HELP! does my perfect weather exist in utah? (place, humidity)

[coolcats]

Originally Posted by perfectweather

LOVE thunderstorms

Me too. I miss the midwest storms I grew up with. The sacrifices I make so that my wife is happy here in Utah.

I'd take a hard look at the Colorado Springs area. Being at the intersection of the plains and mountains I've heard they get lots of storms, yet have the advantages of low humidity and moderate temperatures.

Check out Weatherbase so you can check climate stats.

[LRUA]

I'm thinking either Monticello in the SW corner of Utah ...it's above 7,000' and rarely goes above 90 degrees ...or Park City ...also high elevation cooler temps
both have lot's of greenery ...and some changing leaves

[kwm03160]

Originally Posted by perfectweather

Hi all -

Willing to move to any state to get my perfect weather.

Job avilability does not matter, as I travel for my job to different states, and where I leave from is a non issue.
But not in all my travels have I found the weather I want. (allthough I do not really stay long in any one place for my job, so It is kind of hard to tell).

My special love is storms, (wind and rain, not the Dorathy kind). I love winter, leaves turning bright collors in the fall, and can not stand hot summers. Above 90 I just can not deal with. HATE humidity.

Thank you all for the responses!

Salt Lake metro is DEFINITELY not for you.

[kaytidid]

Originally Posted by coolcats

Me too. I miss the midwest storms I grew up with. The sacrifices I make so that my wife is happy here in Utah.

I'd take a hard look at the Colorado Springs area. Being at the intersection of the plains and mountains I've heard they get lots of storms, yet have the advantages of low humidity and moderate temperatures.

Check out Weatherbase so you can check climate stats.

Storms? What are those? It has been soooo long since I had a good thunderstorm.

[newtoutah]

I could live without any percipitation in the sky. Coming from Maryland where it rains all the time (not like Seattle but u get my point) I welcome dry dry dry..lol

[Chickrae]

Originally Posted by kaytidid

Storms? What are those? It has been soooo long since I had a good thunderstorm.

Are you talking about the lightening that lights up the whole sky? I never knew that type of storm existed till recently. Pretty amazing. Last Saturday evening it looked like a BIG light show poured rain until I thought it would never stop. Of course it knocked out our satellite too, so I couldnt watch the olympics.

[kaytidid]

Oh yeah. We travelled back east this summer and hit storms like that in NE and IA. My daughter was freaking out, but I was enjoying and savoring every minute. I knew when I got back home I wouldn't have storms like that again.

[Chickrae]

On my move to Oklahoma is when I first saw a storm like that. We were coming through Kansas pulling a 26 ft truck with a car carrier on the back. My DH was driving but I was hiding down in the seat. I had never seen a storm like that. The sky was all lite up. He told me it was a cloud to cloud lightening storm or whatever ....I just thought we were going to get hit. The storms are really pretty though

[11thHour]

There are some areas in Utah that could fit your ideal. Higher elevation areas that others have mentioned, ie Park City, Monticello, Randolph up north stays cool, but gets quite cold in the winter. Also, some people live at the ski resorts year round. Alta, Snowbird, Brighton all stay quite cool in the summer, but of course get hammered in the winter.

I also love T-Storms, weather watching is one of my hobbies and is one of the reasons I initially chose my career - no better way to see the weather than to be right in it. That said, in my opinion Utah is not a good place for T-storm watching. First, we don't get that many. When we do, they scream through and you'll miss them if you blink. Also, compared to what the midwest and southeast gets, even our biggest T-storms are wimpy at best.

[alexei27]

You may find these conditions in the higher elevations in northern Utah (Randolph, Woodruff, Laketown. Its VERY cold in the Winter (Winter lasts 8 months :-)...and it's high enough for summer to be on the cool side. I think the all time high in Laketown is something like 87 degrees. Beware that these towns are rather isolated and very small.

Some of the higher elevation valleys of the Wasatch Back may work (Eden, Liberty)...but they do break your 80 deg limit in summer. Thats the part that is hard to find.

It's dry everywhere except southern UT during Monsoon season.

I was a meteorologist in Utah...if you have any other specific questions fire away.