Moving to Nevada - not too hot or too cold area (climate, friendly)

[jaada]

Originally Posted by smartcuty

How is Las Vegas compared to Phoenix for example?

its almost the same except las vegas gets a little cooler sooner in the fall and is a little cooler not much but it doesnt stay as hot there as it does in phoenix. phoenix stays hot longer and its hotter.

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by greatbasinguide

Interesting, that some folks think the summers are mild anywhere in Nevada. IMHO it is quite hot to to hot. Altitude will get you cooler, above 7,000 ft is decent. I try to avoid Reno in the summer, the heat combined with pavement makes it unbearable,,, to me at least,

Winters are mild on the west side of the state. They do get cold inland,,, Continental climate.

Reno is HOT? Good lord, you need to move to Texas. It gets up to about 93 or so in Reno in the day in the summer and down to 50 at night and THAT is hot? That's PERFECT summer weather, and LOW humidity to boot!

[greatbasinguide]

You could not pay me to go to Texas or most of the US in the summer.

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by greatbasinguide

You could not pay me to go to Texas or most of the US in the summer.

I don't blame you! It's just awful here in July and August. I guess that's why Reno summers seem so perfect to me.

[GoWest]

Originally Posted by Frustrated

Well, now that I've decided to move to Nevada and I know I can't live in the Las Vegas Valley because of the heat, I began looking into Tahoe/Reno area but it appears there just may be too much snow there for me and the winters may be too rough.

Where in Nevada (possibly midstate) can I find a more ideal year round temp - not too hot and not too cold - or is there such a place? If there is a place, I'd imagine it's in the middle of no where?????

Are there areas not too far from Reno/Tahoe that possibly don't get the snow that Tahoe gets?

All help is appreciated.

Frustrated in NY

if you have to stay in NV i cant help you, but 110 miles north of NV is St. George, UT. beautiful climate, stays low 100s, cools off in evening. nice place to call home, close to Vegas..........

[tijlover]

I use weatherunderground.com and Trip Planner to research the best climate one day to retire in. If you click Trip Planner you enter a two-week time frame of the year and it will give you all the weather data you could use for the past 10-20 years. I've learned a lot. Altitude will thow you everytime. I was considering Guadalajara Mexico to retire. Well, at 5000 feet altitude I found out it can get down to the mid-30's at night in January! That far south! Mazatlan isn't much better. Also consider that windchill is windchill is windchill! When it gets down to the mid-30's at night here in Las Vegas in January and you put a 40MPH wind behind that, you've got close to subzero windhchill! I come from Minnesota and I swear in January here, when the wind blows at the mid-30's at night, it's as cold as Minnesota!

[PinkString]

Originally Posted by GoWest

if you have to stay in NV i cant help you, but 110 miles north of NV is St. George, UT. beautiful climate, stays low 100s, cools off in evening. nice place to call home, close to Vegas..........

And it gets darned HOT in St. George in the summer. I know, i lived there. But it's still not as hot as Vegas.

[Caliguy2007]

In my opinion I don't think their is any area in Nevada that's not Too Hot or not Too Cold.

[GreggB]

Originally Posted by GoWest

if you have to stay in NV i cant help you, but 110 miles north of NV is St. George, UT. beautiful climate, stays low 100s, cools off in evening. nice place to call home, close to Vegas..........

BUT--if your going to go to St. George--do it QUICK!! It is currently the fastest growing metro area in the U.S. Housing prices (especially the newer ones on the cities fringes) are sky-rocketing in value. My sister and her husband bougth a 1 acre modest ranch 2 years, 6 months ago. Purchased for $325,000. Current valuation a few bucks shy of half a mil!!!! I have spent time in St. George and it does have a nice climate. Other than that I found the city kind of "Weird" and people not overly friendly!!

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by smartcuty

How is Las Vegas compared to Phoenix for example?

Phoenix is warmer than Vegas by 4 or 5 degrees. Nice in the winter...not nice in the summer. Phoenix is also wetter than Vegas in the summer. So the Valley of the Sun is probably nicer in the winter...The Vegas Valley nicer in the summer.

The CA climate is very variable. There are few places that are universally great. The seaside plain tends to be cool and foggy. The beaches and the sea often require gear that keeps you warm. It does snow occassionally in Los Angeles in the higher elevations...Pasadena for instance. Rare but happens.

other places have heat that approaches or equals that of Las Vegas. Tends to be wetter which adds to the pain .

Buy your ticket...name your poison.