and I avoid going outside.
Honestly, even after 10 years here I think of the weather as an ADVENTURE. One year it snowed on my son's birthday (we had planned a BBQ) in late May and one year we went up to Breckenridge, CO in early June and it snowed the entire time.

Thanks, this post gives me a better idea I think of what I was wanting to know. I keep hearing it isn't all that bad in the winter which leaves me thinking it will be pretty comfortable (maybe not shorts and a t-shirt, afterall it is Denver) but where you could wear a light sweatshirt or light jacket most of the time even into January and February. My definition of cold is pretty similar to yours and I'd say anything under about 45 or definitly 40 is too cold. 65-85 is my comfort range where it's not only tolorable but comfortable. It seems to me that while it may as you said sometimes warm up into the 60s or so on occasion, it's pretty rare actually in winter. That's the way it is here and I am looking for a place that is more mild for the most part but I could take a few days of cold here and there. I think Dallas fits my wants in a climate more. Yeah, really bad summers, but it has been above 95 for at least 3-4 weeks here now and while I will admit it's starting to become a bit of a drag but I can at least tolorate it. I go outside, I play golf in it, etc. and I can tolorate it. Basically the way I'm looking at it, I played 18 holes of golf in 102 a couple of weeks ago and I had plenty of water so I was fine... If it were extreme cold instead of extreme heat, say 15 degrees for the high one day, I would not even go outside much less attempt to play golf or anything else. (I just looked at the climatology data for Denver and there are some days where the high may only be 15 or even single digits on rare occasions )

I think I've come to the conclusion that Denver's climate is just not for me. I guess it was a bit of wishful thinking to think that it would be warm a lot in the winter time in Denver but then again, it's Denver it's supposed to be cold in January. I think I'm getting close to settling on Dallas and my dad seems to have Dallas at the top of the places he'd consider relocating to also so it might be a match. Some people don't like it, some love it. We thought it was great. I guess every place isn't for everyone. Denver will definitly be on the top of my list for vacation getaways though, I hear they have a lot of pretty cheap flights to that area from DFW because a lot of people like to go to the mountains for vacations from the DFW area so I guess Denver is more of a place for me to visit for a week or so rather than live there permanantly.

[vegaspilgrim]

Forget Denver-- there are many flights going straight from Dallas to the major ski resort towns in the mountains. When I was in Crested Butte a few weeks ago, I found out there's a direct flight on American Airlines straight from Dallas to Crested Butte/Gunnison. The amount of Texans who go to Colorado on vacations is amazing. I guess they feel like it's part of their backyard.

[livecontent]

I grew up in Western New York and toboggans were very common in the winter. It is a large wooden sled, as I remember it could hold up from 2-8 people, 4-6 was more common. It was pretty popular in my youth in th early 1950s that there were special "Toboggan Runs" built in the parks. This were very large wooden platforms, similar to a ski jump. I remember it was difficult going up the wooden stairs to the top with the sled. You sat on the sled, straddling the person ahead with your legs. I have memories of toboggan outings with many adults and children.

[justsomeguy]

Originally Posted by BSL63087

Thanks, this post gives me a better idea I think of what I was wanting to know. I keep hearing it isn't all that bad in the winter which leaves me thinking it will be pretty comfortable (maybe not shorts and a t-shirt, afterall it is Denver) but where you could wear a light sweatshirt or light jacket most of the time even into January and February. My definition of cold is pretty similar to yours and I'd say anything under about 45 or definitly 40 is too cold. 65-85 is my comfort range where it's not only tolorable but comfortable. It seems to me that while it may as you said sometimes warm up into the 60s or so on occasion, it's pretty rare actually in winter. That's the way it is here and I am looking for a place that is more mild for the most part but I could take a few days of cold here and there. I think Dallas fits my wants in a climate more. Yeah, really bad summers, but it has been above 95 for at least 3-4 weeks here now and while I will admit it's starting to become a bit of a drag but I can at least tolorate it. I go outside, I play golf in it, etc. and I can tolorate it. Basically the way I'm looking at it, I played 18 holes of golf in 102 a couple of weeks ago and I had plenty of water so I was fine... If it were extreme cold instead of extreme heat, say 15 degrees for the high one day, I would not even go outside much less attempt to play golf or anything else. (I just looked at the climatology data for Denver and there are some days where the high may only be 15 or even single digits on rare occasions )

I think I've come to the conclusion that Denver's climate is just not for me. I guess it was a bit of wishful thinking to think that it would be warm a lot in the winter time in Denver but then again, it's Denver it's supposed to be cold in January. I think I'm getting close to settling on Dallas and my dad seems to have Dallas at the top of the places he'd consider relocating to also so it might be a match. Some people don't like it, some love it. We thought it was great. I guess every place isn't for everyone. Denver will definitly be on the top of my list for vacation getaways though, I hear they have a lot of pretty cheap flights to that area from DFW because a lot of people like to go to the mountains for vacations from the DFW area so I guess Denver is more of a place for me to visit for a week or so rather than live there permanantly.

I agree that Dallas is probably the place for you based on all of your criteria. I am sort of the opposite, I can't stand extreme heat. Actually I don't like the cold either, but there is something kind of "tranquil" about Winter that I like. Unfortunately I get cold VERY easily so maybe Denver isn't for me either. We'll see.