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I currently live in the Atlanta, GA area - hoping to move to WNC to get away from the hot humid summers but to not be so far from family. I know it still gets hot there - but can anyone personally compare the hot humid summers of ATL to Asheville? You can only read so much of the statistics. Hearing it from a person who can compare both is much more beneficial. Thanks!
I currently live in the Atlanta, GA area - hoping to move to WNC to get away from the hot humid summers but to not be so far from family. I know it still gets hot there - but can anyone personally compare the hot humid summers of ATL to Asheville? You can only read so much of the statistics. Hearing it from a person who can compare both is much more beneficial. Thanks!
No comparison. My hairdresser is from LaGrange, and she says she is blessed to be here.
Asheville can get humid, but the higher elevation makes it cooler and much more comfortable than Atlanta. We use to live in Dallas, GA, which is 30 miles north west of Atlanta. We now live in Western NC and I can personally tell you that Asheville is much more comfortable than Atlanta.
Disagreed. I grew up in Birmingham, AL, and while it is not nearly as hot here, you might not really notice it that much. See, once you live somewhere for a period of time, you acclimate to that climate, so when summer rolls around, it stills feels miserably hot here to me. Now, when I go home to visit, it is hotter, but once it's above 90F, who really cares how much hotter it is? And don't think you'll escape the humidity here either; it's very very humid in the summer, and while a lot of people think it's fine here, I rarely go outside in the summer. Just my two cents, for what it's worth.
Disagreed. I grew up in Birmingham, AL, and while it is not nearly as hot here, you might not really notice it that much. See, once you live somewhere for a period of time, you acclimate to that climate, so when summer rolls around, it stills feels miserably hot here to me. Now, when I go home to visit, it is hotter, but once it's above 90F, who really cares how much hotter it is? And don't think you'll escape the humidity here either; it's very very humid in the summer, and while a lot of people think it's fine here, I rarely go outside in the summer. Just my two cents, for what it's worth.
I agree. I get so tired of hearing people from elsewhere say, "The summers here are so nice and cool!"
Just because it's not 98F with 100% humidity doesn't mean 93F with 80% humidity is at all comfortable.
All true, but then you hardly ever get to 90 degrees in Asheville. I believe there are less than five days a year it gets to 90.
The last time I was in Florida during the summer, I came back and vowed I'd never again say it was hot up here. I only allow myself to say "it's very warm."
Where do you live in Asheville? Because I need to move there! It gets above 90˚F quite often here actually, so I'm not sure where you're getting that from. People like to quote data such as average temperatures from weather websites, but that's not really anything compared to actually living here and experiencing it. Last summer, I was just as miserable as I ever was living in Birmingham.
The summers here are NOT nice and cool by any means. They are hot and muggy, because this is the South. The only place I know of where a truly "nice and cool" summer occurs is Southcentral Alaska, on the coast or the Kenai Peninsula, where it is usually in the high 60's, low 70's. Now THAT is a nice, cool summer.
All true, but then you hardly ever get to 90 degrees in Asheville. I believe there are less than five days a year it gets to 90.
The last time I was in Florida during the summer, I came back and vowed I'd never again say it was hot up here. I only allow myself to say "it's very warm."
Ditto.
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