If Phoenix is that hot, why do so many move there? (taxi, move to)

[LongNote]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

I love Phoenix, 8 months of awesome weather and 4 months of weather so hot, you're forced into a pool.

Other way around... Phoenix is miserable for 8 months out of the year and for four months (November through February) it's quite pleasant and mild.

[observer53]

Originally Posted by LongNote

Other way around... Phoenix is miserable for 8 months out of the year and for four months (November through February) it's quite pleasant and mild.

Miserable for eight months? Ah, the exaggeration posse is back. Unless your "heat tolerance" excludes temps above 75, it is NOT miserable here for eight months to the overwhelming majority of people.

[LongNote]

Originally Posted by observer53

Miserable for eight months? Ah, the exaggeration posse is back. Unless your "heat tolerance" excludes temps above 75, it is NOT miserable here for eight months to the overwhelming majority of people.

When I was there in March there were heatwaves in the low 90's which for me is starting to get uncomfortable, especially if you don't park in the shade. Mid 80's and below is good.

[Tall Traveler]

Originally Posted by LongNote

Other way around... Phoenix is miserable for 8 months out of the year and for four months (November through February) it's quite pleasant and mild.

Have you lived there or is this opinion based on reviewing the climate data for Phoenix?

I agree it's warm during the day for 8 months but for half of the those 8 warm months, it's fantastic in the evening. I hate humidity and the lower humidity to me makes it pleasant for a long time of the year.

[gbpakrfan]

Originally Posted by observer53

Miserable for eight months? Ah, the exaggeration posse is back. Unless your "heat tolerance" excludes temps above 75, it is NOT miserable here for eight months to the overwhelming majority of people.

Totally agree. We're moving back to Phoenix in a few weeks. I lived there in the mid-80s and had a car with no a/c. Other than being able to bake brownies in the car, the heat didn't bother me. It sure beats the winters up here in the frozen tundra.

[LongNote]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Have you lived there or is this opinion based on reviewing the climate data for Phoenix?

I agree it's warm during the day for 8 months but for half of the those 8 warm months, it's fantastic in the evening. I hate humidity and the lower humidity to me makes it pleasant for a long time of the year.

Yes. NOW, I will say that my disgust for Phoenix's weather was compounded by my disgust for everything else about Phoenix.

[BIG CATS]

Originally Posted by LongNote

When I was there in March there were heatwaves in the low 90's which for me is starting to get uncomfortable, especially if you don't park in the shade. Mid 80's and below is good.

That heat wave did suck for sure, but its not normal. I remember running the a/c in March and was cursing about having to do so. Then we got lucky with below-average temps in April, May, and early June. Now we're getting our balls kicked in with this 110+ degrees for 2 straight weeks, this is getting ridiculous.

Im debating hopping on a train back to Chicago for a few days to cool off and see family/friends. I need to get out of this heat, its sapping me.

[stevek64]

Originally Posted by WANative

Not me. I lived in Vegas for a year and to be honest 91 with 60% humidity is wayyyyyyyy easier to deal with than 110-115 degrees at any humidity. The temps in Florida dont keep me or anyone else inside...I see people everywhere walking, riding bikes, convertible tops down etc etc.

Im from Seattle so Im used the humidity so maybe that makes a difference as I dont even notice it.

yep, we all have to find our place we prefer weather wise that works for each of us.

Originally Posted by BIG CATS

Crap, man, just wait a month or so. Nothing like walking outside at 6:30AM to leave for work, and being hit in the face with 85 degree temps, with 60% humidity with a 70-degree dewpoint. Its just as awful as being in Florida. Last summer was particularly bad. There was almost an entire week where I walked outside into those conditions. Lucky for us the humidity burns off in the afternoon (not all of it, but most of it).

yeah, that's on the way. It beats the cold for me but I get spoiled with the ultra dry air we have most of the year and much prefer that though I'll take heat/humidity over cold any day.

[gentlearts]

Phoenix heat is like baking on a hot rock. It seems to soothe the body and especially the joints. I live in a very humid hot climate, and I found Phoenix much more tolerable.

[BIG CATS]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

Phoenix heat is like baking on a hot rock. It seems to soothe the body and especially the joints. I live in a very humid hot climate, and I found Phoenix much more tolerable.

I agree. I tolerate dry heat more than humid heat. If it only lasted a few days or weeks here, Id be happier. But looking at week after week, month after month, of 100+ degrees, it gets old. I just suffer through it and enjoy the remaining 7 months that I consider "perfect". My biggest gripe is that it gets humid here, too, on top of the heat. Im not talking Arkansas humidity, but enough to make it even more miserable. That lasts for at least 2 months. Ugh. I dont wanna think about it. hahaha