Denver to Phoenix? Am I nuts? (Yuma: how much, college, restaurants)

[new2colo]

Originally Posted by ElleTea

Hmmm...Not according to the NWS site I used to dig up the date, but who knows what is accurate on the internet sometimes.


The highest temperatures ever recorded in Phoenix (as of 2010) were:
122°F on June 26, 1990;
121°F on July 28, 1995;
120°F on June 25, 1990;
119°F on June 29, 2013;
118°F on July 16, 1925; June 24, 1929; July 11, 1958; July 4, 1989; June 27, 1990; June 28, 1990; July 27, 1995; July 21, 2006; July 2, 2011.


Regardless, they don't happen often, which was the real point.

Yes. So the last time that it hit 120 was in July 1995. The high was 121, but the temperature reached at least 120 that day...

[locolife]

Originally Posted by BIG CATS

I said expect 120-150 days of hot temps, and thats the truth. Would you disagree?

And IIRC, we hit 120 degrees at Sky Harbor this year. I also said you would have loved "this summer", which was abnormally hot. I didnt say 120 degrees was the norm.

If your definition of hot is a peak temp of 90+ then okay, but you said 120-150 days without any break from the heat and that's not how I view it all. As long as were still dropping to the 70's at night I consider morning and evening hours a great break from the heat don't you? That's perfect dog walking weather, dining al fresco, walking around the city after dinner no problem.

I consider roughly a 12-week period from around mid-June to mid-September to be the no-break period, even though the monsoon can give you breaks as we had 2 nights ago when it was 87 out around 6pm, after our temps that feels amazing.

I just think the weather gets greatly exaggerated here, yeah it's hot and if you think anything over 80 dry heat is too extreme this isn't the city for you but other than that 12-week stint where our lows stay close to 90 I find it incredibly tolerable here and I'm going on summer 11 now. I left for a 4 years due to a job, moved to a cold New England city, and could not wait to get back. Summers and all, the weather just doesn't impact life that much here. You can almost always do whatever you want, some parts of the year you may have to be sweaty while doing it or drive a whole 120 minutes to a different elevation in the state.

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by new2colo

Yes. So the last time that it hit 120 was in July 1995. The high was 121, but the temperature reached at least 120 that day...

Oh, duh. You are right! I was thinking specifically of 120 at the record high for a date and failed to include those dates that passed that number.

[BIG CATS]

Originally Posted by asufan

You'll only need a windbreaker or sweatshirt 5-10 days in the Winter if you're outside a lot. Beautiful weather, probably better than anywhere in the US in the Winter.

What?

Maybe in the daytime youll only need a coat for 10 days, but at night, youll always need a jacket or sweater, and many nights youll need a winter jacket. That is, of course, unless you think low temps in the 40s (and 30's several nights) is "warm". Sorry, but south Florida has the best winter weather in the mainland USA. By a long shot.

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by BIG CATS

What?

Maybe in the daytime youll only need a coat for 10 days, but at night, youll always need a jacket or sweater, and many nights youll need a winter jacket. That is, of course, unless you think low temps in the 40s (and 30's several nights) is "warm".

Yep. During the day I usually wear a hoodie or light jacket at the most. MAYBE a couple of days when the early lows are really cold (30s) I might break out my light wool peacoat, but that isn't often. I doubt I will ever need my Columbia jacket again. But I wear some form of jacket/hoodie/sweater most days in the winter.

[BIG CATS]

Originally Posted by ElleTea

The official (Sky Harbor) high temp was 118 on June 19th of this year. The last 120 degree day was June 25, 1990.

Whats 2 degrees? 118 feels like 120. Any way you cut it, it was blistering.

[karly1964]

Originally Posted by ElleTea

Yep. During the day I usually wear a hoodie or light jacket at the most. MAYBE a couple of days when the early lows are really cold (30s) I might break out my light wool peacoat, but that isn't often. I doubt I will ever need my Columbia jacket again. But I wear some form of jacket/hoodie/sweater most days in the winter.

Since humidity is not even an option I would consider, I'll take cool nights any time. I was asking more about daytime as right now hubby is pretty much housebound for most of the winter months since he can't take cold.

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by karly1964

Since humidity is not even an option I would consider, I'll take cool nights any time. I was asking more about daytime as right now hubby is pretty much housebound for most of the winter months since he can't take cold.

The thing to remember here is that it gets cold quick as soon as that sun goes down in the winter. It is literally like a switch if flipped. You can be in the sun outside warm and the sun dips and BAM! You're cold!


Dressing in layers is always a good idea, even in the summer as a lot of places (like my office) crank the AC and you can get cold going from the nice warm heat outside to the blasting AC inside.

[karly1964]

Thank you ElleTea, we live in CO which is not as dry but we still get the switch turned off when that sun goes down lol. We love cool nights, just not frozen tundra winters (came from Minnesota), but need warmer than CO

[asufan]

Originally Posted by BIG CATS

What?

Maybe in the daytime youll only need a coat for 10 days, but at night, youll always need a jacket or sweater, and many nights youll need a winter jacket. That is, of course, unless you think low temps in the 40s (and 30's several nights) is "warm". Sorry, but south Florida has the best winter weather in the mainland USA. By a long shot.

I guess I'm incorrect with my own personal experience