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In the eastern half of the US, you either get snow, high dew points, or both. In the western us, if you don't like snow or 90 degree plus summers, you must be on the coast. North of SF though, this means winter permacloud.
At these latitudes, it is nearly impossible to get comfortable year round weather. Go for a high elevation tropical climate if you want that (with a few exceptions within a couple miles if the pacific coast).
I enjoy snow and hate high dewpoints and clouds, so southwest Virginia and western North Carolina, as well as the mountain southwest are great for me. Southern California is not of interest to me because I am an outdoorsy person who likes seeing things bloom in the summer.
I agree with one of the original posts. The Monzingo Index ("Mozingo" where I come from) is the most understandable way for the normal person to calculate comfortability. (MI = air temp + dew point - wind speed.) I've heard more and more people referencing this over the past few years. I think its an old western pioneer thing, but am not sure...but it sure seems to work. Every time I am traveling (or looking to travel), if I quickly calculate the MI it gives an excellent idea of how comfortable the weather is at that locale. I think the sweet spot is 120-130.
Welp... how do you like Las Vegas? Weather, Dew Point... as well as in general?
Time for an update I guess
Yes, the humidity really makes a huge difference as we all know. For example in Vegas, with humidity
below 10 most of the time, temperatures up to a 100 are actually bearable and 75-95s are really pleasant.
When it gets to 100+, it starts to get hot - as in convection oven type hot - and anything above 110 means,
don't leave the shade or house .
One thing I didn't anticipate was the cold nights in the winter due to the desert topography.
It gets to high 30s and low 40s in Dec/Jan nights.
Also, very little rain. Around 4-5 inches max per year. This may be good or bad depending on your preference.
In general, the LV metro area (LV, NLV & Henderson) is not bad as long as you avoid the tourist areas - strip, downtown etc.
Less traffic than most other similar sized cities and surprisingly, a large number of parks with greenery.
Still in search of that year round perfect weather place that is also affordable
Most comfortable dewpoint year round is Pacific Northwest or coastal California. Michigan has to be among the least comfortable. Bone dry dew points in winter that will make your skin crack, combined with often humid and muggy summers (in the southeast anyway). So winter dews suck, summer dews suck...you're lucky if you get a couple months in between with pleasant moderate dews.
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If you're actually in the desert, you might need to go outside at night to see the flowers though.
