Are there any pockets of the Phoenix metro area that stay cool during the summer months? (Tucson: how much, living)

[Renegade007]

Wickenburg tends to be about 10 or 15 degrees cooler than metro Phoenix. Only 60 miles northwest of downtown. It's a nice mild 95 degrees when the rest of the Valley is 105 to 110.

Other than that - spend the day inside a grocery store. There are hundreds of those air conditioned pockets in the Phoenix metro!

[LongNote]

Originally Posted by ElleTea

I wouldn't. One of the reasons I moved here was because it gets hotter than that.

Not everyone here hides and melts and is miserable in the summer.

I can relate to your rationale. I find it very annoying when people assume that because a certain city doesn't have the weather that they personally happen to like, that everyone else there must be miserable and suffering just as they are. There were a lot of people like this in San Diego. A lot of people there assume that no one prefers living in the snow or rain because San Diegans generally happen to prefer sun 300 and something days out of the year.... Believe it or not, there are actually people who like snow and/or rain and who live in cities like Denver, New York, Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis by choice.

I personally hate the scorching heat, but I've met people who wait until summertime to ride their bikes to work everyday.... The hotter the better, they say. I personally don't get it, but everyone is different.

[Java Jolt]

Originally Posted by LongNote

I already did during the winter, and the weather was extremely pleasant. I was hoping that it would stay that way but there was a heat wave in early March that made me say, "Nope, I'm getting the hell out of here..." Especially when the natives were like, "This isn't that bad, it gets about ten degrees hotter per month until July, then it stays at about 110-120 for about three months..." I was hoping that there was a strip that stayed cool during the summer, but it sounds as though the Phoenix metro doesn't have such a place.

That's because metropolitan Phoenix is in the middle of a desert.

It's not like we have the Pacific Ocean or the Great Lakes at our back door, a large body of water nearby has a way of moderating temperatures.

[Wally Sconce]

Originally Posted by LongNote

I already did during the winter, and the weather was extremely pleasant. I was hoping that it would stay that way but there was a heat wave in early March that made me say, "Nope, I'm getting the hell out of here..." Especially when the natives were like, "This isn't that bad, it gets about ten degrees hotter per month until July, then it stays at about 110-120 for about three months..." I was hoping that there was a strip that stayed cool during the summer, but it sounds as though the Phoenix metro doesn't have such a place.

Heat wave in March? Must have missed that one.

[Jkgourmet]

Originally Posted by LongNote

I already did during the winter, and the weather was extremely pleasant. I was hoping that it would stay that way but there was a heat wave in early March that made me say, "Nope, I'm getting the hell out of here..." Especially when the natives were like, "This isn't that bad, it gets about ten degrees hotter per month until July, then it stays at about 110-120 for about three months..." I was hoping that there was a strip that stayed cool during the summer, but it sounds as though the Phoenix metro doesn't have such a place.

Name ONE SINGLE PLACE in the entire world that would have such a place. It's not geographically possible.

[stevek64]

Originally Posted by LongNote

I can relate to your rationale. I find it very annoying when people assume that because a certain city doesn't have the weather that they personally happen to like, that everyone else there must be miserable and suffering just as they are. There were a lot of people like this in San Diego. A lot of people there assume that no one prefers living in the snow or rain because San Diegans generally happen to prefer sun 300 and something days out of the year.... Believe it or not, there are actually people who like snow and/or rain and who live in cities like Denver, New York, Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis by choice.

I personally hate the scorching heat, but I've met people who wait until summertime to ride their bikes to work everyday.... The hotter the better, they say. I personally don't get it, but everyone is different.

Very well said. The "me" perspective rules all syndrome!

I used to work with a guy who's favorite weather conditions are temps in the 50's and cloudy as he hated the sun. Escapes me but that's what works for him.

[elcajones]

Originally Posted by Jkgourmet

Name ONE SINGLE PLACE in the entire world that would have such a place. It's not geographically possible.

Coastal California cities/metro areas have all kinds of microclimates.

[elcajones]

Originally Posted by stevek64

Very well said. The "me" perspective rules all syndrome!

I used to work with a guy who's favorite weather conditions are temps in the 50's and cloudy as he hated the sun. Escapes me but that's what works for him.

Steve I don't recall us working together? Lol

[stevek64]

Originally Posted by elcajones

steve i don't recall us working together? Lol

:d:d:d.

[Valley Native]

Originally Posted by LongNote

Believe it or not, there are actually people who like snow and/or rain and who live in cities like Denver, New York, Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis by choice.

Different strokes for different folks. I don't think I could live in any of those cities for the climate ... but at the same time, I personally get so tired of the constant sun day after day after day. Many other natives and long term residents have said the same thing. The same kind of weather all the time is not only monotonous, but it can be dangerous. We're in an extended drought period right now, and the last thing we need when reservoir levels are dropping is more sunshine.

Originally Posted by LongNote

I personally hate the scorching heat, but I've met people who wait until summertime to ride their bikes to work everyday.... The hotter the better, they say. I personally don't get it, but everyone is different.

I've known a few who are like that as well, and I don't understand the rationale behind that either. Again, to each his own. If they prefer being outside when it's hotter and don't care about the high risk of heat stroke, skin cancer, or the greater stress levels on the body, more power to them (so long as they don't expect taxpayer money to cover their medical problems later in life which THEY caused).

Originally Posted by elcajones

Coastal California cities/metro areas have all kinds of microclimates.

Very true, and the microclimates are especially more prevalent in the summer months. The closer you are to the coast, the cooler it is ... but the further you are inland, the hotter it will be. The exception of course is the mountainous areas which tend to be cooler because of the higher elevation.